[SOLVED] Switch from i7-4790 to i5-9600K?

[Basinho0211]

Hi, I need some expert advice, I’m wondering if it would be beneficial to change my older i7-4790 to a i5-9600K. I’m already planning to upgrade my gpu from a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 to a GTX 1650S (Super) and upgrade my power supply, but I can’t find any evidence that would prove that the i5-9600K is better than my i7-4790. The i5-9600K is also considerably cheap, which means if I were to buy it, I could still have food on the table!

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790-vs-Intel-Core-i5-9600K/2293vs4031

i5 will give more performance because it has 2 extra cores plus you need to get new motherboard to surrport the cpu!

 

[EndEffeKt_24]

The question really is if the 9600k is better than a Ryzen 3600 or 2600 which would be direct competitors. I personally would take the Ryzen options for multi-threading and the higher upgrade-headroom on the am4 socket.

 

[Basinho0211]

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790-vs-Intel-Core-i5-9600K/2293vs4031

i5 will give more peforance because it has 2 extra cores!

I have seen this site before, and the preformance of the i5 seems to knock it out of the park when it comes to

The question really is if the 9600k is better than a Ryzen 3600 or 2600 which would be direct competitors. I personally would take the Ryzen options for multi-threading and the higher upgrade-headroom on the am4 socket.

I am thinking of getting a Ryzen, but I’ve used intel my whole life, and no intel I’ve ever used failed on me, the i7-4790 I’m using right now as started to get bad, but is started to get bad after 5 years, but I might look at the Ryzen because they are cheap

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

I have seen this site before, and the preformance of the i5 seems to knock it out of the park when it comes to

I am thinking of getting a Ryzen, but I’ve used intel my whole life, and no intel I’ve ever used failed on me, the i7-4790 I’m using right now as started to get bad, but is started to get bad after 5 years, but I might look at the Ryzen because they are cheap

Same always used intel and yes AMD are ch

I have seen this site before, and the preformance of the i5 seems to knock it out of the park when it comes to

I am thinking of getting a Ryzen, but I’ve used intel my whole life, and no intel I’ve ever used failed on me, the i7-4790 I’m using right now as started to get bad, but is started to get bad after 5 years, but I might look at the Ryzen because they are cheap

Yeah i edited my post you might need new motherboard to surrport the gen of the motherboard socket!

 

[Turb0Yoda]

The main benefit of, say a r5 3600, is that it has Hyperthreading/SMT, and being cheaper than an i5-9600k. I think that would be a worthy successor of your Haswell i5.

 

[Phaaze88]

Userbenchmark is useless for showing performance gains. The difference between those 2 cpus is much smaller than 35% - more like 10%.
1)That site is run by Intel shills. Check out reddit, Youtube, etc, on the matter.
It does have it's uses, but measuring performance isn't one of them.

2)You can't get an accurate representation of performance because the cpu and gpu there are being compared to overclocks instead of stock performance. Results will always be skewed.

@Basinho0211
The 9600K is more expensive than it appears, and it would be a 'sidegrade' for you.
1)You have to shell out more money for a cooler if you don't already have one. A Hyper 212, for example, is fine for stock operation, cuts it a little too close for a good overclock.
2)Overclocking, as well as memory XMP is locked on anything other than the more expensive Z370/Z390 mobos.
3)while the 9600K does have more physical cores, thus giving it stronger single core performance, it also has 2 fewer threads. This is going to bite you in the ass in titles that can use 6 or more threads, and would force you to upgrade again before long.
This cpu was obsolete before it even launched.

4)The non-hyperthreaded cpus, such as that one, suffer high frame time spikes when all their cores are loaded, causing stutter.

 

[RodroX]

I have to agree with many here, theres no much point going from a Core i7 4xxx to a Core i5 9600K

Now if you say should I change for a Core i7 9700K, than that will be a better option, since it has some serious fire power.

Then again, considering what AMD and Intel are about to launch (lets hope this year, September at least for AMD), I would either go with a Ryzen 5/7 3xxx + AM4 platform to be able to upgrade again later on (the new rumor said the Ryzen 4xxx will come with a 5nm node, but I guess that doesn't make much sense at all, probably some wrong translation); or just wait for the new (yet old architecture) intel 10xxx launch.

Cheers

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

If anything you are lossing 2 threads. I dont like this upgrade 9700k would be better

 

[Basinho0211]

Userbenchmark is useless for showing performance gains. The difference between those 2 cpus is much smaller than 35% - more like 10%.
1)That site is run by Intel shills. Check out reddit, Youtube, etc, on the matter.
It does have it's uses, but measuring performance isn't one of them.

2)You can't get an accurate representation of performance because the cpu and gpu there are being compared to overclocks instead of stock performance. Results will always be skewed.

@Basinho0211
The 9600K is more expensive than it appears, and it would be a 'sidegrade' for you.
1)You have to shell out more money for a cooler if you don't already have one. A Hyper 212, for example, is fine for stock operation, cuts it a little too close for a good overclock.
2)Overclocking, as well as memory XMP is locked on anything other than the more expensive Z370/Z390 mobos.
3)while the 9600K does have more physical cores, thus giving it stronger single core performance, it also has 2 fewer threads. This is going to bite you in the ass in titles that can use 6 or more threads, and would force you to upgrade again before long.
This cpu was obsolete before it even launched.

4)The non-hyperthreaded cpus, such as that one, suffer high frame time spikes when all their cores are loaded, causing stutter.

Thanks, just what I needed. I also figured out that the best CPU my motherboard can use is just an i7-4790K, sorry so much for not mentioning that I already have a motherboard with me.

 

[mdd1963]

If going to socket 1151/Z390, it's 9700K or 9900K....; I'd swear off the 6c/6t options as being potentially thread challenged later...