Hi there quick question I'm planning a new computer build and needed some advice firstly the sole purpose of this pc is for steam gaming i do very little other things just general web browsing music YouTube very little demanding tasks i need a solid CPU that will run great for desktop functions as well as high end gaming
My pickle is choosing the right processor its a fight between
AMD FX-8350 8-Core 4GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache
Intel i5 4670K 3.4GHz Socket 1150 Quad Core Haswell
The i5 is £20 more then the FX but reading many forums conclude that the i5 is better at games with single threaded performance then the FX now i have looked at the Core i7 4770K but correct me if I'm wrong doesn't improve all that much for gaming more of a adobe/programmers CPU and wont do me any justice for gaming and being £70 more or will games take advantage of the i7 features in the future please give me some tips from upgrading from my 4 year old Phenom ii (955) GTX 460 (768mb ) i plan on using my old case 1333mhz ram DVD drive and psu to save costs i could stretch for an i7 processor socket 1150 but that's pushing it as I'm also getting the GTX 780 2GB DDR5 Toshiba SSD and possibly upgrading too 1600MHZ ram
Thanks in advance
Joe
(Edit)
I also plan and doing a healthy 20% overclock on stock cooling to improve FPS slightly in games
My pickle is choosing the right processor its a fight between
AMD FX-8350 8-Core 4GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache
Intel i5 4670K 3.4GHz Socket 1150 Quad Core Haswell
The i5 is £20 more then the FX but reading many forums conclude that the i5 is better at games with single threaded performance then the FX now i have looked at the Core i7 4770K but correct me if I'm wrong doesn't improve all that much for gaming more of a adobe/programmers CPU and wont do me any justice for gaming and being £70 more or will games take advantage of the i7 features in the future please give me some tips from upgrading from my 4 year old Phenom ii (955) GTX 460 (768mb ) i plan on using my old case 1333mhz ram DVD drive and psu to save costs i could stretch for an i7 processor socket 1150 but that's pushing it as I'm also getting the GTX 780 2GB DDR5 Toshiba SSD and possibly upgrading too 1600MHZ ram
Thanks in advance
Joe
(Edit)
I also plan and doing a healthy 20% overclock on stock cooling to improve FPS slightly in games