8320 to i5 4690K worth it?

[ValiantUK91]

So im going to make the switch to intel after oooin' and ahhhin' about getting a Matx Amd board ive decided against it and thought ill switch to intel.

Isit worth going to a i5 from a 8320 or should i go i7 or just hold out for the next intel chipset?

Mainly use my PC for gaming (BF4, Splintercell, The Crew, Dyling light when its out)

I know ill get benefits on bf4 with amd and mantle but i dont see much gains between dx11 and mantle so im not to bothered

 

[Bickaxe]

Not much difference really for the £300 you would have to spend(inc mobo). I'd wait.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-8320

 

[gpuerrilla]

The step up is not worth the outlay. It would have been best to have got the i5 in the first place and only in certain situations would an i7 have been worthwhile.

I would hold out and sell on for a new combo when the time is right.

 

[kaku]

If you're talking buying a whole new motherboard + CPU combo, it's not worth it IMO. Overclock your current 8320 and see what the next Intel release is like.

 

[Kobi]

I went from a 8320 to an ivy i5(completely forgotten the name). Possibly on bench marks their will be a difference, but in real life I notice pretty much nothing. So I swapped back to the 8320. Same as above though, wait for broadwell.

 

[Josh]

I went from an 8320 to a 4790K, difference was very little before you clock the 4790K, apart from rendering the 8320 and 4790K at stock felt similar for me in real world applications.

For a 4690K I wouldn't bother, get your 8320 clocked up for more performance.

 

[JediFragger]

If you game at 1080p or higher then I wouldn't bother, you won't be too cpu-bound. I'd wait for the new gen of cpu's/ram tech which is due in 2016/2017

 

[Deus Ex]

Keep your cash, its as much sideways as it is up for the outlay.

 

[humbug]

I wouldn't bother, they perform about the same.

 

[Martini1991]

I wouldn't bother, they perform about the same.

No they don't. They can perform the same on certain tasks, and on many others they don't (Wins to either side). But to say they perform the same is a fallacy.

OP, depends on your GPU set up (No idea why people work in blanket statements, they help no one)
But to an i5? Probably wouldn't bother, as a Dual GPU set up would still bottleneck in games that you'd want that extra CPU grunt really, and any single GPU set up while performing better at the higher end, isn't worth the outlay.

But based on your games used, it's entirely pointless, except maybe The Crew. Because Ubisoft and their dodgy games.

Mantle isn't CPU specific either.

Frankly don't think Broadwell will be *all that* in terms of a step up from Devils Canyon either, I'd be far more willing to wait for the next socket, as by all accounts 1150 on Z97 is getting Broadwell.

 

[ALXAndy]

8320 wins some, loses others. I5 wins some, loses others.

You'd need to be hard core older games if you did make the change, but the financial output is just a complete waste IMO.

Gaming wise you are better off with the AMD, given the new consoles both run pretty much the same chip @ 1.7ghz.

If you want to go MATX there is one board that will allow a semi reasonable overclock of around 4.3ghz and it only costs about forty quid.

Then I would spend all of, or at least the rest of, on a decent GPU.

 

[gpuerrilla]

I went from a 8320 to an ivy i5(completely forgotten the name). Possibly on bench marks their will be a difference, but in real life I notice pretty much nothing. So I swapped back to the 8320. Same as above though, wait for broadwell.

This in reality is exactly what will happen to 9/10 users. Thanks for the transparency Kobi!