Should I upgrade my CPU to a 4790k from an i5 4460, or should

That depends, can your motherboard overclock the 4790k? If not then no, it'll be a waste.

If you need m.2 then upgrade your mobo. If not just do the processor.

>>59271753
install ryzen

buy gentoo

>>59271791
Just a gaymur.

>>59271787
I'm thinking of just getting the 4790k

>>59271844
The 4790k won't be a great buy if you can't overclock it though.

Yes. It would be a great upgrade.

>>59271877
I have a cryorig H7 and a motherboard with a b85 chipset

>>59271753

only if your cpu is currently the bottle neck

>>59271930
Getting a 1070 soon and I don't know how well my 4460 can handle it.

DDR4 can have a pretty significant effect on performance, it's not worth it to upgrade from an i5 4460 to something else that still uses DDR3.

>>59271912
B85 can't overclock as far as I know. So you're shit out of luck. Get a 4790(non k)

>>59271912
b85 doesnt support overclocking
4790k would be a waste, 4790 wouldnt be that drastic of an improvement

even going up to say an i5 6600 would be fuck all in performance gains
your i5 is fine as is, save up money and get a proper upgrade, like going for a 7700k, ddr4 and a z270 mobo

>>59271949
That's the thing. I have 16 gigs of ddr3. I really don't want to have to buy 16gigs of ddr4, I don't have very much disposable income. Anyways ddr3 is plenty fast for what I do.

>>59271974
4790 wouldn't be that good of an improvement? it's .8ghz faster with hyperthreading. If he bought the 4790 and sold his i5 on ebay or something it would be a great improvement.

>>59271976
You'd be better off just waiting until 10nm comes to desktop CPUs. By then, DDR4 prices will hopefully have come down, motherboards will probably be better values, and there will be a significant enough performance increase to justify the upgrade. Going from an i5 to an i7 of the same generation just isn't a huge upgrade.

>>59272028
Hm, I understand. I'm also possibly contemplating ryzen. A 1700 with a nice board for overclocking.

>>59272023
>8GHz faster with hyperthreading
Get the fuck out

>>59272071
The 15 4460 is 3.2 ghz where the i7 is 4.0, and the i7 has hyperthreading. What's wrong with that?

>>59272098
I fucking typed 15 instead of i5 lol

>>59272098
I apologise, I didn't see the decimal before the 8. I'm a stupid phone poster

>>59272120
Lol it's fine. If I saw something saying that I'd call them out too.

OP here, just going to upgrade to the 4790. The fact that stock is alot faster than my current cpu and the fact that it has hyperthreading is really attractive to me, and since it's a non-k it's cheaper, too. By the time I sell my 4460 I'm sure it'll be worth the money. Does this sound logical to anyone else?

>>59272209
It's the only logical path you have if you don't want to upgrade you motherboard, RAM and CPU all at the same time.

>>59272366
Then that's what I'll do. Thanks /g/!

Why the ever living fuck would you need anything better for fucking games of all things? You won't see jackshit of an improvement unless you're shooting for 120/144 fps gaming. At 60 fps the difference will be literally zero. Complete waste of money.

>>59273410
I'm looking on getting into streaming (embarrassing to say), you try streaming with a 3.2ghz quad core.

>>59273513
Litterially just set the encoder to nvenc if you have a Nvidia card... assuming you will he using OBS

>>59273564
Also going to be emulating games so the faster clock speed will really help out

>>59273620
what games anon?

>>59273652
ds games in high res and Citra.

>>59273620
Wtf? I emulate with shitty pcsx2 on an fx 8350, never went below 70% speed. You litierially don't need to upgrade.

>>59273701
Citra is a 3ds emulator, It's hard to run.

>>59273740
Understandable, just make sure you find a good deal, faggot.

>>59271945
you don't know but you're already planning on spending money?
wait and see. chances are you current CPU will do just fine.