Which is the better CPU?

[blake0812]

More than enthusiast but not quite all out. I do know I want to try to get as maxed out as possible with a good 50+ fps for the following games

Watch Dogs
Arkham Knight
Shadows of Mordor
and Division

Those are at the moment my top 4 games coming up

Batman and Mordor wont drop until Oct, then I give it a few months because they always are broken for PC for awhile.
Division doesn't come out until 2015
Watch Dogs is the only one coming out soon but I can wait to see reviews if its worth it.

I can't think of any major games on the horizon but something usually comes out. This will probably be my last major build so I want it to last as long as possible. Im hoping for 2years high end gaming then 5 years mid range then crap and gen use after that.

The PC I have now is almost 5 yrs old and is able to run current games @ high specs around 30-45fps no prob. I figure if I bump up the specs I should get almost twice that from birth to death.


I have never overclocked, but If it is viable w/out losing life of the parts I am all for it. I may water cool just for noise sake I have not decided yet. Im also kicking around crazy case ideas. I saw one that was all case free I like the thought of that.

I would think a midtier Haswell CPU would do you nicely then. Though Watch Dogs looks like it'll be unoptimized for a while after release. The one thing you'd want to focus on is the GPU, for which I recommend the gtx 760

 

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If you're open to spending over $300 on a cpu then it makes perfect sense to spend a mere 7% extra to get the unlocked multiplier.

 

[coffeejunkee]

Actually, for gaming just get 4670K and spend the $100 saved on a better gpu.

 

[blake0812]

Actually, for gaming just get 4670K and spend the $100 saved on a better gpu.

Or do that. Knows better than I do :biggrin: