what is best cpu for gaming regardless the price

[Nhirlathothep]

then my second answer was the right answer

a 2p 2011-3 board with some e7 4890v2 cpus.

for the low low price of 6700 a piece

14000 in 4890 v2 cpus and a 700 dollar Asus Z10PE-D8 WS and 1tb of memory.

if price is no issue.

unfortunately no overclocking.

E7-4890 v2 are a good advice, but low freq will bottleneck most games

 

[master_shake_]

E7-4890 v2 are a good advice, but low freq will bottleneck most games

it's ok it won't work in that board anyway.

 

[redzo]

learn the basics before give advices!

What basics are you talking about?

My point is that there is no point to talk about if there are no budget constrains. Intel itself took budget into consideration when it released that 5960x upon us.

 

[Ketchup]

The 4790k is the fastest CPU I have ever owned.
BUT, it can really put out the heat,
HOWEVER, I have not run anything (games, video editing, etc) that puts out the temps of straight-up stress testing,
BUT STILL I can't see enjoying this CPU on the stock heatsink, as it would be almost guaranteed to throttle, under heavy load, from time to time.

 

[escrow4]

5820K @ 4.0GHz. I'd take 6 Haswell cores over a 4790K for gaming now anyday. Games want those cores/threads.

 

[hunkeelin]

what's all the fuss about 4790k > 5960x. I mean we are obviously going to OC it. I don't think a 4790k at 5.0ghz is out performing a 5960x at 4.4ghz in gaming..

 

[hunkeelin]

a lot of nobs, a lot of wrong answers.

The best cpu for gaming is an overlocked 5960x.
U must reach 4.5 ghz to mantain hi fps on not multithreaded games.

On some games a 5930k can score better, because they cant use 8 core, but 5960x it s better.

i was going to buy it, it is the best.

dont believe cheap gamers

What kind of bs is that..... maintaining 4.5ghz. I have the 5960x myself with 980sli. There's no differnece between 4.0ghz vs 4.4ghz in gaming at all. I did the testing extensively cuz I pumping 1.315v at 4.5 all the time and was thinking I'm getting extra performance. Which I don't..... )=

 

[Batmeat]

I have an old 33Mhz 286 lying around. I put that bad boy in the oven and cranked it to broil. After an hour or so of baking I placed it back on the mobo and allowed the heated contacts to spread out (kinda like how butter spreads out when it heats up). With my custom bios and voltage mods, I can get that baby smoking fast. Easily the best cpu I've ever had.

In other respects, if you have an unlimited budget, the most cores at the fastest speed will be the processor you should get. then liquid cool it and O/C it. I wouldn't get anything older then a 4xxxk series processor.

 

[Ketchup]

What kind of bs is that..... maintaining 4.5ghz. I have the 5960x myself with 980sli. There's no differnece between 4.0ghz vs 4.4ghz in gaming at all. I did the testing extensively cuz I pumping 1.315v at 4.5 all the time and was thinking I'm getting extra performance. Which I don't..... )=

Yes, there are a lot a variables here. A lot of (most) games don't care what CPU you have, it's the GPU that makes all the difference. IIRC, there are a few games that would show a difference between a 5960x stock vs overclock, but not many.

But most of the time, you are buying a high-end CPU for high-end activities, not just gaming. If all you want to do is game, save your money and get a decent i5.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

For any cost? Buy thousands of 5960x's until you find one that does 5.0Ghz on air. The best from the factory? 4970k.

 

[hunkeelin]

Yes, there are a lot a variables here. A lot of (most) games don't care what CPU you have, it's the GPU that makes all the difference. IIRC, there are a few games that would show a difference between a 5960x stock vs overclock, but not many.

But most of the time, you are buying a high-end CPU for high-end activities, not just gaming. If all you want to do is game, save your money and get a decent i5.

arm3, crysis3, bf4, metro series. 4.0ghz = 4.4ghz in gaming /=

 

[Dave3000]

Yes, there are a lot a variables here. A lot of (most) games don't care what CPU you have, it's the GPU that makes all the difference. IIRC, there are a few games that would show a difference between a 5960x stock vs overclock, but not many.

But most of the time, you are buying a high-end CPU for high-end activities, not just gaming. If all you want to do is game, save your money and get a decent i5.

The problem with that is that there is no i5 that is 4 GHz. You would have to buy an i7 4790k to get a 4 GHz chip. In a CPU bound game that would be like the i5 3.5 GHz chip getting 37 fps and the i7 4 GHz chip getting 42 fps taking turbo boost into consideration), and maybe a bigger difference if the game takes advantage of hyperthreading and the larger L3 cache of the i7.

 

[Ketchup]

Why do you think 4 GHz makes a difference? It's the video card that dictates how your games will run.

 

[toyota]

Why do you think 4 GHz makes a difference? It's the video card that dictates how your games will run.

so if I put my cpu at 2ghz it will run games exactly the same? lol

 

[escrow4]

The problem with that is that there is no i5 that is 4 GHz. You would have to buy an i7 4790k to get a 4 GHz chip. In a CPU bound game that would be like the i5 3.5 GHz chip getting 37 fps and the i7 4 GHz chip getting 42 fps taking turbo boost into consideration), and maybe a bigger difference if the game takes advantage of hyperthreading and the larger L3 cache of the i7.

A 4690 with MCE enabled will run at 3.9GHz all cores at load. Stock overclocking in 10 seconds and a simple BIOS option . . . . .

 

[2is]

in gaming benchmarks there is little to no difference between the 2?

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1261?vs=1260

i know those are averages but seriously 100 dollars more for what?

Perhaps you should read the OP.

 

[Dave3000]

A 4690 with MCE enabled will run at 3.9GHz all cores at load. Stock overclocking in 10 seconds and a simple BIOS option . . . . .

An i7 4790k runs at 4.4 GHz when MCE is enabled.

 

[odanobunaga]

Thank you all for the response

 

[cbn]

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[Kuiva maa]

A toss between 5930k,5820k and 4790k. There will be games that the 5960X can potentially be ahead of everything but it needs to be able to clock not very far from the other three to achieve that if o/c is involved. I find gamegpu.ru benches (where 5960X stock dominates) to be mostly bogus. I trust Angelini more and his findings are different.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,3918-6.html

 

[escrow4]

An i7 4790k runs at 4.4 GHz when MCE is enabled.

Apart from multiplayer and pushing 120FPS, 500MHz difference is irrelevant apart from a few minimum FPS. Even at stock Haswell is more than enough for any game (by enough pushing a GPU @ 1080p to 60FPS engine differences aside). I'd take an i7 definitely over an i5 anyday, but clock speeds through the roof are not really required.

 

[Nhirlathothep]

A toss between 5930k,5820k and 4790k. There will be games that the 5960X can potentially be ahead of everything but it needs to be able to clock not very far from the other three to achieve that if o/c is involved. I find gamegpu.ru benches (where 5960X stock dominates) to be mostly bogus. I trust Angelini more and his findings are different.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,3918-6.html

one of the best reviews ever

 

[toyota]

one of the best reviews ever

um why is the 5930 slower than the 5820 in 6 out of the 7 game tests?

 

[hunkeelin]

^ i want to know that too. I think it's bogus

 

[MongGrel]

*beats his X5680 and fails to get it to go past 4.5*

boink.

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