It also sports the same increased TDP as the new Core i7, being rated at 88W compared to 84W for its predecessor. Well, the Core i5-4690K offers a 100MHz speed boost over the Core i5-4670K both at its default frequency and when Turbo-Boosted at 3.5GHz and 3.9GHz respectively. It's certainly cheaper than the £190 its predecessor cost at launch, which is something, but it looks like the days of sub £150 Core i5 K-series CPUs are long gone. There's still a big gap between it and the Pentium G3258 price-wise - at time of writing OcUK was offering it for £169 and most other sites we've checked have it for a similar price. Today we're looking at the happy medium - the new Core i5, specifically the Core i5-4690K. It's one of the fastest CPUs we've tested. However, at five times the price of the Pentium G3258, it's not exactly budget friendly, although if you do a lot of video encoding or rendering. However, it does lack grunt in the multi-tasking department, even when overclocked, although can you really complain for £55?Īt the other end of the spectrum, the Core i7-4790K topped many of our benchmarks, overclocks just as well as its predecessor and runs a whole lot cooler too.
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The Pentium G3258 proved to be a great sub £60 choice, so long as you overclock it and makes for a handy upgrade path if you can't afford a K-series CPU right now. Overall, Intel's latest batch of CPUs have been pretty much as expected. UK price (as reviewed): £169.99 (inc VAT) Click to enlarge Intel Core i5-4690K Review Manufacturer: Intel
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