Hello everyone,
I am looking for your help and advice concerning this. I am planning to order an iMac 5K with the R9 M295X, but I'm undecided about the CPU. I have read many comparisons, reviews and benchmarks in this site and others but they always compare the iMac 5K with the i7 CPU and the M295X to the i5 CPU with the M290X. However that's not my concern as I do wish to get the best GPU possible.
My question basically is if the i7 CPU is worth it? It's a reasonable price leap from the i5 to the i7 and I'm wondering if that translates into real world performance or it's not worth the upgrade. I will not be doing professional video editing and I'm mostly wondering if there is a real difference in performance in situations such as modern gaming and standard computing.
Also, will the i5 make the fans less noisy as they might work less or they will work just the same with the i7 due to most heat being generated by the GPU?
Thanks in advance!
I am looking for your help and advice concerning this. I am planning to order an iMac 5K with the R9 M295X, but I'm undecided about the CPU. I have read many comparisons, reviews and benchmarks in this site and others but they always compare the iMac 5K with the i7 CPU and the M295X to the i5 CPU with the M290X. However that's not my concern as I do wish to get the best GPU possible.
My question basically is if the i7 CPU is worth it? It's a reasonable price leap from the i5 to the i7 and I'm wondering if that translates into real world performance or it's not worth the upgrade. I will not be doing professional video editing and I'm mostly wondering if there is a real difference in performance in situations such as modern gaming and standard computing.
Also, will the i5 make the fans less noisy as they might work less or they will work just the same with the i7 due to most heat being generated by the GPU?
Thanks in advance!