The Intel i7-4790K and i5-4690K CPUs were leaders of their era, but it's been long enough that owners might be looking to upgrade to modern Intel i7/i9 CPUs or AMD R5/R7 CPUs.
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In this video, we'll be revisiting the Intel Core i7-4790K and Core i5-4690K. Back when we reviewed the 4690K, we were still in the era when "an i5 was enough for gaming," but things have changed. We're not recommending i5s at present -- at least, not the current Intel iteration of them -- and the R5 series has usurped that price category from Intel. Intel is left mostly with the i7-9700K and i9-9900K, although for anyone on an i5-4690K, there is an alternative 'upgrade' path to the 4790K (if one can be found for dirt cheap). As a reminder, this information also applies to owners of the Intel i7-4770K and i5-4670K.

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