4790K vs 4930K

[Bayfish]

I'm looking to buy one of these CPUs for an upgrade from my current rig, and I'm unsure whether to go for the 4790K or the 4930K. I will be gaming mainly, but as well as possibly streaming these games as well as doing my University computer science work on it too. 

 

Thanks.

 

EDIT: I am currently on an FX 8350.

[TheDankKoosh]

1 minute ago, Baifish said:

I'm looking to buy one of these CPUs for an upgrade from my current rig, and I'm unsure whether to go for the 4790K or the 4930K. I will be gaming mainly, but as well as possibly streaming these games as well as doing my University computer science work on it too. 

 

Thanks.

Those are two pretty different cpus, the 4930k is ivy bridge-e while the 4790k is haswell. Haswell has about 10% better ipc compared to the ivy bridge while the 4930k has 6 cores. I'd say if you have the money, the ryzen 5 2600 is a much better choice for the superior ipc and extra cores.

[Bayfish]

3 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

Those are two pretty different cpus, the 4930k is ivy bridge-e while the 4790k is haswell. Haswell has about 10% better ipc compared to the ivy bridge while the 4930k has 6 cores. I'd say if you have the money, the ryzen 5 2600 is a much better choice for the superior ipc and extra cores.

Yea the only thing stopping me from a newer CPU is the cost of DDR4 RAM, but I already own 16GB of DDR3 RAM.

[Bananasplit_00]

id probably go for the I7 4790K because it should be better in games

[TheDankKoosh]

Just now, Baifish said:

Yea the only thing stopping me from a newer CPU is the cost of DDR4 RAM, but I already own 16GB of DDR3 RAM.

Decent kits of DDR4 have been plummeting for a while now, so I'd say that selling your 16gb of DDR3 for $60-70 would be a better choice since you can get a kit of DDR4 3000 for $100.

[Stefan Payne]

8 minutes ago, Baifish said:

I'm looking to buy one of these CPUs for an upgrade from my current rig, and I'm unsure whether to go for the 4790K or the 4930K. I will be gaming mainly, but as well as possibly streaming these games as well as doing my University computer science work on it too. 

 

Thanks.

Remember that you'd get a new 6 Core CPU for like 150€ or so.

 

So you have to have at least a decent Motherboard (higher end Z87 or 97) and a decent Amount of Memory (=8-16GiB)

[Bayfish]

18 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Remember that you'd get a new 6 Core CPU for like 150€ or so.

 

So you have to have at least a decent Motherboard (higher end Z87 or 97) and a decent Amount of Memory (=8-16GiB)

I have an ASUS-Z87-A motherboard. But I'm unsure whether to sell this and grab a 4930k and a Z97. I friend said he would give me a 4930k and a ASUS Rampage IV for £220

[Stefan Payne]

13 hours ago, Baifish said:

I have an ASUS-Z87-A motherboard. But I'm unsure whether to sell this and grab a 4930k and a Z97. I friend said he would give me a 4930k and a ASUS Rampage IV for £220

The deal from your friend seems nice, so I'd ditch the Z87-A as its a rather low end Z87 anyway.

The 220 Pound look OK, because the Motherboard alone is worth it.

 

Remember: The Heatsinks/Coolers mounting for the CPU and other stuff...

 

But its rather easy as an i7-4790 would be only a little bit cheaper than the X79 System...