4770k or 4930k

[wazza1212]

Hello, 

 

I'm upgrading my pc. I'm going from AMD to Intel.

I'm sure i want an i7, I have about £1000($1675) to spend, should I get the 4930k and a Rampage iv Extreme? or should I get a 4770k and a Z87 Mpower Max-ac? 

 

Many thanks in advance! 

[Shd0w2]

What is this build for?

[SeanAngelo]

what are you gonna be doing?

[Rorgash]

unless you plan on a insane build or you have too much money a Extreme and 4930k is overkill and wont do much for you in any kind of performance in games atleast and i dont find it worth it even for graphical work

[Cubit481]

Purpose..??

[wazza1212]

Most things in general, I play a lot of games, and occasionally do some video editing. 

[ForeseenVisionz]

all depends on what your;re going to be doing bud.

[Cubit481]

If u are going to do just gaming a 4670k is enough...

[wazza1212]

unless you plan on a insane build or you have too much money a Extreme and 4930k is overkill and wont do much for you in any kind of performance in games atleast and i dont find it worth it even for graphical work

So 4770k then? 

[ForeseenVisionz]

Most things in general, I play a lot of games, and occasionally do some video editing. 

deffinatly not an extreme edition. with that use case you should go with a i5 6470k otherwise max of the max i7 4770k

[Cubit481]

Most things in general, I play a lot of games, and occasionally do some video editing. 

For gaming just go with the 4670k...4770k helps in video editing but if u are going to do that occasional den get the 4670k...

[SeanAngelo]

Most things in general, I play a lot of games, and occasionally do some video editing. 

you'll be fine with 4670k, save the money

[Jerakl]

Most things in general, I play a lot of games, and occasionally do some video editing. 

4770K

Save money, live better.

EDIT: Or as others have suggested, a 4670K.

[wazza1212]

Okay, thanks for clearing it up! 

[ProKoN]

i would say 4770k and mpower max.

 

unless you  need more memory\ memory bandwith or more pcie bandwidth, not likely for the majority of users.

 

keep in mind the 6 core draws close to double the power when overclocked

[JLCitadel]

Okay, thanks for clearing it up! 

 

4670k or 4770k.

 

if you live near a microcenter it's a lot cheaper FYI

[digitalnav]

For gaming, the 4770k actually performs better.

[deathjester]

 

Hello, 

 

I'm upgrading my pc. I'm going from AMD to Intel.

I'm sure i want an i7, I have about £1000($1675) to spend, should I get the 4930k and a Rampage iv Extreme? or should I get a 4770k and a Z87 Mpower Max-ac? 

 

Many thanks in advance! 

 

 

 

Z87 G-45/I5-4670k is all you would ever need on 2 cards for gaming. These 300 dollar MB's don't clock any better than the G-45 on Haswell.

 

780ti over a 780 or 770 all day long for gaming. GPU is king and you see diminishing returns past an I5, and a 780ti is a waste at 1080p.

 

If you are going to use the I7 for streaming/rendering? Cut the cost as you can so you can get more GPU. You don't need a motherboard like that unless you are actually going to put more then 2 big GPU's on it. By the time you can afford more then two big GPU's? DX 12 GPU's will be out (possibly 800 series). Add to that the GPU's can be a pain in the butt to find later.

 

I don't even understand why people buy SLI boards unless they are actually going to use SLI. Don't see the point. If you are really going to go SLI, get the PSU you will need, unless you are waiting for 800 series that will use less of one, but then why do you need 4 slots? Having a MB that holds 4 780TI's/880's is pointless if you are never going to use it. It is cool to say you have a MB that can hold 4 cards, but it is a lot cooler to have 2 GPU's that actually kick butt or one really good one, or to get the price lower so you can actually upgrade to a second 780ti much sooner.

[FranBunnyFFXII]

In practice, the 4820K and 4770K perform on par with the 4820K exceeding in overclocking, since the 4960X is a step up fromt he 4820K, If you're looking to overclock then the intel Extreme/enthusiast chips are the way to go. They have much greater support from their TDP design, and x79 motherboards for overclocking.

If you're just playing general games, there's no reason to get an i7 4820K or higher for gaming, an i7 4770K will be cheaper because the Z87 and lesser chipset boards are cheaper than x79.

However, there is one big exception

If you're playing MMORPGs, a highly oveclocked CPU is one of the best things you can for an MMORPG based gaming rig, which means the correct route to go for building an MMORPG rig would be the i7 4820K with an x79 motherboard, a high end cooler and overclocking the hell out of it.

MMORPGs require STUPIDLY HIGH CPU efficiency and frequencies, some requiring 4.5ghz+ ivybridge cores or better to run efficiently.(Run EFFICIENTLY AS IN OPTIMAL, not minimal or marginally acceptable).

Hardwarecanucks did a compare of the 4770K vs the 4820K and showed that the 4820K could do 4.8ghz+ on 4 cores, where as the 4770K hit a wall at 4.5ghz

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63119-intel-i7-4930k-i7-4820k-ivy-bridge-e-review-17.html

If you're not going to do above^

then just get a 4770K, and don't worry about the Ivybridge E

But in reality unless you're doing crazy benching like LN2 Overclocking and video editing or other super CPU intensive things there's little reason to go above the 4820K and x79. If you're just general gaming 4770K and the 4820K are interchangable and the 4770K set up might be cheaper.

[Rheinwasser]

4930k and the asus board. if you have the money and you know you need it, 4930k. asus > msi quality so well.

[VGuillV]

Most things in general, I play a lot of games, and occasionally do some video editing. 

"Ocassionally..." 

 

That probably means an the 4770k would give you a greater bang for your buck.