Devil's Canyon review! (In Swedish)

[Bingbear]

http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/18924-intel-core-i7-4790k-devils-canyon 

 

The Swedish site sweclockers.com just posted their review of the i7 4790k. The results were good, but maybe not as good as many expected...

 

Edit: http://bit.ly/1xPeaVF translated by google translate, so grammatical nightmares ahead!

[Accursed Entity]

Better than a 4770k, good enough for us that will do our first build soon. Of course not enough for Ivy or 4770k users, no reason for them to jump in.

[ericlee30]

It's a really cool CPU, but for me it is pointless becuase i already have a 3770K and a 4770K builds.

[Rorgash]

yea, not worth upgrading to, its simply a fix to their old way of making them.

[Askew]

Ivy lives on.

[Recon-UK]

Sandy the original beast.

[Bingbear]

Hm, the question that me and a few of my friends are asking ourselves is if its worth to wait for Devil's Canyon, or if the diffrence is so small that we might as well get a 4670k or 4770k.

[Cryptonite]

Sandy the original beast.

you beat me to it... People ignore sandy as if it's obsolete. but it's still a powerhouse especially for it's age.

[Cryptonite]

Hm, the question that me and a few of my friends are asking ourselves is if its worth to wait for Devil's Canyon, or if the diffrence is so small that we might as well get a 4670k or 4770k.

if people with ivy and haswell don't think it's worth an upgrade doesn't that answer your question? waiting will only marginally improve performance.

[techswede]

I think i'll stick with my 3770k. But it's good for the people planning new builds.

[sand0oski]

Hm, the question that me and a few of my friends are asking ourselves is if its worth to wait for Devil's Canyon, or if the diffrence is so small that we might as well get a 4670k or 4770k.

From the pricing I've seen so far, the 4790K is the same price as the 4770K, at least on Newegg.  So you might as well get Z97 and 4970k, unless you find a good deal on an older 4770k. 

[Bingbear]

From the pricing I've seen so far, the 4790K is the same price as the 4770K, at least on Newegg.  So you might as well get Z97 and 4970k, unless you find a good deal on an older 4770k. 

 

The difference in price here (sweden) between 4770k and 4790k is close to 60$, im just not entirely convinced that the diffrence in preformence is worth that much money....

[Notional]

The difference in price here (sweden) between 4770k and 4790k is close to 60$, im just not entirely convinced that the diffrence in preformence is worth that much money....

It's 80-90% here in Denmark. However, that is just because the cards are not out yet. It has already lowered 10$, so when the CPU is released and competition gets started, it will drop in price. 

[That Norwegian Guy]

Better than a 4770k

 

No, it literally is a 4770K.

[digitalnav]

No, it literally is a 4770K.

No, it is not. It has an improved TIM, better power delivery and a refined process.

[Accursed Entity]

No, it literally is a 4770K.

Geez thanks Capt, I wouldn't have guessed by the "haswell refresh" name. 

[sand0oski]

The difference in price here (sweden) between 4770k and 4790k is close to 60$, im just not entirely convinced that the diffrence in preformence is worth that much money....

Lol damn sorry I didn't realize pricing varied that much country to country.  On one hand i'm excited by the chips cause Intel is finally accepting that their thermal paste sucks and it's taking some of the excitement out of overclocking their UNLOCKED processors.  So they throw us a bone with better thermal paste and more capacitors.  So I want everybody to buy them so Intel sees that the market is there and maybe they'll do this to just all of their "K" series processors from now on...which I kinda feel like they should of just always been doing.  But for $60 more bucks I personally don't know that I would do it.  Maybe prices will drop once supply catches up to demand.

[unsubscribed]

Can't wait my E3 1230 V3 to arrive. Will bench to see the results.

[JAKEBAB]

Can't wait my E3 1230 V3 to arrive. Will bench to see the results.

you know u cant overclock that xeon right?

[Bingbear]

Lol damn sorry I didn't realize pricing varied that much country to country.  On one hand i'm excited by the chips cause Intel is finally accepting that their thermal paste sucks and it's taking some of the excitement out of overclocking their UNLOCKED processors.  So they throw us a bone with better thermal paste and more capacitors.  So I want everybody to buy them so Intel sees that the market is there and maybe they'll do this to just all of their "K" series processors from now on...which I kinda feel like they should of just always been doing.  But for $60 more bucks I personally don't know that I would do it.  Maybe prices will drop once supply catches up to demand.

 

No problem mate, it's not easy keeping track of all the prices across the world! Me not wanting to wait almost a month until ordering also has part in considering the 4670k instead (working on a ship). But as Notional said, the price could be inflated due to the fact that the chip isn't released yet. Although prices tend to always be a bit higher in Sweden imho...

[jezza39]

Meh, we are all swooning over what Intel should have released initially with Haswell. 

[coder-guy22296]

Im coming from a laptop so this will be in my first build: 4790k

[kuddlesworth9419]

A 9 frame gain in Elder Scrolls is pretty good. I was expecting 2 frames at the most.

[unsubscribed]

you know u cant overclock that xeon right?

I never overclocked. Even when I had k series CPUs. Too much heat, noise and power draw. Last time I benchmarked 1230 Vs i5 OC to 4.5GHz the Xeon won in nearly every task or was very close. The heat and draw difference was huge though. I rather have CPU barely reaching 50C with CM 212 cooler than i5 OC to bits running 70C with watercooler at it's loudest. Price wice they are same. I7 is another 50 eur/70 usd at least. Just not worth it other than fun factor or e@£nis extension.

[JAKEBAB]

I never overclocked. Even when I had k series CPUs. Too much heat, noise and power draw. Last time I benchmarked 1230 Vs i5 OC to 4.5GHz the Xeon won in nearly every task or was very close. The heat and draw difference was huge though. I rather have CPU barely reaching 50C with CM 212 cooler than i5 OC to bits running 70C with watercooler at it's loudest. Price wice they are same. I7 is another 50 eur/70 usd at least. Just not worth it other than fun factor or e@£nis extension.

Yea I just assumed by bench u ment like overclock push it to its limits I don't like over locking either I don't really see the point u degrade your chip make it hotter as u said and what for? A minor improvement.