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http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-4790K-Processor-Cache-BX80646I74790K/dp/B00KPRWAX8/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1417246949&sr=1-1

Damn, the 4790k is such a good price right now, yeah or neh?

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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I went into today expecting to spend a few hundred maybe.

$600 later....

If you can afford it. yus

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Asus ROG Zephryus G15

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QNAP TS-451

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No! Don't fall for Intel's silly offerings!

 

Wait for Skylake, if you want to upgrade now you may as well go with Sandy Bridge because the performance increase over the last 2 major architectures has been negligible.

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No! Don't fall for Intel's silly offerings!

 

Wait for Skylake, if you want to upgrade now you may as well go with Sandy Bridge because the performance increase over the last 2 major architectures has been negligible.

Bruh I heard that was Q4 2015........

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Bruh I heard that was Q4 2015........

If you're really noticing lower performance in games then go for the 4970K. Keep in mind there's no upgrade path, Intel changes the socket every "tock" in the microarchitecture

CPU: i7 2600 @ 4.2GHz  COOLING: NZXT Kraken X31 RAM: 4x2GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1600MHz MOBO: Gigabyte Z68-UD3-XP GPU: XFX R9 280X Double Dissipation SSD #1: 120GB OCZ Vertex 2  SSD #2: 240GB Corsair Force 3 HDD #1: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 600W CASE: NZXT H230
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz COOLING: Cooler Master Eclipse RAM: 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800MHz MOBO: XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLi GPU: 2x ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU in SLi HDD #1: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM PSU: TBA CASE: Antec 300
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If you're really noticing lower performance in games then go for the 4970K. Keep in mind there's no upgrade path, Intel changes the socket every "tock" in the microarchitecture

I'm not sure why I would get a 3820 over a 4790k, I'm more looking for a great quad core. I made the mistake imo of buying a 6 core in 2011, which cost me a shit ton, now I want to upgrade but my only hold back is the fact I payed for much for my current CPU. I'm really not planning on paying close to 1k for a CPU this go around especially since a quad core will serve me better in gaming. It looks like most of sandy bridge's CPUs are six core processors and the ones that aren't don't seem better than the 4790k. I was thinking of waiting till skylake but damn, q4 2015 is it? That's like this time next year...

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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I'm not sure why I would get a 3820 over a 4790k, I'm more looking for a great quad core. I made the mistake imo of buying a 6 core in 2011, which cost me a shit ton, now I want to upgrade but my only hold back is the fact I payed for much for my current CPU. I'm really not planning on paying close to 1k for a CPU this go around especially since a quad core will serve me better in gaming. It looks like most of sandy bridge's CPUs are six core processors and the ones that aren't don't seem better than the 4790k. I was thinking of waiting till skylake but damn, q4 2015 is it? That's like this time next year...

I wasn't necessarily telling you to go Sandy Bridge, I was just pointing out that you may as well have considering your current processor.

 

Obviously I can't tell the future so I don't know whether Skylake will be good or not, but if you're looking for something now the 4790K would be the best choice.

CPU: i7 2600 @ 4.2GHz  COOLING: NZXT Kraken X31 RAM: 4x2GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1600MHz MOBO: Gigabyte Z68-UD3-XP GPU: XFX R9 280X Double Dissipation SSD #1: 120GB OCZ Vertex 2  SSD #2: 240GB Corsair Force 3 HDD #1: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 600W CASE: NZXT H230
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz COOLING: Cooler Master Eclipse RAM: 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800MHz MOBO: XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLi GPU: 2x ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU in SLi HDD #1: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM PSU: TBA CASE: Antec 300
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