What would you choose......

[JamGorby]

i5 4690k and Corsair h100i or i7 4790k and Hyper 212 Evo?
 

[Tech_Dreamer]

i7 4790k and Hyper 212 Evo for performance

[LiamApex]

4790k and Hyper 212 evo a cooler is a cheeper upgrade than a cpu

 

 

More Power Over Tempratures anyday 

[gilm0re3]

4790k. 

[A.D.A.M]

The i7 definitely. 

[Sack]

i5 4690k and Corsair h100i or i7 4790k and Hyper 212 Evo?

 

Depends on what you're going to use it for ...

[i_build_nanosuits]

i7 hands down...the hyper 212 evo can deliver a solid overclock on this while being more quiet than the H100i...it's a no brainer.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Depends on what you're going to use it for ...

it does not...the i7-4790K and 212 EVO is just a plain better choice.

[zappian]

 i7-4790K and 212 EVO.

[Redut]

i5-4690K + Hyper 212 EVO

[Lotus]

i5-4690k + 212 evo + better GPU for gaming (or SSD, better monitor, whatever)

i7-4790k + 212 evo for gaming/workstation multi-purpose PC

 

No real reason to go better than a 212 evo on an 84W chip. You're hitting fairly bad diminishing returns on heat dissipation already. That money is better suited for other things. Step up to a 240mm AIO when you hit 125W TDP of the X99 platform.

[Sack]

it does not...the i7-4790K and 212 EVO is just a plain better choice.

If you're a spoiled child that gets it for free sure, but if you're not doing anything on your computer that actually require you to use an i7, why would you then spend money on an i7? You could get an i5 with a noctua cooler instead or something ...

[zappian]

If you're a spoiled child that gets it for free sure, but if you're not doing anything on your computer that actually require you to use an i7, why would you then spend money on an i7? You could get an i5 with a noctua cooler instead or something ...

 

bf4 uses hyperthreading sonny.

 

Google i5 4670k vs i7 4770k digital foundry.

 

I think it was a 10 fps or so differencce.

 

So in some games HT is used.

[Briggsy]

i7 for the long term performance. regular quad-core cpu's are the new dual-cores (if you get my meaning), and in a couple years will be baseline requirements for most games (is already for some), while at least with hyper-threading the i7 will keep afloat for many years.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i5-4690k + 212 evo + better GPU for gaming (or SSD, better monitor, whatever)

i7-4790k + 212 evo for gaming/workstation multi-purpose PC

 

No real reason to go better than a 212 evo on an 84W chip. You're hitting fairly bad diminishing returns on heat dissipation already. That money is better suited for other things. Step up to a 240mm AIO when you hit 125W TDP of the X99 platform.

 

If you're a spoiled child that gets it for free sure, but if you're not doing anything on your computer that actually require you to use an i7, why would you then spend money on an i7? You could get an i5 with a noctua cooler instead or something ...

 

i7 for the long term performance. regular quad-core cpu's are the new dual-cores (if you get my meaning), and in a couple years will be baseline requirements for most games (is already for some), while at least with hyper-threading the i7 will keep afloat for many years.

exactly...the core i5 CPU is seing very high core usage in many newer games already, it will most likely be a bottleneck to high-end graphics cards in future games that's a given...it's only a matter of time.

The i7 also has more cache and i've never seen my i7 reaching more than 70% overall load in games and never a thread has even reached above 80% in any games so far...and when i turn off hyper-threading i can cleary tell some of the most demanding games arent as smooth anymore.

 

The i7 is a good investment for future games if the user is not planning other upgrades for a while...the i7-4790K is also 4ghz CPU with 4.4ghz boost so it's binned and will most likely overclock higher than the i5.

[vembutech]

Try with i7-4790K and 212 EVO which has good performance