Liquid cool a 4690k or stock cool a 4790k?

[sebRR]

Okay so I have a dilemma, I have a very tight budget and I can either get an i5 4690k with a NZXT kraken x31 or an 4790k with an awesome stock cooler!

which would be better?

 

Thanks in advance.

[itachipirate]

4790k doesn't give much performance for gaming. If all you do is game get the 4690k and OC the shit outta it

[mayu]

Get 4790k, save money and get better cooler later

[sebRR]

4790k doesn't give much performance for gaming. If all you do is game get the 4690k and OC the shit outta it

Oh yeah I should of mentioned I'll be doing quite a lot of video editing eg. premiere after effects and such

[bomerr]

For video rendering a water cooler helps a lot.

But on the flip-side I hear hyper threading helps for rendering too.

 

I would compromise. Get the 4790k and get a better cooler later. Surely you can wait 1 week to afford a AIO water cooling kit. 

 

 

although.... for video rendering a 5820k will dominate a 4790k. If you live near a micro center I would get a 5820k with a X99-UD4 bundle. 

[Atmos]

Oh yeah I should of mentioned I'll be doing quite a lot of video editing eg. premiere after effects and such

4790k no doubt then.

[nunya bus]

4790k no doubt then.

I just stuck a H801 GT on a4960 non K. and it basically sits on 3.9ghz turbo the whole time at 31 degrees goes up to 41 under full load using intel  graphics on it as well. so if u turn off the GFX the temp will go even lower 

[REX.exe]

4690K and OC it to hell.

[itachipirate]

Oh yeah I should of mentioned I'll be doing quite a lot of video editing eg. premiere after effects and such

4790k+212 EVO is about equal in price to a i5-4690k+kraken x31

[Tycho]

My 4690k @ 4.6Ghz performs the same as a 4790k @ stock on cinebench.

[Cesario]

I just built a rig based off the 4690k and my mate just build a very similar rig based off the 4790k and in real world applications there is next to no difference in gaming, video editing and general work.

 

Now i must state that the level of video editing we do is rather moderate for a home user but is nowhere near comparable to the level of a professional grade editing station. Put a few videos in an edit, cut / edit, whack a few transitions and effect and export is not classified as hard core video editing.

I highly suggest doing some personal research, look at bench marking with applications you are familiar with and make an educated decision based that. Yes still take what people say here as some good advise but we only have a small extract of how you will be using your computer.

 

I would like to see a blind test done on 2x identical rigs  but these 2x CPU's and i reckon most people would have trouble spotting the difference unless you put it under specific loads which utilize the additional features of the i7.

Regardless of what you choose, both those CPU's are absolutely wikid and i'd highly rate either of them to anyone building a rig, good luck with the choice and at the end of the day its your PC not ours so the final choice should be yours.

 

just my 2c

[sebRR]

I just built a rig based off the 4690k and my mate just build a very similar rig based off the 4790k and in real world applications there is next to no difference in gaming, video editing and general work.

 

Now i must state that the level of video editing we do is rather moderate for a home user but is nowhere near comparable to the level of a professional grade editing station. Put a few videos in an edit, cut / edit, whack a few transitions and effect and export is not classified as hard core video editing.

I highly suggest doing some personal research, look at bench marking with applications you are familiar with and make an educated decision based that. Yes still take what people say here as some good advise but we only have a small extract of how you will be using your computer.

 

I would like to see a blind test done on 2x identical rigs  but these 2x CPU's and i reckon most people would have trouble spotting the difference unless you put it under specific loads which utilize the additional features of the i7.

Regardless of what you choose, both those CPU's are absolutely wikid and i'd highly rate either of them to anyone building a rig, good luck with the choice and at the end of the day its your PC not ours so the final choice should be yours.

 

just my 2c

 

Well said, I think I'll poke around in some benchmarks and some real world render tests if I can find some. Also I will probably be doing some intense 3D stuff so their could be a larger difference there.