i7 4790k vs i7 5820k with gtx 980 ti sli

[Geno Boost]

i plan to game on 1440p 144hz ips and editing video. are video editing programs more gpu bound or cpu. is it worth buy the more expensive x99 platform or get the z97 because there is not much difference between the two. 

[Tedster]

While there won't be much difference if at all when gaming you should be able to notice a large difference in editing/rendering,

[arronleeds]

Ted is correct, in firestrike you will see a big difference but In games no.

[SeanBond]

i plan to game on 1440p 144hz ips and editing video. are video editing programs more gpu bound or cpu. is it worth buy the more expensive x99 platform or get the z97 because there is not much difference between the two. 

If you don't already have a motherboard for z97, you are crazy not to go x99. Yeah there is definitely a price premium but I would definitely say it's worth it. I mean you have a cpu that would potentially be 50% faster for about 25% more? Especially worth it for editing.

[Lays]

The 4790k will allow for more overclocking, you'll have better single thread performance due to this, which will make 90% of games perform better on the 4790k.

[Dzzope]

i plan to game on 1440p 144hz ips and editing video. are video editing programs more gpu bound or cpu. is it worth buy the more expensive x99 platform or get the z97 because there is not much difference between the two. 

The 5820 will be noticeably faster in anything cpu bound, including the few games which can use more than 4 cores if your a bit of as multi-tasker.

 

That's not to say that the 4790k isn't a very capable chip in those tasks though.

[Mystic Link]

go with i7 5820k because later on can up grade to i7 5960x (if you gain benefits of having more cores) or the up coming haswell-e but mostly likely skylake-e processors while the z97 is maxed out with the i7 4790k.