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Difference between i5 3570k and i7 4790k

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I am upgrading literally everything in my rig lol

I have right now:

 

Processor - (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard - ASUS® P8H61-MX USB3/SI: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM
Power Supply 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
 
and what im getting is:
Motherboard - MSI z97 intel gaming 7 board
Same memory
Graphics card - Palit GTX 980 4GB
Same 1st hard disk
2nd Hard disk - samsung SSD 500GB
Same Optical disk drive
Power Supply - Corsair RM750 fully modular
CPU Cooler - Corsair hydro H75
 
but i was thinking of getting an i7 4790k but i dont know if it's worth it or not as i like to play my games at their best.
Any advise?
 

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If it's for gaming, there is no point in going for the i7. Go for a i5 4690K. 

 

The difference is hyperthreading, which doesn't help in games. 

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For gaming? Keep your i5 3570k as you basicaly wont notice a difference in performance unless you are streaming/editing.

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I am upgrading literally everything in my rig lol

I have right now:

 

Processor - (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard - ASUS® P8H61-MX USB3/SI: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM
Power Supply 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
 
and what im getting is:
Motherboard - MSI z97 intel gaming 7 board
Same memory
Graphics card - Palit GTX 980 4GB
Same 1st hard disk
2nd Hard disk - samsung SSD 500GB
Same Optical disk drive
Power Supply - Corsair RM750 fully modular
CPU Cooler - Corsair hydro H75
 
but i was thinking of getting an i7 4790k but i dont know if it's worth it or not as i like to play my games at their best.
Any advise?
 

 

for just gaming? no dont waste your money of 4790k, just go for 3570k or even i5 4690k or i5 4440 4690 4660 etc

 

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but i was thinking of getting an i7 4790k but i dont know if it's worth it or not as i like to play my games at their best.

Any advise?

Not worth it. Keep the i5 and see if you can find a Z77 board to overclock it on. You'll see more benefit overclocking the i5 then going for an i7, for less cost. 3570K isn't bottlenecking a 980 any time soon (asides in poorly optimized stuff like W_D, ARMA, etc)

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You don't need a 4790K for just gaming, stick with the 3570K or least go for a 4690K.

 

I don't direct this at you only but i got a feeling it's about time we get a banner saying "you don't need an i7 for gaming" on this forum xD.

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The 3570K is not compatible with the Z97 motherboard because the 3570K uses the LGA1155 socket, while Z97 has the LGA1150 socket soldered to it. That being said, the 3570K utilizes the Ivy Bridge architecture, while the 4790K uses the Haswell Refresh architecture codenamed Devil's Canyon. The 3570K is a quad core chip without hyper-threading while the 4790K has hyper-threading and additional L3 cache. Lastly, the 4790K is clocked higher out of the box.

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The 3570K is not compatible with the Z97 motherboard because the 3570K uses the LGA1155 socket, while Z97 has the LGA1150 socket soldered to it. That being said, the 3570K utilizes the Ivy Bridge architecture, while the 4790K uses the Haswell Refresh architecture codenamed Devil's Canyon. The 3570K is a quad core chip without hyper-threading while the 4790K has hyper-threading and additional L3 cache. Lastly, the 4790K is clocked higher out of the box.

i actually didnt notice that until you said lol, dont suppose you know a good motherboard for my current cpu?

i7 5820K @ 4.4GHz | Evga GTX 980ti Superclocked | MSI X99 Sli Plus | 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 | EVGA 850W Gold+ | 2TB HDD and 250GB SSD

NZXT Phantom 530 | Corsair H100i GTX | 

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i actually didnt notice that until you said lol, dont suppose you know a good motherboard for my current cpu?

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z77extreme4

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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