I7 4770 vs i7 6700

[IAR117]

No ocing

4790 costs 165 used and the 6700 is 195. Is it worth paying extra or not

[Morgan MLGman]

i7-4790 is only 5% slower. It's up to you, If I were building from scratch I'd go 6700 cause of a newer platform, DDR4 memory etc.

[aisle9]

For the CPU alone, no. If you're building a new rig around the CPU, yes. The 6700 gives you access to newer architecture and--biggie--DDR4 RAM. The 4790 is limited to DDR3. If you've already got a Haswell-capable motherboard with DDR3 RAM, then I'd get the 4790, especially as the price of RAM continues to get dumber.

[IAR117]

Ok then let me put it this way

i5 6600k

or

i7 4790

Soz i forgot to put the 6600k in the title, but theyre the same price and for me ram and mobo is 5 pounds more

[App4that]

Are you going to overclock? Do you mostly game? Then the 6600k.

[IAR117]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Are you going to overclock? Do you mostly game? Then the 6600k.

No ocing to avoid voiding warranty. Yes gaming and rendering, other than that the usual web browsing and email checking

[App4that]

4 minutes ago, IAR117 said:

No ocing to avoid voiding warranty. Yes gaming and rendering, other than that the usual web browsing and email checking

Overclocking does not void the warranty. Just don't slam 2v through the core LOL. 

 

But, if that's your final answer, then the 4790. 

[IAR117]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Overclocking does not void the warranty. Just don't slam 2v through the core LOL. 

 

But, if that's your final answer, then the 4790. 

The site I'm buying from, cex says on their return policy no ocing which sucks. Also my dad hates ocing and anything that might just void the warranty, but yh the 4790 should do well

[Gonio]

If only gaming I think you should go for newest platform despite the i5 having no hyper threading. But with rendering in mind I say that a i7 is very much worth it.