Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz or a Ivy bridge Core i7-3770

WINTERLORD · Jul 17, 2013

was wondering wich of these is better there both about the same price im repalceing a core i7 920 OC 3.8 is best i can get anymore without crankin voltages and heat up exponentialy

so i was wondering out of these two wich would be faster?

also what new instruction sets does the haswell have that there near brother dont
Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz or a Ivy bridge Core i7-3770

i use a 7850 graphiocs card but might get a 760 or 770 nvidia

The Q6660 Inside · Jul 17, 2013

The 3770K for the most part, is very similar in performance to the 4670K in lightly-threaded apps (Gap with 4670K's per core performance can be made up with a small overclock) while it is far superior in heavily-threaded applications. The 3770K does overclock better than the 4670K and I think the 3770K would be the better all around. If you are choosing the 3770 non-k, that cannot overclock and I would suggest to get the 3570K, 4670K or 3770K over it if it is strictly gaming.

c4capricorn · Jul 18, 2013

new tech is new no matter what the odds are. i would suggest to go for 4670K since ivy bridge is near its life and will soon be replaced.

Sn1992-1361850 · Jul 18, 2013

Its better buying an i7 than buying a i5 anyday
3770k has a similar performance to 4770k just a difference of 5-10%

I7 hyperthreading will make u go ahead in gaming than a i5 that is not hyperthreaded

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WINTERLORD · Jul 18, 2013

core i5's dont have hyperthreading ? really? what about an i5 4670k does it hyper thread?

Sn1992-1361850 · Jul 18, 2013

No i5 has hyperthreading thats the major diiference between i5 and i7

I3 and i7. has it but i5 doesnt

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sarwar_r87 · Jul 18, 2013

errr......hyperthreading is use full when you do encoding.

has not effect on games 9/10 times.

its just facts!

WINTERLORD · Jul 18, 2013

well now im thinkin a i7 and hyperthreading are must haves but i read the toms gamiung cpu thing and it seems to suggest your computer gets diminishing returns in power for processors 240 dollars and up? i wanna be able to gtame but also switch screens and webbrowsae listen to music in the background. i play guild wars 2 and like other online games

sarwar_r87 · Jul 18, 2013

WINTERLORD :

games will run on amd 8350 so as fast as it would run on i7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE&list=HL1374194872&feature=mh_lolz
at a given price, amd performs lot better in multitasking simply because they give more cores/price

i have no idea where you read that HT is useful in anything other than encoding.

but what tom said about diminishing return is common knowledge since going higher is very small increase in performance /meaningless.

when you minimize your games, it will stop using your CPU anyway. so you will be free to use other applications. you will however need 8GB RAM at least.

intel is ahead in single thread apps. but you are looking for multithreaded performance. you need cores.....not virtual threads.

c4capricorn · Jul 19, 2013

Sn1992-1361850 · Jul 19, 2013

Dont get an i7
Get an i5 and overclock it

c4capricorn · Jul 19, 2013

^+1

get a 4670K with a good mobo (Z87) and overclock it. it will be a lot cheaper.

WINTERLORD · Jul 19, 2013

ok guys thanks for all the help, now one last question would a i5 4670k overclocked to 4.2ghz i hear is reasonable be faster then a i7 920 overclocked to 3.9ghz

fitter1964 · Jul 19, 2013

I had the i7 950 and just got an i7 4770K at microcenter for $280.00 walking in price not shipped.

Sn1992-1361850 · Jul 19, 2013

Yes it is definately faster

Sn1992-1361850 · Jul 19, 2013

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WINTERLORD · Jul 19, 2013

yea i'll select best answer, but is this a worthy upgrade a 120$ crossfire motherboard asus for 120 and a intel i5 4670 haswell am i gonna notice a huge difference? lookinbg at charts im thinken yea

sarwar_r87 · Jul 19, 2013

WINTERLORD :

are you having problem with performance that you are looking to upgrade from such a strong build?

anyway, here is a comparison.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=551
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=836

8350rocks · Jul 19, 2013

3570k is a better value...don't waste more money on 4th Gen Intel, if you're mostly gaming it isn't worth the extra money.

Sn1992-1361850 · Jul 19, 2013

Helll yeah man the diff would be remarkable

bretmh · Jul 20, 2013

I would just go for the i7 3770k, best bang for the buck.

WINTERLORD · Jul 20, 2013

from looking at charts il be happy to jump to the 4670 intel and the gain is minor for another 100bucks i think idk though. its a tough choice because switching windows from game not to game playing a video in the backround or somthin all could use the hyperthreading although you say for gaming i wont miss much in the way of hyperthreading. what about cpu intensive or cpu bound games willo i miss the extra hypyerthreads?

8350rocks · Jul 21, 2013

If you're not set on Intel, you could consider the FX 8350 for less money and it would do multi-tasking as well or better than the i7.

Though, if I were you, I would consider something IB as "hasfail" isn't what it was cracked up to be. The extra money is not worth the minor gains. Real world results say you're getting less than 5% increase in performance for $50-100. That's not worth it. Tom's Hardware doesn't even recommend the 4670k for gaming, they say get the 3570k.

HTT is worthless in games, there are so few that support it that it's really just a gimmick unless you compile or render regularly.

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