i5 4670k + ssd or i7 4770k

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ahmed97

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As the title suggests, I am wondering which would be better in a gaming PC build: an i5 4670k + an ssd or an i7 4770k without ssd. Thanks in advance.
 
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A 4670K to 4770K in gaming is hardly noticeable primarily because both are quad cores and Hyperthreading offers maybe 15% performance gains over switching it off, the $130 difference is not justifyable in that regard. A SSD is the biggest single upgrade a system can have over a Graphics Card, no system should suffer without a SSD. A system with a 4770K and mechanical hard drive will take 30seconds to boot a system with a Celeron and SSD will take 10 seconds to boot. Copying 30GB's of data around on a SSD takes around a minute or two, on mechanical with a 4770K will still take 20-30minutes. Not to mention how responsive your system is with a SSD, its like night and day. I guarentee you if you take a 4770K you will regret...
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Som3one

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What he said.
Also, an SSD is always a nice thing to have. The general performance just feels much much smoother. And yes, loading times are also shorter.

 
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A 4670K to 4770K in gaming is hardly noticeable primarily because both are quad cores and Hyperthreading offers maybe 15% performance gains over switching it off, the $130 difference is not justifyable in that regard. A SSD is the biggest single upgrade a system can have over a Graphics Card, no system should suffer without a SSD. A system with a 4770K and mechanical hard drive will take 30seconds to boot a system with a Celeron and SSD will take 10 seconds to boot. Copying 30GB's of data around on a SSD takes around a minute or two, on mechanical with a 4770K will still take 20-30minutes. Not to mention how responsive your system is with a SSD, its like night and day. I guarentee you if you take a 4770K you will regret it because a SSD's system impact is immense and very noticable.

Get a 4670K and SSD you wont regret it, once you go SSD you will never go back.

 
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Exactly! SSD's are nice for an impatient person that is moving files or waiting for system to boot up and such. For games, they do 0 for FPS. I would still just get the 4670k and use the money saved towards a better GPU.
 
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Get a console then. PC is not for gaming only so overall system speed is very important and faster GPU won't help with that - only SSD can.
 
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I haven't bought a console in over 10yrs and I don't intend to either. The OP asked about what would be better for a gaming rig. SSD does 0 for games. The focus was on gaming, not everything else. I have two 500gb seagates in Raid 0 and am just fine with the speed.
 
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Try an SSD for a couple of weeks and then go back to your Raid0 HDDs. Then we will see how happy you are with the speed.
 
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I will admit I do want an SSD for my laptop. An SSD for my laptop makes much more sense to me, as it would benefit my laptop far more than my desktop. The increased battery life plus the speed increase ditching a 5400rpm drive. It is just the size I would want would cost about half of what I paid for the laptop. :pt1cable:
 
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