4670k or 4770k? and good cpu cooler.

thedude300 · Dec 25, 2013

I've been asking on here a lot about the 4670k. I was going to go with it but now I after seeing a good sale which is $60 off at a local computer store. I'm considering getting the 4770k. But, after a lot of reading it seems to be not the greatest difference between the 2 and the price different is pretty big.

Are there any advantages to getting a 4770k? or should I just get a 4670k and with the extra cash get a good water cooler with it?

On the side what are the best coolers on the market for price and performance. I want to over clock a lot and to the CPUs full potential and air is cheaper but I will get a water if its going to give me that extra edge.

Luka Prebil Grintal · Dec 25, 2013

for gaming get the 4670k. for rendering get the 4770k

a good watercooler. either a h100i if it fits in your case, or the h90(might be 95)

thedude300 · Dec 25, 2013

I have the NZXT Phantom Enthusiast tower it should fit that. How big a performance increase do you think I will get upgrading from 1090T?

Luka Prebil Grintal · Dec 25, 2013

alot. the 4670k beats even the current gen fx8350 in most games, and your CPU is quite some years older

and yeah a closed loop cooler should fit your case easly

JOOK-D · Dec 25, 2013

Yeah they perform pretty equally in the large majority of games. Go for the 4670k.

RobCrezz · Dec 25, 2013

If you can afford it and get a good deal, the 4770k is better. Has more cache and hyper threading, which some new games are now using to the i7s advantage. That said, the 4670k will be great as well.

Cristoman · Dec 25, 2013

WRONG! Hyper threading better for some new games. Dont you ppl read Tomshardware expert reviews. More cache that is better, but unless you are going to do some video rendering and other stuff i do not advise the i7 4770k.
But i will leave that to your better judgment and wallet.
As for my experience, i have a i5 4670k @ 4.2 with a xigmatek night hawk - frostbourn edition with xi3 - hdt thermal paste. Full load temp 58~59º C.(My amb temp is around 18-20º C. And got a Gigabyte GTX 780.
I could have bought the i7 4770k but i was advised to get the 4670k cause all the game in the market even the ones coming 2014 will barelly use full range of a i5 4670K. The extra cores from the 8T will not give you extra performance on games, they need cold hard physical processing, and high Ghz.
If your aiming for gaming get the 4670k, and you save some bucks on the processor and with the money you save get a better graphic card.

Cristoman · Dec 25, 2013

Check this out

http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=186

Light on the motherboard and efficient on cooling, + silent.

http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=196

Thermal paste very effective, just see specs and compare to rest on the market.

Prolimatek is very good too.

ImperialistMillitant · Dec 25, 2013

Keep in mind that an i5 4670k is a perfectly good CPU for even rendering. Of course the i7 is better, but don't think the i5 is helpless.

Luka Prebil Grintal · Dec 26, 2013

yeah, and for 100$, unless you live of any kind of rendering, it doesnt pay off really. id rather put those $ into a GPU or SSD

RobCrezz · Dec 26, 2013

Cristoman, there are benchmarks of bf4 showing that hyperthreading improves performance. And if you read my reply you would see that I said the 4670k would be fine also.

thedude300 · Dec 26, 2013

Thanks for all the replies, I wasn't biased on i5 or i7 but I went out and decided to go with the 4670k and I'm very pleased with the performance increase I have gotten already. Took a while to install my new h100i cooler but it's all setup and running as I'm typing on it now.....

so far 4.4ghz at 1.2v is that good or bad? I will need help with over clocking it if anyone can.

Luka Prebil Grintal · Dec 27, 2013

thats quite good. i reckon if you went to 1.25V you could get this one into the 4.8ish area.

also, check this out
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

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