I5 4670 vs i7 3770

Flyingfish · Mar 22, 2014

Hi . Im upgrading my pc but cant decide between the Haswell i5 4670 and the i7 ivy bridge 3770 . I did some research on Haswell and the performance improvement is 10% over the i5 3, 4 Ivybridge but the i7 still is better . But my friend says the lga 1155 motherboard cache is to small to use the i7 s full potential . Personaly I think he is talking shit but it was enough to let me wonder . I wil use it for gaming and video editing .

Thanks ...

Mephikun · Mar 22, 2014

For editing hands down i7-3770. If you can go for the 4770, then get that, if not go for the 3770

InvalidError · Mar 22, 2014

Motherboard cache? There hasn't been cache on motherboards (at least as far as CPUs are concerned) in about 15 years.

Going with Haswell gets you AVX2 instruction set support which may provide a substantial boost to applications, games, libraries and drivers that get recompiled and optimized for that.

lxgoldsmith · Mar 22, 2014

yeah, your friend has no idea what he's saying. haswell only gives minor benefits to performance, so i7-3770 is still a great choice for video editing.

CTurbo · Mar 22, 2014

Don't buy either one of them! Get the Xeon e3-1230v2 or v3 instead!

v2 = LGA1155
v3 = LGA1150

CTurbo · Mar 22, 2014

i7 3770 is $300
i7 4770 is $300
Xeon e3-1230v2 is $228
Xeon e3-1230v3 is $238

Mephikun · Mar 22, 2014

Right! forgot about that

The e3-1230v3 is a GREAT CPU. Basically an i7 without an iGPU.

Flyingfish · Mar 22, 2014

Is the xeon better than the i7

Mephikun · Mar 22, 2014

About the same as an i7-4770

CTurbo · Mar 22, 2014

It's not that it's better, it's that it's SO much cheaper and is 99% as good.

Flyingfish · Mar 22, 2014

Thanks. Wil be getting theXeon e3-1230v3 wil I get more performance from my hd 7790 I have a q8300 2.5ghz core2quad at the moment

JOOK-D · Mar 22, 2014

What's your motherboard model?

Flyingfish · Mar 22, 2014

I dont remember but its old 2008 only supporting ddr2 800 mhz ram

JOOK-D · Mar 22, 2014

Alright. Remember to get a new motherboard with the correct socket.

Mephikun · Mar 22, 2014

One of these will do just fine

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.68 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.39 @ Mwave)
Total: $346.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 20:37 EDT-0400)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.68 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $374.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 20:37 EDT-0400)

Flyingfish · Mar 23, 2014

I can get the ivy bridge one for much less what motherboard wil be best between MSI H61M-P20 Biostar Intel H61MHB mATX Asus Intel H61M-E mATX MSI H61M-P31G3

CTurbo · Mar 23, 2014

If you go with Ivy Bridge, get at least a B75 motherboard if not H77. I would never ever buy any H61 motherboard.

Flyingfish · Mar 23, 2014

Thanks . Whats the deference ?

InvalidError · Mar 23, 2014

Flyingfish :

The B75/H77 chipsets have integrated USB3, integrated SATA6 and a few other updates compared to the 6x series chipsets.

Flyingfish · Mar 23, 2014

I wil be buying a Xeon e3-1230v2 with MSI Intel B75MA-E33 B7 with Arctic Freezer 7 Pro and 2×4GB DDR3 1600MHz, 240-Pin Memory Module - ADATA with a cooler master 550 w and a ax 7790 turbo duo ? Wil it be a solid upgrade ??

lxgoldsmith · Mar 23, 2014

Flyingfish :

You should consider different ram and the asus motherboard

Flyingfish · Mar 23, 2014

What asus motherboard ? And what ram ?

lxgoldsmith · Mar 23, 2014

Flyingfish :

asus Z87-A, G-skill or crucial ram. much more reliable

CTurbo · Mar 23, 2014

No need to spend extra money on a Z87 motherboard unless you see yourself using SLI in the future. The B85 and H87 motherboards are every bit as reliable and have all of the necessary features you'll need. There is also nothing wrong with MSI motherboards. I have used several of them and they are in the same class as Asus. Same thing with Adata RAM. Adata makes solid memory.

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