I5 4670K good decision?

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Hi , I had a system recently built with a i5 4670K. Was it a waste of money going with the "k" if I do not intend to overclock? First gaming pc for my son and processor was recommended by builder.
 
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If the motherboard was based on a Z87 chip, then it was an excellent decision.
A good builder would have selected one.
The "K" with a Z87 will allow you at some time to raise the multiplier from 34 to 40 or so which the chip is designed to do. A nice 15% boost in compute power.
At some future point in time, the resale value of a "K" will more than make up athe minor price premium over a 4560.

If the motherboard is a lesser chip, then that is still very good. It is about the best you can do for gaming without overclocking.

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If the motherboard was based on a Z87 chip, then it was an excellent decision.
A good builder would have selected one.
The "K" with a Z87 will allow you at some time to raise the multiplier from 34 to 40 or so which the chip is designed to do. A nice 15% boost in compute power.
At some future point in time, the resale value of a "K" will more than make up athe minor price premium over a 4560.

If the motherboard is a lesser chip, then that is still very good. It is about the best you can do for gaming without overclocking.

 
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You are good.
You have the option to overclock if you want.
If your cpu cooler is the stock intel cooler, a modest oc is fine, but the cooler will spin up and get noisy.
If the builder installed any sort of aftermarket cooler, then you can do very well.
The key, though for a gaming pc is the graphics card.
The budget might effectively be 2x the cost of the cpu.

 
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I have that same MB with the 4670K CPU and it OC's very easily to 4.6 GHz, but you need a good CPU cooler. Do you know if the builder used the stock Intel cooler or perhaps an aftermarket cooler?

Yogi

 
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Rami Zerker Reini

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As nice as that sounds I suggest you get an aftermarket cooler so you don't have to worry about the CPU since the stock cooler does its job barely.
 
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60-70 fps is nice, but even more fps is even nicer :p (that is how I think). Invest 30-40$ in a cooler master hyper 212 evo aftermarket cooler. Very good quality cooler and very capable of OCing the i5 without alarming temps.

OC'ing an intel CPU in the bios is quite easy, easier compared to AMD. Would be a waste to not use the extra capabilities the "k" version gives you (after all you paid extra for it).
 
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