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rae888

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Sometime back, when I was starting my list for a new computer, someone recommended Intel BX80646I74770K Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor.

Is that still best option or is there something newer and improved. Also, I don't understand what all these terms and numbers mean. Which part of above description is the " chip set ". Looking at the ASus motherboards, there are different motherboards depending on the chip set.

I really want to understand it all better.

Thank you!
 
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Hi and welcome to the forums!

the i7 4770k is Intels latest and best haswell processor, there is a 4930k and 4960X, but that is Ivy bridge with 2 more cores with more threads, all on a different socket.

Chipset, meaning A sockets different platforms, each platform is designed for different purposes, with LGA 1150 (socket) there are 4 chipsets;

H81 - Budget board, designed for builder with marginal needs
B85 - Business aimed board, though budget
H87 - Gaming but limited Overclocking, marginal
Z87 - Gaming and overclocking board

The GHz (Gigahertz) is the speed of the processor.

LGA 1150 is the socket.

84W (TDP) is the max power consumption of the processor

Quad core, as you may know referring to the amount of cores, in this case 4.

May have heard of hyper-threading? What this does is a CPU (intel) will split 4 cores into 8 (divide each core in half), making the use of each core actively more efficient and effective.
 
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By "chip-set" i guess you mean the socket needed for this CPU. Well, it's one of the best CPUs on the market. BX80646I74770K is the product code in which the BX means that it is the "Box" version that includes the heatsink, 80646 is the product part number which shouldn't concern you and I74770K it's clear what it is. Haswell is the name of this generation (the 4th) of Intel Core processors and you can find out that it's the 4th from the first digit of 4770. The 2nd generation started with a 2 (2xxx) and the 3rd started with a 3 (3xxx). The first generation had only 3 digits. The "K" letter at the end of 4770 means that the CPU is unlocked and can be overclocked. LGA 1150 is the socket needed for mounting this CPU and 84W is the thermal power. I recommend looking at a motherboard with Z87 or Z87X or above as a chipset for this CPU to be mounted on. Good luck! :)
 
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The i7-4770K has hyperthreading, which utilizes unused parts of the 4 physical processors to provide another 4 "logical" processors, so it can run eight tasks at the same time, as if it had 8 CPU cores on the chip. It runs as if it had eight CPU cores. There used to be a caveat that there could not be too much real number work going on, as there were only enough extra, duplicate registers and ALUs to handle integer workloads, which is what most computing is. Not sure if that limitation is still around.

Here is Intel's website where you can compare their processors:

http://ark.intel.com/

And here is the CPU you're looking at:

http://ark.intel.com/products/75123/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz?q=i7-4770k

 
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