Need a balanced CPU

4DC_Resin_Smoker · Jun 3, 2014

Would like a strong single and multi-thread CPU while keeping the wattage within reason. Reason I'm having issues with this is that where i live it's normally 90-105 by mid August so keeping to wattage low translates into lower cooling bills.

CPU's I've looked at recently:

I7-4770, 84W
I7-4770K, 84W
I7-4790, 84W
I7-4790S, 65W

Note: While I do a bit of gaming, overclocking inst something I'd really need.

Also what MB and Ram would make the best pairing with the CPU ?

Thank you in advance!

Resin

EpiclyDelicious · Jun 3, 2014

Here's what I'd recommend. Wait till to either late June to September when the i5 4690k and i7 4790k release, allowing us to utilize the Z97 motherboards.

The current Haswell chips have poor-ish temperatures and heat dissipation. The new i5 4690k/i7 4790k, codenamed Devil's Canyon, remedies this.

Even if you have a high-wattage CPU, the difference in your power bill is really minimal, so you have nothing to worry about unless you're breaking pennies and dollars over the bills and need those extra few dollars.

If you can handle this wait, you would be getting a CPU that has better temperatures if cooled correctly along with better performance.

First, are you video editing? If not, an i7 is obsolete to you. If you're only gaming, an i5 will suffice.

lunyone · Jun 3, 2014

For what your talking about, here is what I'd look at below. I'm not sure your budget or parts that you need/want, but here it is:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1036.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 00:34 EDT-0400)

* CPU is equivalent to the i7 4770 and consumes even less power (mainly because it doesn't have an integrated GPU).
* Opted for an aftermarket CPU/HSF to keep things a bit cooler and quieter than the stock CPU/HSF.
* GPU generally is pretty cool and quiet and also performs quite well. AMD has comparable options, but they are usually a bit warmer (depending on which cooling option that they come with). The R9 280/280x will be close to or sightly exceed the GTX 770, so keep that in mind.

i5 build if your not video editing much and mainly gaming on:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $952.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 00:41 EDT-0400)

4DC_Resin_Smoker · Jun 3, 2014

EpiclyDelicious :

On occasion I use 3D Max for modeling, texturing and animations.
Should of mentioned this before: I'm currently running with an AMD FX-8150 (Black Edition)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103960
with ASUS Motherboard.

While this is has been a great performer, the 125 Watt rating makes the room the PC is in somewhat warmer than the rest of the house. Hence why, I'm looking at this from a cooling standpoint.

4DC_Resin_Smoker · Jun 3, 2014

lunyone :

For what your talking about, here is what I'd look at below. I'm not sure your budget or parts that you need/want, but here it is:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1036.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 00:34 EDT-0400)

* CPU is equivalent to the i7 4770 and consumes even less power (mainly because it doesn't have an integrated GPU).
* Opted for an aftermarket CPU/HSF to keep things a bit cooler and quieter than the stock CPU/HSF.
* GPU generally is pretty cool and quiet and also performs quite well. AMD has comparable options, but they are usually a bit warmer (depending on which cooling option that they come with). The R9 280/280x will be close to or sightly exceed the GTX 770, so keep that in mind.

i5 build if your not video editing much and mainly gaming on:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $952.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 00:41 EDT-0400)

Those are some nice options to consider... As for my budget, it really isnt an issue.

EpiclyDelicious · Jun 3, 2014

Since budget isn't a concern, I put together this for you:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WpMJt6

Case and OS are completely opinionated. I just chose what was popular. You can opt for a cheaper case if you don't really care and if you have the OS already, by all means.

Tradesman1 · Jun 3, 2014

A 4770K would be fine and is the most powerful, you mention mid-August 90-105, I'm in AZ, it hit 109 today and will prob be in the vicinity of 100+ throughout the summer, my 4770Ks are at 4.6 and 4.7 and neither idles higher than 35C

4DC_Resin_Smoker · Jun 3, 2014

EpiclyDelicious :

I'll be reusing my Coolermaster "Cosmos" all aluminum case as its awesome.
For the OS I'll stick with Win-7 as i'm not fond of the idea of turning my PC into just another platform for cell phone apps.

Resin

logainofhades · Jun 3, 2014

Made some changes to the build above and added a better GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($125.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1481.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 11:25 EDT-0400)

4DC_Resin_Smoker · Aug 13, 2014

I've new requirements as i will soon be moving to Germany and as such i will start a new thread to avoid necro'ing this one.

Tradesman1 · Aug 13, 2014

No worries!

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