4790k vs FX 8350 and 9590 benchmarks: Is my 8350 bottlenecking my 780 SLI setup??

You mean the 4790k? But do you honestly think those results from that video are accurate?? That gap is insane.

No offense taken man That sounds about in line with what mine was on 1080p actually. Granted I had a single card then and only purchased the second one after making the jump to 1440p. But I was getting an avg of 65-70 fps for a single card and everything maxed out. Which if I had SLI'd on 1080p it probably would have been around the same. So really this makes me think that it isn't bottlenecking. I get that its a 3 year old processor and would be trumped by a brand new i7 4770k or 4790k, but what matters to me is how much of an increase there is. I thought I'd maybe be getting an extra 10-15 fps by switching to the 4790k and decided not to go through with it; but then saw that benchmark video above, and if those are accurate, I'm pretty blown away.

I'm only using an h100i to cool the cpu so I can't get crazy with the clock speed. I managed to get stability up to 4.6 but according to HW monitor, under full load in Prime95 the temps on the socket got to 69 degrees and around 54 on the cores. So i backed it down to 4.4 just to keep cores under 50 and they stay around 45.

Are you playing at 1080 or 1440?

The monitor I'm using is 1440p. Are you playing at that resolution with those fps?

Ahh ok. Corsair Link confirms the core temps in HW monitor but AI suite seems to be in line with the socket temps. So whenever the socket hits 65 it gives me a warning. I actually really should just uninstall AI suite, always conflicts with my other monitoring software. It has tried to tell me on several occasions that my motherboard was -128 degrees...b**ch please
So I will go and push it a bit further later on. If you wouldn't mind I'd like to pm you in regards to your oc. However I'm still curious if you are playing on 1080p or 1440p. Estimated fps avg? Thanks

Yeah I've been eyeballing that monitor for awhile...g-sync is sexayy At the same time I'm very happy with the Qnix though. And all the screen tearing I had on my old 60hz 1080p Acer disappeared when I overclocked this to 96hz (which is as easy as typing "96" into a box). This was odd to me at first because if i went over 60hz on my old monitor by even just 4 or 5 frames I'd notice the tearing. On the Qnix, even if my fps goes past 96 i don't ever see it at all, which i guess may be because your eyes really can't recognize it at that speed. Sure things can still look "smoother" at 120hz--and supposedly easier on your eyes--but in regards to tearing, you won't see it.
I bought mine from ipsledmonitors.com since its located within the U.S. (not some random guy in Korea), and have a great return policy in case the monitor had any issues upon arrival. Most people can get them to 110 hz if not 120, but pretty much guaranteed at least 96--which in my case is all I need when playing triple-A titles. I honestly don't think I would be able to tell the difference of anything beyond that. The colors are fantastic as well. All for around 275 bucks

Not sure if anyone is still following this but I thought I'd give everyone an update. After switching over to the Z97 and 4790k, my fps on a SINGLE card (keep in mind this is 1440p) is now avg of 90 with everything maxed. I haven't been able to try SLI yet due to a problem with one of the PCIe lanes (Amazon replacement arrives today). But man that's an insane increase considering I was barely getting 75-80 on the large maps with TWO cards previously (and before you ask, YES SLI was enabled and working correctly). Honestly don't even think I really need the second card now.

I got the replacement motherboard installed yesterday and SLI is now working. At 1440p I was getting up to 150 fps on ultra (Disclaimer: using SweetFx instead of MSAA) at times but mostly was around 110. I may need to retest with one card because i realized after posting that yesterday, my custom settings in game weren't correct (they had reset to HIGH after reinstalling windows and origin) so that 90 i reported earlier was not accurate, was probably more like 75. Still 75 with one card vs the 50 I got with one card using the AMD cpu is a great improvement. These results I'm giving are also derived from me running the in-game fps overlay while on multiplayer (which is hard to have consistent results due to it being multiplayer and dynamic).

Drew, I only played BF4 and a little Payday 2 last night because I was exhausted. I have a TON of games that I plan on testing today. Any certain titles you're curious about in particular? The only major AAA games I don't have . are Watchdogs and Metro Last Light. I'll do Tombraider, Titanfall, BF3, Crysis 3, Skyrim (might have to re-download), far cry 3, etc. But just ask if you have a few in mind in particular and I'll let you know if I have them. Haswell-E looks to me like crowd control tactics to keep people happy since Broadwell was pushed back. Even though the 6 or 8 core Intel processors will be better than AMD's versions, I was under the impression that game developers aren't utilizing multi-core processors since they aren't the norm yet, and that's why everyone recommends Intel's hyper threading tech over the multi-core options. Hopefully I'm right here, but aren't the new Broadwell chips using the 1150 socket, and are going to be compatible with the Z97 boards? I figured I'd upgrade to Devils Canyon then wait and see how Broadwell performs. Assuming its affordably price I thought I might sell the 4790k down the road if I like what Broadwell brings to the table after it is finally released. Even though it's now pushed back to Q3 2015 (according to Vagrancy) instead of Q4 2014, I'd still probably be able to get $200-250 for the 4790k and could then upgrade to Broadwell while keeping my same board.

What kind of temps are you getting on full load with that OC? My 8350 oc to 4.6 under prime95 ran around 45 degrees, and idle it was at 15. This chip on stock settings idles for me at around 28 and just playing BF4 for awhile gets it up to 56. Every review article I've read that overclocked it to 4.7-4.8, has had instability when running burn test or prime 95 for longer than a few minutes without it crashing. Being new to the intel bios and options, would you mind going through the bios settings you changed and the voltage changes you made?