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Which I5 do I get?
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azaran
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I'd go for the 4690K if you can. The new Devils Canyon refresh has a better thermal conduit between core and heat spreader. You're also going to get a bit of a speed boost out of it.
As for the motherboard, you're going to want to go with a 9 series chipset. Its an upgrade from the 8 series chipset that as a few more bells and whistles on it (like the SATA express and M.2 connections) as well as compatibility with the next gen of Broadwell CPU's. The H97 series is the entry in to it right now (by no means a bad thing), the Z97 is your overclocking and SLI boards. Beyond that, whats your budget, and what do you wanna do with it?
As for the motherboard, you're going to want to go with a 9 series chipset. Its an upgrade from the 8 series chipset that as a few more bells and whistles on it (like the SATA express and M.2 connections) as well as compatibility with the next gen of Broadwell CPU's. The H97 series is the entry in to it right now (by no means a bad thing), the Z97 is your overclocking and SLI boards. Beyond that, whats your budget, and what do you wanna do with it?
Ron Burgundy
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What is your budget? For gaming, best bang for your buck if you want to overclock in the future, is i5 4670k. Edit - 4690k is slightly newer and performs pretty much the same so if its only 10 buck more I guess its worth it.
As for the mobo, which form factor? Do you want 2-way sli in the future?
As for the mobo, which form factor? Do you want 2-way sli in the future?
Cube_of_Rubik
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According to this article, the Intel Core i5 4590 and the Intel Core i5 4690K are the best Intel Core i5 processors for the money. For the Intel Core i5 4590, I recommend the Asus H97-PLUS. For the Intel Core i5 4690K, I recommend the Asus Z97-A.
Depends on if you're willing to overclock. I got the Sandy Bridge version for the raw overclockablility. Performance wise it's about 15-20% less performing than Intel's latest, but if you take overclocking into account, Sandy Bridge is far superior to the junk Intel spewed out ever since (4 years).
Basically, if you don't need VT-d on K-series CPUs and you're into overclocking, Sandy Bridge wipes the floor with every generation since.
I'm still using Intel's boxed cooler and I'm at 4.5+Ghz (with Turbo Core up to 4.8Ghz) on all 4 cores with HT enabled. The latest generations are ever so slightly better at stock rates, but they overclock as locked i3s, which is to say not at all. Good luck trying to get newer generations at 4.7Ghz even on watercooling.
Basically, if you like overclocking, you're better off with AMD CPUs that Intel's newest and "greatest", they're simply worthless overclocking-wise.
But if you're an enthusiast, and especially into insane performance (through overclocking), Sandy Bridge will NOT disappoint.
Basically, if you don't need VT-d on K-series CPUs and you're into overclocking, Sandy Bridge wipes the floor with every generation since.
I'm still using Intel's boxed cooler and I'm at 4.5+Ghz (with Turbo Core up to 4.8Ghz) on all 4 cores with HT enabled. The latest generations are ever so slightly better at stock rates, but they overclock as locked i3s, which is to say not at all. Good luck trying to get newer generations at 4.7Ghz even on watercooling.
Basically, if you like overclocking, you're better off with AMD CPUs that Intel's newest and "greatest", they're simply worthless overclocking-wise.
But if you're an enthusiast, and especially into insane performance (through overclocking), Sandy Bridge will NOT disappoint.
Yeah I know but I was talking about overclocking. Even AMD's CPUs, with their old architecture overclock much higher than newer i5/i7.
I mean, I expect much higher overclocking potential from CPUs in the i5/i7 price range. I'm not gonna pay more than 300 bucks for an i7 that can barely get a few extra Mhz.
JOOK-D
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You only mentioned locked processors, hence why I didn't think overclocking was an option here.
The 4690k and 4790k overclock further than the 4670k and 4770k.
Slap something like a Hyper 212 EVO on and I'd expect around 4.3GHz. Go up to an NH-D14 and I'd expect more like 4.5-4.6. Good liquid cooling and if you're lucky you might go higher.
Is this PC being built for a specific purpose? What's your usage?
Even though the AMD's clock higher they're still not faster.
The 4690k and 4790k overclock further than the 4670k and 4770k.
Slap something like a Hyper 212 EVO on and I'd expect around 4.3GHz. Go up to an NH-D14 and I'd expect more like 4.5-4.6. Good liquid cooling and if you're lucky you might go higher.
Is this PC being built for a specific purpose? What's your usage?
Even though the AMD's clock higher they're still not faster.
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