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August 17, 2014 5:07:49 AM

Hi, i was wondering that i am planning to get an i7-4770k with a corsair h100i and an r9 280x. So what if i get a bad cpu cooler and a more better gpu? I think ill buy a cm hyper 212x with a sapphire tri-x r9 290. So, is it a good idea? The winter is coming and the temperatures will drop to 6 degrees Celsius. So will i be able to overclock to 4.4-4.5 ghz? And plus ill have a super gpu too. Or i should stick with the r9 280x with a good cooler like h100i. Dont give me any suggestions to buy other coolers as they are not available in my country.

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a b K Overclocking
August 17, 2014 5:11:29 AM

As you are getting the i7-4770K then the CM Hyper 212 Evo would be a great and reasonable priced choice. So if you do that you can get a 290 like what you said.

But I highly wouldn't recommend to overclock to 4.4-4.5GHz maybe 4GHz would be better that high you will need a water cooler.
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a b K Overclocking
August 17, 2014 5:26:45 AM

Don't get an i7-4770k, nor an i5-4670k. Instead look at the Haswell refresh -- Devil's Canyon. The i5-4690k is at 3.5 GHz stock (compared to 3.4 on the i5-4670k) while the i7-4790k is 4.0 GHz stock (compared to 3.5 on the i7-4770k). So get one of those two. The best part is that they cost just about the same as the standard Haswell chips, but have the added bonus of higher clock speeds (significantly higher in the case of the i7) and better TIM under the Heat Spreader so the temps are cooler overall. In fact, the i7-4790k is only $5 USD more than the i7-4770k.

I'd also suggest you get a better GPU, and instead get an i5-4690k. I max out everything on an i5-4690k with my GTX 770. If I were you, put the $100 USD you'd save by getting an i5 into an R9 290. With an R9 290 and i5-4690k, you'll basically max out absolutely everything, and it'll perform significantly better than an i7-4770k/90k with an R9 280X across the board for the most part.
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August 17, 2014 6:05:27 AM

Dude ill render and convert 10-20 videos everyday so i do need the i7's hyper threading tech
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a b K Overclocking
August 17, 2014 6:07:25 AM

Asbaat said:
Dude ill render and convert 10-20 videos everyday so i do need the i7's hyper threading tech


Yes you will need an i7.
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a b K Overclocking
August 17, 2014 8:27:46 AM

Great, but you should still look at an i7-4790k then. No reason to look at the 4770k unless the 4790k isn't available in your country. You'll have better thermal and overclocking headroom.
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August 17, 2014 10:59:24 AM

But as cpuboss says the devil's canyon doesnt have
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
SSE3
FMA3
SSE2
EM64T
F16C
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
AVX 2.0
AES
But i7 4770k have
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a b K Overclocking
August 17, 2014 12:59:36 PM

CPUBoss is incredibly wrong. It's the exact same architecture as Haswell -- the only difference being in the TIM used under the IHS and the stock clocks. Plus, those instruction sets are absolutely crucial by today's standards. If there wasn't support for those instruction sets, Haswell would be nowhere near as efficient and in fact, 64 bit Windows wouldn't even run on that CPU! Dropping support for that many instruction extensions would be market suicide. Here's Intel's Instruction Set Extensions list from their site for both the i7-4770k and the 4790k:

Intel Core i7-4790k Processor

Intel Core i7-4770k Processor

They're indentical in instruction set extensions. Even though there's a number of extensions seemingly missing, they're there -- Intel just doesn't list them.
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August 17, 2014 1:26:19 PM

Ok, thanks, u made my day, it is available at my place with a combo with msi z97 gaming 5 and 8gb ram. Ill surely grab it, i really owe you as u gave me an awesome idea.
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