i7 4790k or haswell -e for new computer

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Peter Anfindsen

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I really think the i7 devils canyon would be good enough or do the haswell e's just blow them away...
it would be a lot cheaper to buy z97 parts and i do not think i would notice the speed difference in the games i play and the overall cpu power...because i can get a decent msi motherboard and i7 4790k for a good deal at microcenter...what does community think about this...
 
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The only reason I could see getting an x99 platform with at least a 5930k is for the 40 pcie lanes which would be great for a multi GPU setup. However, the price difference alone does not scale with the performance increase. Z97 and a 4790k should be enough to blow any current game out of the water and will great for years to come.
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MeteorsRaining

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You wouldn't notice difference b/w i5 4690k and i7 4790k in most games (exceptions are there like BF4), so getting a hexa core is out of question. The less price and better single core performance (atleast on stock) combined with the fact that games hardly require more than 4 threads is enough to kick Haswell-E out of any non-enthusiast gamer's list. I wouldn't get one even if I had $5k budget just for the fact that no game will really benefit from it, and even they do, it'll be years down the road.
 
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Yeah the 4790K (or even 4690K as mentioned) with any decent MSI, ASUS or Gigabyte Z97 motherboard is a quality combination. The Haswell e is not worth the price increase for a gamer, unless you're building a game using CryEngine for example. There are benchmarks that show a performance increase in a few games using something like the Xeon chip, but what else could you spend that money on?
 
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The only reason I could see getting an x99 platform with at least a 5930k is for the 40 pcie lanes which would be great for a multi GPU setup. However, the price difference alone does not scale with the performance increase. Z97 and a 4790k should be enough to blow any current game out of the water and will great for years to come.
 
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