Do I Need A i7 4790K?

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Hello! Heres my gaming PC:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9jGG23. I was wondering if I need a i7, I will be gaming and doing some fan art on this thing for hopefully 4 years. Do I need a i7 or can I go for a cheaper CPU, thanks!
 
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Agreed... just bought a corsair air 540 case and corsair H100i. Love the case as plenty of room and will now start to overclock. Have it running cool mid 20's idle and 63 degrees max in stress testing at 4.4ghz. pic below.. Will take the overclock slow as i am an ultranoob..

 
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The limiting factor to overclocking the I7 4790k are rather voltages than temperatures, if having a potent cooling solution. 1.3v is about the maximum I'd recommend for everyday use, 1.4v for testing on high end air (noctua nh-d14/15), high end AiO (h100i, 280l) or better cooling.
For 24/7, you can expect about a 4.6-4.8ghz overclock.

However, back to your question. If you can pick the I7 4790k for $279, by all means go for it. That deal is excellent and you won't find a better cpu for that price.
 
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GrantGap

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This is a BEAUTIFUL CPU to pick up! I was running a 6 core fx 6300 before, (now the 4790k) and it was ok....
BUT THEN I switched to an i7 4790k and It is absolutely FANTASTIC.

TIPS:
I had a limiting factor to its base clock speed, it was my hard drive... couldn't write fast enough! (it was saying my write speed was 100% at 13 mbs) I now boot from an SSD (2 second boot time... I recommend)

ALSO RAM 4 gigs is not enough go for 6 or 8
 
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