Should I spend the extra £30 and get the 4790k over the 4770k?

cpsuperprosecrets · Jan 29, 2015

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£219.95 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£73.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£125.20 @ Aria PC)
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£93.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£280.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £990.56

I've decided on this build, I really don't want to change it. I'm going for one 970 and an i7 rather than an i5 and two 970s, but my budget is £1000, and two SLI 970s go over budget. I'm getting another 970 later. My question is this: Should I go for the 4970k over the 4770k, as it's only £30 more. I'm going to be using this for Gaming and Recording, as well as Livestream whilst recording, as well as Premier Pro, After Effects and C4D. Thanks!

LilTwist · Jan 29, 2015

I would say if you actually dont already have the 4770k then yes go for the 4790k but also keep in mind the 4790k isnt as good as 4770k when it comes to overclocking but if your not going to overclock then there is no reason to get any k version of intel chips if you are going to overclock do a mild overclock on the 4790k to 4.5-4.6Ghz and on the 4770k you can reach a little higher so it is your choice I personally like new things better so I would go for the 4790k

bicycle_repair_man · Jan 29, 2015

The 4790K has a noteworthy boost in clock speed over the 4770K, which is what the Haswell refresh was mainly about.

If you're sinking £1,000 into a PC then £30 is insignificant, so I'd go for it.

LilTwist · Jan 29, 2015

bicycle_repair_man :

yeah but keep in mind that people have actually overclocked the 4770k higher than they could have to a 4790K. They tried to overclock the 4790k to 4.7-4.8Ghz and it became unstable but when they overclocked the 4770k they were able to reach 4.8-4.9Ghz and stay stable there so I would say it depends on if you want to do a moderate overclock or not if you do then Im torn between the 2 lol I couldnt give an answer because I like new but I also like performance but If your not going to do a moderate overclock then and you want to just bring it up about 0.5Ghz then I would say go for the 4790k

bicycle_repair_man · Jan 29, 2015

The thing about overclocking is that it's never an exact science, and there's no guarantee as to what clock speed you'll be able to reach.

Even if the 4790K generally overclocks 100Mhz less, that's a non-issue to me.

LilTwist · Jan 29, 2015

I agree I was just putting it out there incase the op is a fan to overclocking

tburdz · Feb 15, 2015

Get the 4790k as the z97 mobo will work with intel broadwell chips and the z97 brings new things to the table.

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