Hi there, people of Tom's Hardware Forums. Today, I have a conundrum that I need some input on. I'm currently running a Plex Media Server on my gaming PC which is made up of
I want to upgrade my processor to accommodate my family who will be using my server as well, but when I'm gaming or streaming Plex myself, issues could arise.
I was thinking of getting an i7-4790K to handle all the high-quality transcoding Plex will be doing and overclocking to gain more performance to gaming and Plex streaming. I could also overclock my i5, but it being a Haswell chip, I'm worried of uncomfortably warm temps, especially in the California summertime. This is why I considered the Devil's Canyon i7, since Intel reportedly fixed their odd thermal paste application in the Devil's Canyone chips.
However, I also considered getting a Skylake i5 or i7, since I wouldn't have to replace either my motherboard or processor for several years, especially the DDR4 RAM that's now really cheap.I'm torn at what to do. Any help or suggestions?
Intel i5-4670k @3.4Ghz
ASRock Z87 Pro3 Motherboard
8GB of DDR3 RAM @1600Mhz
A 1TB HDD & 600 GB HDD
EVGA GTX 970
I want to upgrade my processor to accommodate my family who will be using my server as well, but when I'm gaming or streaming Plex myself, issues could arise.
I was thinking of getting an i7-4790K to handle all the high-quality transcoding Plex will be doing and overclocking to gain more performance to gaming and Plex streaming. I could also overclock my i5, but it being a Haswell chip, I'm worried of uncomfortably warm temps, especially in the California summertime. This is why I considered the Devil's Canyon i7, since Intel reportedly fixed their odd thermal paste application in the Devil's Canyone chips.
However, I also considered getting a Skylake i5 or i7, since I wouldn't have to replace either my motherboard or processor for several years, especially the DDR4 RAM that's now really cheap.I'm torn at what to do. Any help or suggestions?
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