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9590 or 4770K?

I've got myself an i7 4770K, but I'd stick with an i5 4670K if budget restricted, but I'd choose them both first over an FX83.
I have an FX83 coming tomorrow for a lads build.
 
Hear lots of people saying 4770k doesnt OC too well or can be hard to get decent clocks with lowish temps. But if 8Pack recommends a 4770k, who am i to argue? :)

Couldnt justify buying that Mobo tbh, i wont be going dual gpu for a good while, 4650k looks nice for the price, but it seems a lot are vouching for 4770k. Coupled with a lowish priced mobo, thinking a gigabyte board for around £120, some decent ram, Teamgroup Orange 2400mhz is like £65 for 8gb, and a decent Corsair 850w Gold PSU, leaves me prob enough cash to slap in another 128gb SSD.
 
Well if cost is irrelevant then the 4770K no question, but if you want to spend the least amount, it's clearly not irrelevant :)
 
Martini1991 said:
I've got myself an i7 4770K, but I'd stick with an i5 4670K if budget restricted, but I'd choose them both first over an FX83.
I have an FX83 coming tomorrow for a lads build.
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If I were budget limited I would take the FX8320 over a Core i5 4670K and put the extra cash towards the graphics cards. I would only go with a Core i5 4670K over an FX8320,if the budget is enough to get a decent card in the first place. Most reviews are using very high end cards like the R9 290X,Geforce Titan,etc,so you will be more GPU limited in reality at normal gaming resolutions. A fast CPU is not going to be much help for 90% of games if you have a rubbish graphics card. I found that has been the case for the last 11 years or so.
 
But I wouldn't sacrifice the GPU for the CPU, that's common sense.
Hence why I have bought an FX8320 for a lad as I just couldn't fit in an i5 4670K.
 
I already have a Sapphire 290 and an SSD, Kb, Mouse etc, ordering my Phantek Case + preinstalled loop, however i need to decide on cpu before then. Budget for the CPU + Mobo + Psu + Ram is approx £650. So far people are saying 4770k + z87 mobo. So looks like its that direction to head
 
 
 
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Happy to spend £650 doesn't mean unnecessarily spending £650 :)

Be Quiet PSUs are brilliant quality. OCUK is dumping XFX I think.
 
Yeah, Bequiet are really good, best PSU I ever used was a 1.2KW Bequiet modular PSU.
Dumping XFX PSU's :(, they were seasonic, cracking models.

The 450W XFX PSU's were excellent choices due to having 2 X 6 Pin PCI-E, and I always felt comfortable and safe with them.
 
RAM and CPUs are on offer this week. 8GB of 1600MHZ RAM is £50 ATM.

If you are going to spend decent money on a PSU,I would look at the Seasonic G series:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383

If I did not need to get a new HDD,I would be tempted to get the Seasonic G 550W,to replace my old HX520W. After over six years it is still going and is a Seasonic M12 based design IIRC.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
If I were budget limited I would take the FX8320 over a Core i5 4670K and put the extra cash towards the graphics cards. I would only go with a Core i5 4670K over an FX8320,if the budget is enough to get a decent card in the first place. Most reviews are using very high end cards like the R9 290X,Geforce Titan,etc,so you will be more GPU limited in reality at normal gaming resolutions. A fast CPU is not going to be much help for 90% of games if you have a rubbish graphics card. I found that has been the case for the last 11 years or so.
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Holy sheet the talking sense siren has gone off - wooh wooh! ;)

Budget is key. Having a low end GPU with a bruiser of a processor makes little sense other than to waste more money improving that GPU in the near future.

Instead of people not understanding a 'bottleneck' I think the understanding of the term 'budget' is critical these days. :rolleyes:

As it stands though the OP seems to have 'other' hardware as to reveal that the total budget could easily afford an intel setup. So in this case the 4770k is indeed the best bet.
 
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As it stands though the OP seems to have 'other' hardware as to reveal that the total budget could easily afford an intel setup. So in this case the 4770k is indeed the best bet.
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For myself, I am lucky to have other hardware needed so CPU performance for the uses specified is primary over budget.

The only sticking point is Mantel but that seems all up in the air and too far ahead to think about.
 
I guess mantle may free up processing. However the way I understand it is should this be true then it's more important to have the better GPU i.e. (as with post #117) these two scenarios:

1) Can afford a 4770k machine but mid range GPU

2) Opt for the FX machine but have a top range GPU

This is not my preach stand but should all bode well then this quote highlights the key elements:

The Frostbite Mantle not only allows GPU optimization but also boost CPU performance since very low tasks are handled by the CPU such as rendering, loading and streaming (tasked upon the GPU) so this allows perfect parallel rendering that allows utilization of upto 8 CPU cores found currently on AMD’s FX processors. This also helps avoiding potential bottlenecks for the system that may occur if the CPU is under load which in the case of Mantle won’t happen at all.

Read more: http://wccftech.com/frostbite-mantle-amd-gcn-gpus-performance-battlefield-4/#ixzz2m4fYZLnd
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taken from WCCF tech ( http://wccftech.com/frostbite-mantle-amd-gcn-gpus-performance-battlefield-4/ )

As you want better streaming performance then I would analyse the games your playing and consider the AMD route if the games are being backed by mantle e.g. BF4.
 
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