Buy an i7-4770K or i7-4920k or i7-4930K

chaparral · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:07

I was all set to put an order in for an i7-4770k cpu and motherboard and then I noticed the i7-4920k & i7-4930k cpus..
Now I don't know which one to buy.... :confused:

Can you Help me please guys and tell me the good & bad of each one..
Is the i7-4930k worth paying out the extra for ?
My main PC use is gaming..

~>Dg<~ · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:17

why your current cpu cant be much of a issue id wait till Christmas time this year coming for a big advance maybe. cant see how in games you would notice that much of a difference from your current cpu.

a lot of outlay for casual pcing unless you use it for work.

weewyum · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:42

Not worth paying extra for gaming unless you want the brief satisfaction of owning a faster chip.

alex_123_fra · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:42

From a well clocked 2600k, I wouldn't switch to any of these CPUs for gaming. Unless of course you can demonstrate that your 2600k is bottlenecking your 780ti cards. I severely doubt the latter is the case. If it is, overclock the 2600k more. You should have plenty of headroom.

Boomstick777 · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:53

The 4770K is a beast but what about trying and hold out a lil longer? Haswell -E out next year, would be a more worthy upgrade..

OLDPHART · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:00

Boomstick777 said:
The 4770K is a beast but what about trying and hold out a lil longer? Haswell -E out next year, would be a more worthy upgrade..

+1, still using a i7 930.

kefan77 · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:06

Haswell-E, just wait.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:18

Haswell E probably (certainly for a single 780) won't be worth moving to for single gpu gaming either.

kefan77 · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:20

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Haswell E probably (certainly for a single 780) won't be worth moving to for single gpu gaming either.

have a look at OP's signature.

chaparral · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:30

~>Dg<~ said:
why your current cpu cant be much of a issue id wait till Christmas time this year coming for a big advance maybe. cant see how in games you would notice that much of a difference from your current cpu.

a lot of outlay for casual pcing unless you use it for work.

the the i7-2600k cpu in my sig has died...

kefan77 · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:38

pick up another one for cheap (or 3770K) and wait for Haswell-E.

how did you kill it?

chaparral · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:54

kefan77 said:
pick up another one for cheap (or 3770K) and wait for Haswell-E.

how did you kill it?

I need to get a new motherboard as well as mine starting to give me problems with some the sata ports (It a B1 version not B3)
And also the lastest bois updates don't support it because it the B1 version so I cannot use any the Ivybridge cpu's in it..

I killed it by running it at 4.8Ghz benchmarking with to many volts..

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 30 Dec 2013 at 20:47

kefan77 said:
have a look at OP's signature.

Ah sorry.

Same applies. The gpu's to run with haswell E aren't released yet.

BS Dave · 30 Dec 2013 at 22:22

Out of warranty??

chaparral · 31 Dec 2013 at 11:07

BS Dave said:
Out of warranty??

No it only 2 years old and I think intel cpus have a 3 year warranty...

Max3 · 31 Dec 2013 at 13:41

chaparral said:
I need to get a new motherboard as well as mine starting to give me problems with some the sata ports (It a B1 version not B3)
And also the lastest bois updates don't support it because it the B1 version so I cannot use any the Ivybridge cpu's in it..

I killed it by running it at 4.8Ghz benchmarking with to many volts..

How high did you take it by the way?

Uncle_Gravy · 31 Dec 2013 at 13:46

chaparral said:
No it only 2 years old and I think intel cpus have a 3 year warranty...

In that case, get a new chip from the warranty?

Bit of a hijack, how soon are we expecting Haswell-E?

kefan77 · 31 Dec 2013 at 13:50

Q3, possibly Q4 2014

smilertoo · 31 Dec 2013 at 14:36

If you're set on getting a new system for gaming go with the 4770k.