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NOT HAPPY with the i7 4770
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yes and only this, because this chip works ok in the reviews, so there's no faults with it, it must therefore be very poor heat transfer causing it to throttle back at roughly 4.6
air coolers wont work so everyone is switching to water?... yes, but they will quite easily once we've sorted it all out, i bet you i can get it down to 50 degrees at 4.4 and on an old cooler too....you dont need water at all.
i bet you none of this would've happened if AMDs cpus were as good as theirs, this is Intel getting slack jawed because they have no competition.
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Ahh yes the TRUE, Ryan was trying to remember the name of it on the pcper podcast and I was bellowing at the screen. How quickly we forget.
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And as no-one else has asked yet: have you been offered a 4770, or a 4770K? The difference is quite important.
this one is only 190 quid so i cant really say no
Ok then I would base it on this:
Do you plan to go multi card any time soon?
Is your 2500K struggling with anything?
Have you budgeted out for a new motherboard also?
Have you factored in the sale of your current equipment?
If the answer is no for the first two then I'd stay put tbh.
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You can't overclock that chip at all. You would need the 'K' at the end.
So, I too would stick with the OCed 2500K for now and see what develops!
So, I too would stick with the OCed 2500K for now and see what develops!
Ahh yes the TRUE, Ryan was trying to remember the name of it on the pcper podcast and I was bellowing at the screen. How quickly we forget.
Still use one here in an x58 based second system. Not lapped though as the 930 in it runs pretty cool.
@Mal, unless you do a lot of encoding work or intend to go multi gpu at some point, both scenarios that benefit from an i7. I'd stick with what you have. If you do upgrade, a 26/700k would be my choice. Much cooler running than Ivybridge and more so than haswell.
yes but i must buy a new cpu, because i'm keeping this rig as well.....i'll go for either the i5 3770 or another Haswell......this is a real pain
the rig is only for gaming at 1080p
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Sit on that £190 until something better pops up
^^^
These
No need to upgrade yet then
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