4790k still worth buying?

[Cyanide]

I'm starting to feel the age of my system in some work tasks now and I've got the upgrade bug - been looking to upgrade for a year now!

I'm going to have a really tight budget that I'd rather not stretch if I can help it so I've been looking at a 4790k over an X99 or Skylike system. Still worth buying one?

 

[Cyanide]

Yes, the 4790k is still a viable option and well worth the money. I am running a 4790k and I don't see or feel the need to upgrade for the next few years.

Do you need a 4790k for some specific tasks? The 4690k is a good CPU and could save you more money to put towards a better GPU etc..

Video editing and occasional gaming - hyperthreading is going to be more useful than a better gpu

 

[Cyanide]

You can't go wrong with a 4790k setup.

How much are you looking to spend?

Hoping for £2-300 after flogging my old stuff so £3-400. Has to be an all black or black & white motherboard though

 

[Cyanide]

Gigabyte Black edition mobo

MSI Krait is cheaper and priiiiidy

Kingston Memory

Thankfully I've already got 16gb of Kingston HyperX so I can re-use that. That's another advantage of not moving to X99/Skylake!

As Guest2 mentioned, you can touch up the non-black parts with a can of spray paint

Painting brand new parts would make me nervous though! I don't mind doing it with fans, cases etc as a quick test and they're fine but a board with a long warranty...

 

[Cyanide]

It would seem that you're all correct, it is still worth buying! Almost twice as fast at rendering than my 8320