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Need some CPU upgrade advice please.

Zanna

Zanna

Zanna

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Ok, currently running a 3770k at 4.5ghz and I'm finding my 780 and the cpu are hitting 100% in an awful lot of things that shouldn't even be touching them.
Now I've pretty much decided to just get something newer as I don't want to find a second hand mobo just to find the fault is elsewhere(I believe my mobo is throttling things) I'd rather just upgrade.
However I'm a little stuck on what to go for, 4790k, 6700k or the 5820k.
I play lots of different games but I also play and stream world of tanks mostly, that is a game that is heavily single core reliant.
Which then leaves me stuck as to whether to go for stronger single core (4790k, 6700k) or to go for a 5820k and overclock the hell out of it (if I'm lucky).
Was hoping some guys here would have some experience and advice for me please.
 
You sure it is not a software/virus problem? Maybe worth trying a fresh install of windows. 3770K @4.5 should not have any problem with any game. Gpu utilisation should be about 100% while gaming.

5820k is the only worthwhile upgrade, but that is only if you get a good clocker. You would need at least 4.3ghz for it to not feel like a downgrade.

6700k has better overclocking potential @4.6ghz+, and you can possibly see a 10-15% improvement for single threaded apps, but it's current price is not worth it.
 
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Played a lot of WOT with my old system (4790k @4.6) and now my new system (5820K @4.6), Fps are exactly the same.

As for other games, as long as the are multithreaded then the 5820K is the best, were it me i'd go for the 5820K and the X99 platform.
 
uksoldierboy said:
Played a lot of WOT with my old system (4790k @4.6) and now my new system (5820K @4.6), Fps are exactly the same.

As for other games, as long as the are multithreaded then the 5820K is the best, were it me i'd go for the 5820K and the X99 platform.
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Yeah it's definately a hardware problem, believe it to be the motherboard as the lan port has stopped working so my guess is it's on the way out.
What fps are you getting with that system? I know the 4790k is a great gaming chip but I suppose the 5820k depends on how good a clocker I get.
 
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Looking like I may just go for the 4790k gigabyte bundle. Any footage I find of wot with a 5820k and it runs pretty poor. Seems the 4790k smashes it for single core games.
 
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uksoldierboy said:
Played a lot of WOT with my old system (4790k @4.6) and now my new system (5820K @4.6), Fps are exactly the same.

As for other games, as long as the are multithreaded then the 5820K is the best, were it me i'd go for the 5820K and the X99 platform.
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Second the recommendation of x99 if a new chip is on the table.

The vast majority of single and double threaded games are simply not intensive enough to need the extra clock on some of these newer chips. Games which are very intensive are usually threaded for a number of cores, which x99 excels at.
 
Zanna said:
Looking like I may just go for the 4790k gigabyte bundle. Any footage I find of wot with a 5820k and it runs pretty poor. Seems the 4790k smashes it for single core games.
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In reviews the 5820k wasn't a good clocker. Most could only manage an absolute maxium of around 4.2ghz, which of course wasn't as good as some DC chips that could hit 4.7+

That meant that in anything up to four core loads the 4790k was faster.

But.

That was back in the early days and since then Intel have been binning for 5930k and 5960x. You'll find that the newer later 5820ks clock a a lot better than the original early ones.

I had absolutely no issues getting mine fully stable @ 4.4ghz and 4.6ghz bench stable and that was only on a single thickness 120mm AIO. Something like say a Corsair H55 which are easily beaten by decent air coolers.

So I wouldn't dismiss the 5820k and tbh? X99 is a much more mature grown up platform and thus will last you much longer.

It's the Big Mac compared to the 4790k which is a mere cheeseburger and has already been replaced by Skylake.
 
This is where I'm stuck, surely the X99 would be the more future proof but from what I've seen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEuZM-pz-gk) the game runs pretty poor on the chip even when clocked to 4ghz (although I'm a little suspect on that speed from what the stats in the corner of that video say)

Has anyone tried running World Of Tanks on a 5280k clocked at 4.4ghz? Would like to see what fps you get as I know with a 4970k (not ocd) you can easily hit 100fps even while streaming, wanna be sure of what I buy before I throw the cash down on it.
 
Though i dont play WoT i find it hard to believe that it struggles with a conservatively clocked 5820k.

I don't doubt the current batches probably clock a little better but it is worth saying that reviewers are fairly conservative with their clocking.
 
I have a 4790K and i just want to say that it works great for me and i can't fault it for what i use it for... Video Editing, Gaming, Photo Editing, Rendering and more
 
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