I'm part way through my build having had to put it on hold whilst I finance something else. I haven't yet bought ram or cpu, I did buy a Z97N motherboard though. I was going to get an i7 4790k however I assume I'd now be better replacing the board with an X99 and going DDR4 and 5820K?
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Probably a silly question - part way through build
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If you have the money for x99 and DDR4 then go for it, but if you are on a budget the 4790k will still be great.
Presumably because they only sell Haswell-E which uses DDR4 and it has a quad channel memory controller.
I can't imagine many people buying Haswell-E and not making use of quad channel.
Ah I see. To be honest I haven't read up on it, I just noticed Haswell-E had been released and I was in a position in my build where I could go that route. I guess that means I'd have to swap my matx case as well and go back to atx as matx boards aren't going to have 4 slots for memory.
There are links to a couple of mATX boards in this thread - ASRock/EVGA X99 Motherboard availability?
They have 4 RAM slots.
They have 4 RAM slots.
Looking at prices I think I'll continue with my intended components and get a 4790K. I'm only using it for web browsing and gaming. No point spending more, I don't think I'll see any benefit. I'm happy with my current i5 760 with gaming it's just my Mrs wants it as her laptop is on its last legs. I've already got the 797 motherboard so only need the cpu and memory.