The great CPU debate...

[kindai]

4770k Haswell

vs

4930K IvyBridge

vs

4820K IvyBridge


So this is going in a fully WC (dual loop) build.

In terms of usage, its going to be used for high end gaming, MMO-Multiboxing, and when doing nothing, mining coins.

So the first arguement comes down to 4770k vs 4930k. The extra cores and ability to handle 64gb ram on the 4930k will be great for multiboxing. I can use ramdisks to load the copies of games entirely into memory for that wonderful access speeds. The downsides, the extra cost (obviously but not too worried) but mainly the overclocking. I'd realy like to get something like 4.7, maybe 4.8ghz out of the CPU, but ive seen some people struggle to even get 4.4 stable, while others can get 5ghz easily.

My biggest concern would be if I picked up a 400+quid cpu, to be one of those lumped with a poor overclocker.


Now on the 4770k side, it appears to be a much more easily clocked CPU, so will be able to get those higher clocks, almost without conern it seems. The downsides is the limited ram support, id only be able to load 1 copy of an MMO in a ramdisk, and fewer cores.


However, if we are then running a 4core system, why not look at the 4820k? Again these seem like more easily overclocked chips, so, why not throw that in the mix?


On a less, important note (well kinda is) comes down to the mobo looks. This build is going into a CaseLabs STH-10 so, a small board will get dwarfed in a case that size, not to mention looks, the RIVE-BE imho, looks stunning, and most haswell boards look a little... "meh" to me?

Oh what to do, what to do....

 

[kindai]

What are your GPU's of choice???

2x 290x

For gaming for most people the 4770K is the winner over the 4820K - upto 10% faster base performance in many games clock for clock. The 4820K potentially has better overclocking headroom (though lapping a 4770K can offset that a bit) but thats a bit hit and miss so probably not really worth considering as a purchasing factor.

Most of the games that could take advantage of the 4930K for multi-boxing aren't really the type of games that you'd be multi-boxing and stuff like eve online unless your running like a 6+ instances will be perfectly happy on a 4770K.

Personally I went - after a lot of arguing with myself - for the 4820K as I will likely end up with high end SLI at some point (keep telling myself not to but still end up going SLI) and for some more complicated reasons regarding software development and possible need for more than 4 core / 8 thread down the line.

Yea at most i'll be quad boxing, so i can assign 1 instance to 1 core, however having that extra power available is nice.

I was dithering between 4770K and 4820K for sometime.

Facts

a) 4770K is better than the 4820K clock for clock. Actually the 4820K has to be at 4800 (dead easy to achieve) to pass a 4770K at 4400.

b) Most 4770K are not good overclockers.

a) Agreed

b) 8pack seems to suggest otherwise?