4771 or 4770 - new build

farif2

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I am building a rig that I wont be overclocking (thats what I think after 5 years of overclocking with Core2 then Q6600). Issue was more of headache when video encoding for 12 hrs and finding a crash.

So...decided to go with 4770 and Z87 (price was within $20....so ehh) and 32GB RAM. 4770K lacks something called TSX which I have no clue about exept that I may need it if video software gets to use TSX. Since overclocking is out, I went with 4770.

Just saw that 4771 is available. What the......

Seems only 100mHz difference but Asking is I should go with 4770 or 4771? Is 4771 replacing 4770? If so, then what the hell with only 100mHz difference???
 
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It is common that CPU manufacturers Have CPU's at different clock speeds from the same family in this case it is 0.1GHz faster which amounts to 2.94% faster!
It does not make sense. WHY would Intel introduce a new processor when they have one not that different? Why cause issues with existing supply of 4770 unless there is something different
 
No planning overclocking but also not planning gaming and will be using the IGP of 4771. So Xeon is out. I will go with 4771 but seriously I cannot understand WHY 4771 is introduced.
Something is not right. I cannot see a company like Intel whose whole purpose is to do smaller steps to make most dough will bother with "upgrading" a 4770 chip for something so trivial
 
The e3 1245v3 has the "same" 4600 as the i7 and is $30 cheaper for 100mhz less.

Intel does these small steps very often. Just looking at refreshes, there's the 980x to 990x, 2600k to 2700k, 3960x to 3970x, etc. Even the available concurrent models are hardly any speed difference. Like the e31230 to e31240, i5 4430 to 4440, etc.
 

It is common that CPU manufacturers Have CPU's at different clock speeds from the same family in this case it is 0.1GHz faster which amounts to 2.94% faster!
 
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