5820k or 4790k for IT professional

[trandoanhung1991]

Hi guys, I went and busted my 3570k trying to delid it. Seeing as how it's been almost 2 years since getting that build, I thought about getting an upgrade instead of just buying a replacement. So now I have 2 options.

1: Maximus VII Hero + i7 4790k + 16GB DDR3 (2133 CAS9/2400 CAS11). Will cost around $830 where I live.
2: X99-A + i7 5820k + 16GB DDR4 2666 CAS15. Will cost around $997 where I live.

My question is: Which system will provide me more value as a developer?

My use cases: Tab-heavy browsing (I have usually around 10-15 tabs at all times), heavy gaming (with a 970 jetstream), heavy coding/test running inside a Linux VM, heavy video consuming (SVP for the win!), some transcoding (probably using NVENC/QuickSync though), maybe some photo/movie editing as a hobby.

With those use cases in mind, is the $130 premium worth it for me? I also plan on upgrading to an M.2 SSD and maybe Broadwell-E in the future.

Also, would a Thermalright True Spirit 120M be able to cool an OCed 5820k at around 4.4GHz? I heard that Haswell-E runs hot, but so does Devil's Canyon.

 

[Casper Traberg-Larsen]

Browsing heavily, gaming, coding; compiling, test running The 4790k is extremely fast! I have it myself for that purpose. The 4.4ghz is amazing and makes its single core performance the best in the world at stock speed ofcand therefore the fastest cpu for apps using 1-4 cores .. HT to 8 threads also makes it a very good performer in multi threaded applications But the 5xxxk might be like 10% faster in 6-12 threaded tasks like heavy video rendering.

 

[4slime]

Because you do video editing, and VMs, the best out of those two isdefinitely the 5820k. The added cores will aid editing and the lower clock speeds are negated due to the higher core count. If you're looking for fast processing go with the 4790k but I recommend you go for the 5820k.

 

[zarugal]

You will see very little performance gain for the extra $130 you would have to spend on the 5820K rig, especially as larger proportion of the cost of that rig will be down to the DDR4 RAM (which is nothing special at the moment). As is the case when you get to high-end equipment, minimal performance gains have larger prices.

Save the $130 and spend it elsewhere on the 4790K rig, or just pocket it and go to the pub.

 

[Janemba]

wasted money .... you might better buy intel Xeon for that damn heavy work ... Xeon is more realible for hardwork except gaming.