Hi everyone. Long time reader 1st time asker!
I am looking to buy or make myself a Desktop computer. I'll be using it as a 24/7 machine for gaming, general use, video encoding, music editing etc etc so it needs to be fairly good but I don't need it to do the job in a split second (diminishing returns not worth it etc). Basically I know what parts I want, I just can't decide on the CPU/generation to go with. So you know my thoughts I'm looking at 1 of the following - i5 2500k, i5 3570k, i7 2600k/2700k, i7 3770k or ofc the latest Haswell offering i7 4770k. I'm after the 'k' (unlocked series) as I see it as a sort of 'future proofing' (and forgive me but they're also mouth watering!). Equally I'm after a mobo that is brilliant for OC'ing and has SLI/Xfire. My question is should I go for the Haswell i7 (with hyperthreading etc and this is the new gen design etc) or should I go to sandy or ivy which are brilliant brilliant performance AND price, but they're essentially 'dead end' chips (end of the line with no upgrade paths due to socket) etc.
I'm not really fussed about the hyper threading as I can wait (the extra 10 mins?) for video encoding to be completed etc. Another thought is that I hear and understand that when it comes to overclocking that Sandy Bridge is the best (due to the highest heat resilience) and the newer the cpu (ivy + haswell) the worse the overclocking gets (small architecture thingys so the heat gets trapped easier)...
Now I won't be seriously overclocking them, I'd be after 4.2ghz not 5ghz as I don't really want to muck about with voltages etc, all I want to fiddle with is the multipliers. I'm a wee bit of a noob when it comes to this. Maybe my question should've been how far can you safely overclock an i7 4770k?
Sorry if this question is all over the place. Any information on any of my thoughts would be very greatful.
I am looking to buy or make myself a Desktop computer. I'll be using it as a 24/7 machine for gaming, general use, video encoding, music editing etc etc so it needs to be fairly good but I don't need it to do the job in a split second (diminishing returns not worth it etc). Basically I know what parts I want, I just can't decide on the CPU/generation to go with. So you know my thoughts I'm looking at 1 of the following - i5 2500k, i5 3570k, i7 2600k/2700k, i7 3770k or ofc the latest Haswell offering i7 4770k. I'm after the 'k' (unlocked series) as I see it as a sort of 'future proofing' (and forgive me but they're also mouth watering!). Equally I'm after a mobo that is brilliant for OC'ing and has SLI/Xfire. My question is should I go for the Haswell i7 (with hyperthreading etc and this is the new gen design etc) or should I go to sandy or ivy which are brilliant brilliant performance AND price, but they're essentially 'dead end' chips (end of the line with no upgrade paths due to socket) etc.
I'm not really fussed about the hyper threading as I can wait (the extra 10 mins?) for video encoding to be completed etc. Another thought is that I hear and understand that when it comes to overclocking that Sandy Bridge is the best (due to the highest heat resilience) and the newer the cpu (ivy + haswell) the worse the overclocking gets (small architecture thingys so the heat gets trapped easier)...
Now I won't be seriously overclocking them, I'd be after 4.2ghz not 5ghz as I don't really want to muck about with voltages etc, all I want to fiddle with is the multipliers. I'm a wee bit of a noob when it comes to this. Maybe my question should've been how far can you safely overclock an i7 4770k?
Sorry if this question is all over the place. Any information on any of my thoughts would be very greatful.