I5 3570k or i5 4670

[Bharatcs]

In india i5 3570k and 4670 is available at normal cost but 4670k is overpriced.so in my pc build which processor should i use .also haswell motherboards are over priced too.

 

[robnof]

In india i5 3570k and 4670 is available at normal cost but 4670k is overpriced.so in my pc build which processor should i use .also haswell motherboards are over priced too.

You can overclock the 3570k past the 4670k anyways so there's no real performance benefit to haswell aside from lower power consumption. .

 

[Bharatcs]

In india i5 3570k and 4670 is available at normal cost but 4670k is overpriced.so in my pc build which processor should i use .also haswell motherboards are over priced too.

You can overclock the 3570k past the 4670k anyways so there's no real performance benefit to haswell aside from lower power consumption. .

ok
but many say z87 boards have more features than z77
is it worth buying

 

[PyjamasCat]

Z87 has a few extra features. Here: http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/difference-between-z77-and-z87-a-34.html
The 4670K also has support for AVX2 instructions which are used in newer applications (or will be) but I don't know how relevant this is.

To be honest, I wouldn't say Z87 is worth fussing about. And with the overclocking thing, the 4670K reaches an average of 4.5 - 4.6GHz. The 3570K reaches 4.7 - 4.8GHz average. This means they perform at similar levels, but the 4670K is often faster (probably due to the architecture raising the instructions per cycle).

The actual performance difference in gaming won't be very noticeable if any at all. The 3570K does perfectly in games, and is more often than not, limited by the graphics card. (I am having this now. My GTX 670 can't keep up unless I OC the VRAM, but then it loses stability 🙁 )

To save money, 3570K.

To get a minor improvement, 4670K.

 

[robnof]

In india i5 3570k and 4670 is available at normal cost but 4670k is overpriced.so in my pc build which processor should i use .also haswell motherboards are over priced too.

You can overclock the 3570k past the 4670k anyways so there's no real performance benefit to haswell aside from lower power consumption. .

ok
but many say z87 boards have more features than z77
is it worth buying

Personally the only feature that has really grabbed my attention for Haswell was something called DRA (Direct Resource Access) that I noticed in the Total War: Rome 2 settings.

For the the minimal performance increase that Intel does with each subsequent cpu release, Haswell and any Z87 boards aren't so much better that they warrant excessive markups over ivy bridge and Z77 chipset boards.

 

[Bharatcs]

Z87 has a few extra features. Here: http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/difference-between-z77-and-z87-a-34.html
The 4670K also has support for AVX2 instructions which are used in newer applications (or will be) but I don't know how relevant this is.

To be honest, I wouldn't say Z87 is worth fussing about. And with the overclocking thing, the 4670K reaches an average of 4.5 - 4.6GHz. The 3570K reaches 4.7 - 4.8GHz average. This means they perform at similar levels, but the 4670K is often faster (probably due to the architecture raising the instructions per cycle).

The actual performance difference in gaming won't be very noticeable if any at all. The 3570K does perfectly in games, and is more often than not, limited by the graphics card. (I am having this now. My GTX 670 can't keep up unless I OC the VRAM, but then it loses stability 🙁 )

To save money, 3570K.

To get a minor improvement, 4670K.

which processor will last long in gaming

 

[PyjamasCat]

which processor will last long in gaming

You mean for the future? It's pretty hard to predict how long, but considering Haswell is newer, the 4670K would last longer. Most hardware has followed a trend of lasting 2 - 3 years before becoming a little outdated and not keeping up. Some CPUs like the lynnfield and clarkdale are still doing very well (these are behind sandybridge) and people don't see a benefit in a CPU upgrade, so if you do end up going the 3570K route, you shouldn't need a CPU upgrade for quite a while with it's currently know performance in games. The next upgrade probably won't be your CPU, because the current trends are showing games like Crysis 3 are a lot more dependent on GPU strength over CPU, (although CPU power is still very important too) as physics and other extras can now be done using the graphics card. If, however, you use you PC for things other than gaming, like video editing, rendering or CAD etc... you would benefit more from a stronger CPU.

The 3570K is still a good option. It would probably last the next 2 - 3 years before becoming a mid to low end gaming CPU.