Intel 4930k vs 4770k

[CCapG]

Hello Tom's Hardware:

Over the past few weeks, I have been looking hard into benchmarks of the 4770k vs the 4820k, the 4820k vs the 4930k and the 4770k vs the 4930k. Long story short, I'm all over the place right now and really need a second opinion about this.

The computer I'm building will be used for a combination of gaming, rendering videos in 1080p, and editing all in one. I am aware of the fact that if I was using this solely for gaming then I should go with the 4770k, or even the i5 variant, yet I'm using it for many different purposes.

The price isn't going to set me back too much, maybe 200-400 dollars, and if that means getting more out of my PC by all means I am for it.

The main questions that I am asking here are will the 4930k keep up/out-perform the 4770k in games? Will the 4930k make all too much of a difference whilst rendering out videos, and using more threading intensive software? Should I even bother trying to use the LGA 2011 socket, so I can trade in for the 4th generation Haswell chipset (LGA 1150)?

(P.S. I will be overclocking these chips.)

All opinions are welcome, even if you don't have too much to say. I appreciate every comment I receive.

//CCapG

 

[RobCrezz]

Before making a decision its worth looking at these questions.

1) Does your rendering program use GPU accelleration? (if so, upgrading to the 4930k probably isnt worth it), if it doesn't then the 6 core 4930k will help a lot.

2) Do you need the other features of socket 2011, like the extra PCI-e lanes for 3/4 way SLI?

 

[CCapG]

Thank you both for the speedy responses, I do appreciate them.

@RobCrezz To answer question number one, I'm unsure. I have sold my old desktop rig to a friend of mine, and on this laptop I won't even bother trying to install it. I'll browse the forums a bit and look into it. Great question.
To answer question number two, right now, it's looking like I'm going to be running a 780ti, and as expensive as that is, I won't be running even dual sli for at least a few more months.
I guess right now, it may not be all that worth it to get the 2011 chipset, but in the future I think it'll be beneficial for upgrading purposes.

@Derpeh I do agree that the 4930k is a bit pricey. Especially when the 4820k, one step down, is close to two hundred and fifty dollars less. After reviewing, I probably will end up with the 4820k purely for video editing purposes. I really desire getting a 4930k to render out those videos faster, but the difference between waiting half an hour to 20 minutes might not be worth it for an extra two hundred dollars.

Thank you both for the help. I do appreciate it.

EDIT: Follow up question, any recommendations as far as 2011 motherboards go? Personally, I'm looking at the Rampage IV Extreme or the Rampage IV Black, any knowledge on those motherboards? If so, that would be fantastic.

 

[RobCrezz]

I wouldnt bother going for the 4920k, quad core on socket 2011 seems like a waste of time to me. I would only go socket 2011 for a six core CPU, otherwise you might aswell save a big amount of money and go Z87 + 4770k

 

[CCapG]

Looks now like it's either going for the 4930k or the 4770k then.

Thanks

 

[nikoli707]

rendering videos is done nowadays with a gpu. a simple gtx570 will render about 20-600 times as fast as a 3970x if you use a supported program that uses gpgpu or cuda. i would be looking at supported software that takes full advantage of gpu's and then make a decision on an nvidia or amd gpu that will blow away any cpu ever made.