is the i7 4790 (non-K) worth the price

[gimmigzgy]

I'm planning to buy an i7 4790 non k version, specifically because I want a powerful procie without having to overclock it. Do you think it is worth my money?
Or do you think the i5 4460 is a better choice if I don't have plans of OCing my i7?
I play games, and I usually edit videos and images using Photoshop and Sony Vegas Pro, After effects.

 

[DubbleClick]

Vegas greatly appreciates hyperthreading, therefore go with an i7 over an i5. However, if you're not willing to overclock I'd go with a xeon e3 1231 v3, which is a tad cheaper and runs fine on h87/h97 boards. Only if you have a dedicated gpu, though. Otherwise the i7 4790 should be fine. For 30€ more, you could get an i7 4790k, though. It has fairly much higher base speed and yields the possibility of overclocking in future, which is really easy with an open multiplicator. That would require you a custom cooler and a z97 mainboard, though.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... try one of these in a Q77 or Q77 MB... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-Quad-Core-Hyper-threaded-Processor-E3-1240V2-3-4-GHz-8-MB-SR0P5-km-/171388843185?pt=CPUs&hash=item27e79234b1
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1240+V2+%40+3.40GHz

 

[gimmigzgy]

Let's take Xeons out of the list, because they are highly overpriced in my country.
I dont have plans to overclock, so setting aside the OC factor, what would be more preferred? I7 4790 or the i5 4460?

 

[T3PShooter]

No, don't get a non-K when the K version is the same price or almost the same price.

 

[coolcole01]

yes its worth it get it from microcenter for 279
http://www.microcenter.com/product/434176/Core_i7-4790K_40GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

 

[T3PShooter]

I'm going to guess there isn't a Microcenter in his country...

 

[coolcole01]

I'm going to guess there isn't a Microcenter in his country...

if not then no it is not worth 300+

 

[gimmigzgy]

When converted to USD, a 4790k costs around 367 USD, while the non-K costs around 326 USD in my country. What do you think? Is it worth it? If not what do you recommend?

 

[coolcole01]

Can you give us the prices of the 4690 4690k fx 8320/50 and other cpu you might be looking at

 

[gimmigzgy]

4690 - 228 USD
4690K - 252 USD
4660 - 193 USD
8320 - 166 USD
8350 - 206 USD

 

[DubbleClick]

Considering it's low price and fairly strong rendering performance, overclocking an 8320 might be your choice. If you also plan on gaming, though, I'd pay a bit more to get the i5 4690(k). Ultimate choice would be the i7 4790k with a z97 board, of course, but I think that would only be justified if you render and edit really much. Afterall it comes down to what is important for you, all the mentioned cpu's are really strong, especially the intel one's.

 

[coolcole01]

At that price the 8320 would be a great buy but i would still get the 4690 or the 4690k

 

[gimmigzgy]

At that price the 8320 would be a great buy but i would still get the 4690 or the 4690k

So you dont recommend me buying the 4790?

 

[coolcole01]

no for the price the 4690 is the chip unless your doing more than 2 hrs of videowork a day

 

[gimmigzgy]

no for the price the 4690 is the chip unless your doing more than 2 hrs of videowork a day

What do you mean by 2hrs of videowork a day? How does that become a factor, just wondering

 

[coolcole01]

all of these cpu are capable of the work the difference is the i7 will do it faster making you able to do more work in the time but in gaming no difference

 

[gimmigzgy]

Considering it's low price and fairly strong rendering performance, overclocking an 8320 might be your choice. If you also plan on gaming, though, I'd pay a bit more to get the i5 4690(k). Ultimate choice would be the i7 4790k with a z97 board, of course, but I think that would only be justified if you render and edit really much. Afterall it comes down to what is important for you, all the mentioned cpu's are really strong, especially the intel one's.

What would you prefer?
i5 4690k - paired with an R9 280X
or an
i7 4790 - paired with an R9 270X
or an
FX 8320 paired with an R9 280X

 

[gimmigzgy]

all of these cpu are capable of the work the difference is the i7 will do it faster making you able to do more work in the time but in gaming no difference

No difference in gaming performance between the 4790 (non-K) if I was to OC the 4690K?

 

[junkeymonkey]

seeing you said non k you should look over the xeon chips as suggested above [opinion]

 

[gimmigzgy]

seeing you said non k you should look over the xeon chips as suggested above [opinion]

We don't have much Xeon procies here. Most of them come in server bundles.

 

[coolcole01]

the 4690 does such a good job you will get very little increase in games you will become gpu bound very quick

 

[junkeymonkey]

you just buy that chip like any other chip nothing special about it

like wheres here ??

 

[kira70591]

The 4790k is one of the highest performing consumer CPUs on the 1150 platform at this time. You would benefit from having the unlocked "k" version as the base frequency of the cores is higher than the locked version (4790). Even if you do not overclock the bump in base frequency could be worth the extra $40 which is not that much to be honest. If you do a lot of editing that $40 investment could be paid back by the amount of time that you would save. Obviously it may only be a couple of seconds here and there but that adds up over the life of your system and your time is money.

 

[DubbleClick]

Considering it's low price and fairly strong rendering performance, overclocking an 8320 might be your choice. If you also plan on gaming, though, I'd pay a bit more to get the i5 4690(k). Ultimate choice would be the i7 4790k with a z97 board, of course, but I think that would only be justified if you render and edit really much. Afterall it comes down to what is important for you, all the mentioned cpu's are really strong, especially the intel one's.

What would you prefer?
i5 4690k - paired with an R9 280X
or an
i7 4790 - paired with an R9 270X
or an
FX 8320 paired with an R9 280X

i7 4790k with r9 270x or 280 (non x, sells for same as 270x here and offers better performance if you overclock yourself). Or even i7 4790k with any other gpu. As your primary is rendering or editing apparently, the gpu is not even close to as important as the cpu. If you want to play games on higher resolutions (above 1440p) you should get the i5 4690k and a r9 280x, though. Anyway, especially then you should make sure to OC it, as you hit 4.4ghz+ easily on the 4690k which brings it closer to the i7 performance.