Pentium 3258 + Z97 MPOWER or i7 4790k +Z97 MPOWER

[edelton]

Hi Guys, since broadwell will be out in the 4Q or Early 2015 i was wondering if it will be best to get the Pentium and play with it while i wait for broadwell ..... also if i get the Pentium i can afford something like the GTX 770 BUT if i get the i7 4790k with z97 mpower i cant get a graphics card.... also i want to know if i can play games like these:

Need for Speed : The run
James Cameron's AVATAR
FIFA 14

with the HD 4600 Graphics on the 4790k.....

All suggestions are welcome.. Thanks

 

[Alex Kelly]

The Intel HD graphics are useless. Go with the Pentium, it's a great little chip and you can push it pretty far you will be very happy especially with the GTX 770.

 

[CGurrell]

As Alex said just make sure you et an aftermarket cooler for when you overclock the Pentium, something like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO should do the trick, or you could spend more on an all in one water cooling unit, like the Corsair H80 or H100i, as long as you have room in you case for a 120mm (h80) or 240mm (h100i) radiator

 

[Alex Kelly]

As Alex said just make sure you et an aftermarket cooler for when you overclock the Pentium, something like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO should do the trick, or you could spend more on an all in one water cooling unit, like the Corsair H80 or H100i, as long as you have room in you case for a 120mm (h80) or 240mm (h100i) radiator

Agreed.

 

[edelton]

If i were to go with the Pentium do you think the gtx 780 will be an overkill????

 

[Alex Kelly]

If i were to go with the Pentium do you think the gtx 780 will be an overkill????

If you overclock the pentium it should be able to keep up fairly easily. And if you're going to upgrade the CPU later anyway I would definitely recommend the 780

 

[CGurrell]

780 is an excellent card, the pentium should be fine with it the only games you may see a drop in fps are ones that use multiple threads like BF4, but that's true for the G3258 regardless of the GPU

 

[edelton]

Im definitely going with The pentium for now but is the 780 worth the extra over the 770..... i will be using a single monitor 1080p.. what will be the difference

 

[Alex Kelly]

Im definitely going with The pentium for now but is the 780 worth the extra over the 770..... i will be using a single monitor 1080p.. what will be the difference

You will be able to max out any game with the 780 and still have it run very smooth. The 770 will be able to max out a lot of games at 60fps but not all. The 770 would probably be more than enough for you but the 780 is better if you think you might upgrade your monitor in the future. I'd recommend it

 

[CGurrell]

Im definitely going with The pentium for now but is the 780 worth the extra over the 770..... i will be using a single monitor 1080p.. what will be the difference

Basically, aside from a minority of games like Crysis 3, the 770 (or r9 280x) will be the better value for money over the 780. My 280x can max a lot of games at 1920x1080 60fps with AA enabled. Only the really taxing games have any effect on it (FarCry 3, Watchdogs etc).

To be honest, it might be a good idea for you to wait a month or so on the GPU front, just to see what Nvidia's 800 series cards offer, they may even force a drop in the price of 700 series cards.

EDIT: As Alex says above, if in the future you want to upgrade to 1440p/1600p/4k then the 780 will be a better card than the 770, although at 4k (and maybe even 1600p) you may need to get another and run them in sli to maintain top performance. I will also say consider the r9 290x if you're looking at a 780, though make sure to get a non-reference card