Should I get the Intel Core i7-4790 or the Intel Core i7-4770K?

[Aviden]

I just placed an order for the 4770K about 40 minutes ago but quickly canceled it when I found out the 4790 launched. Now I know very little about CPUs so I'd figured I'd ask: which should I get?
I'd rather not wait for another series and money really isn't a problem. The rest of my PC is high-end so I know I wont have any problems w/ compatibility. Are there any quirks that I should be worried about? There's only a $50.00 price difference so I could always just re-order the 4770K. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[icraft]

The 4790 uses a different chipset and is not overclockable and is only faster by 100Mhz IIRC. I don't consider that worth it over the 4770k personally.

 

[qwertyDS]

The only advantage i7-4770K has is the unlcoked multiplier, so it can be easily overclocked to get better perfromance
the stock performance is pretty much the same when compared these too, the 4790 at stock has a slight advantge because it its clocked higher
So if you want to overclock your cpu get the 4770K if not go with 4790.
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/518/Intel_Core_i7_i7-4770K_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-4790.html

 

[JOOK-D]

Which motherboard do you have?

In any case I'd take an unlocked i7 4770K over a locked 4790.

 

[Arksun]

Answer, neither, wait for the K version of the 4790 which apparently boosts the standard core speed not up by just 100Mhz, but up to 4Ghz. EST early June release. I'm kinda susprised Toms Hardware hasn't done article about it yet, a little behind its competitors here...

 

[JOOK-D]

Answer, neither, wait for the K version of the 4790 which apparently boosts the standard core speed not up by just 100Mhz, but up to 4Ghz. EST early June release. I'm kinda susprised Toms Hardware hasn't done article about it yet, a little behind its competitors here...

Probably under NDA from intel.

 

[Arksun]

Here's the source of where I got the info:
http://wccftech.com/intel-devils-canyon-core-i7-4790k-core-i5-4690k-processors-confirmed-core-i74790k-boosts-44-ghz/

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

i7-4790K at 4.0 to 4.4 GHz??? Wow!! I bet the AMD executives must be crying after seeing that.