two components. which one better for gaming, please help

[ATTRACTIVE]

please help me to choose the best component for gaming

Intel Core i7-4820K Ivy Bridge-E 3.7GHz LGA 2011
Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 Socket 2011-v3
Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2400MHz CL11
SAPPHIRE TRI-X R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 OC
ZALMAN ZM700-GV 700w 80 Plus Bronze PSU
ZALMAN Z1 Mid Tower Case
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Intel Core I5-4460 Haswell 3.2GHz LGA 1150
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK Socket 1150
Kingston HyperX FURY Blue 8GB DDR3
SAPPHIRE TRI-X R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 OC
ZALMAN ZM700-GV 700w 80 Plus Bronze PSU
ZALMAN Z1 Mid Tower Case

i just thinking for 3 or 4-way cfx at the future 😀 i can't change any board
after all which one better for gaming?

 

[Karsten75]

There are many i5 processors between the 4460 and the i7 4820. In fact the 4820 is a generation old technology and the motherboard is obsolete for newer processors.

If you have any choice in the matter, I'd recommend an i5-4690 (with or without the K- suffix, depending on whether you want to overclock.

Failing that, I'd still recommend the i5 4460, since it should be substantially cheaper than the i7-4820K solution.

 

[badboyrog2]

first one by far

 

[Beezy]

price : performance the i5 easily wins, but the i7 would be stronger.

 

[Karsten75]

first one by far

Now that I'm reading it again, I must warn you that the first solution is incompatible.

The i7-4820K needs an LGA 2011 motherboard. That is not hte same as the LGS 2=3011-3 motherboard. The Intel i7-5820K is the model that is compatible with the LGA 2011-3 motherboard.

 

[ATTRACTIVE]

Karsten
i know this Ivy Bridge-E i7 cpu is old technology
but i chosen it to apply with this 2011 board.
after all is it more than good build for gaming?

 

[badboyrog2]

``The i7-4820K needs an LGA 2011 motherboard. That is not hte same as the LGS 2=3011-3 motherboard. The Intel i7-5820K is the model that is compatible with the LGA 2011-3 motherboard.``

thats true !

sorry just replace it by i7-5820K

 

[chenw]

No, none of the LG2011 socket CPU's goes into a LG2011-V3 sockets, so you have either downgrade your motherboard to a X79 one (most of which are EoL'ed, the only Mobo I think still in production is the Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition), or upgrade your CPU to haswell-E. DDR3 RAM also does not work in a X99 mobo, they can only use the much more expensive DDR4.

Damn, got beaten.

Anyway, 5820k should be ok for tri-GPU setups (I am assuming that x16/x16/x8 has no performance difference to x8/x8/x8 under x3 GPU setups, if this is not true, then you probably have to go for 5930k).

 

[ATTRACTIVE]

what about this

Intel Core I7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 Socket 2011-v3

this board support 5 generation cpu ?

 

[badboyrog2]

keep the Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

 

[chenw]

Actually, taking a closer look at the rig, this is what I might do in your case:

1. Downgrade the CPU to 4790k, downgrade the motherboard to something that supports 3-way Xfire, such as Z97x-Gaming GT
2. Upgrade your GPU to 290x (if you can find the price acceptable, maybe the 8GB version), and use the 8GB versions to up your Xfire later.

reason is that while Haswell does natively support 28 PCI-E lanes, its clock speed isn't as good as 4790k (which is a bit more important than cores/threads, at least from what I have encountered), so basically when you run single GPU, your haswell won't be giving you much of a benefit (especially considering that current cost of DDR4 is quite high).


Note that my post relies on one assumption: PLX'ed 3-way xfire offers the same performance (in terms of fps and smoothness of games) is the same as 3-way xfire on true lanes.