2600K to 4790K worth it?

Not worth it if your 2600K can overclock to 4.5Ghz. The only upgrade that would make sense would be to a 5820K for the additional cores and updated PCIE & USB 3.0 support.
 
USB 3.0 isnt dependent on the CPU.
My almost 4 year old P67 board supports USB 3.0 which works great.
 
officer921 said:
Is what I'm supposedly missing worth the extra $550 that I'd have to pay for another GTX 980 for SLI? It's just hard for me to believe that people love their 1080P Blurays so much, but they can't deal with 1080P when it comes to games.

I can tell you right now that everything I play looks fucking beautiful and runs like butter on my current build at max settings. BF4, DA:I, Farcry 4, The Witcher 2, Star Citizen, FFXIV, and more I can't think of.

Why would I gimp my current setup just to run at a higher resolution that doesn't offer anything that the normal human eye would even notice? And if there are hardcore 1440 people out there, please post comparison pics or some other evidence. Numbers alone won't convince me, just like I can't be convinced that a dedicated sound card is still relevant today. Regardless of what "audiophiles" say they hear that apparently I can't.
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The difference from 1080 to 1440 is pretty close to the difference of 720 to 1080. So using your logic, we should all be on 720p still because 1080 simply can't look any better.

For me, though, the answer is even easier: I refuse to use less than 1200 pixels vertical. I went from 1600X1200 to 1920X1200, then 2560X1440. 1080 would have been a downsize in vertical when I do a lot of document review and hate having to scroll all the damned time.
 
There was no way I could pass up two EVGA SC w/ACX 780 TI's for $650 shipped. My money was better spent on that versus a cpu upgrade, especially since after selling my other cards and the total investment is a mear $200
 
mope54 said:
I was in a similar situation with my 3570k. I just sold my whole platform and am waiting with a G3258. With the money I got from the 3570K selloff I could drop an equally powerful Haswell into my MB but why bother?

New architecture is right around the corner and the OC'ed pentium is powerful enough to hold me over for a few months. When the new stuff drops I'll relegate the pentium to HTPC use or sell it off here.
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new architecture is always right around the corner. Get what you want now, sell and get what you want later.
 
I am running a 2600K at 4.7 GHz (on Z77 chipset with PLX bridge) and upgraded from 570 SLI to a single 970 (with Titan cooler).
It was definitely worth it, the system is quieter, cooler and performs better.
I would probably buy a second 970 before upgrading the CPU. I don't plan to upgrade to Broadwell, either.
 
Seeing those new SSD on M.2 slot... and all those changes in Z97 chipset compared to Z68, it's worth for just chipset alone.
 
w00t69 said:
new architecture is always right around the corner. Get what you want now, sell and get what you want later.
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I guess one can always take that kind of statement to absurdity but the reality here is that new architecture is literally months away and an extremely overclockable chip is being offered dirt cheap in the meantime. No reason not to take advantage of the opportunity to get good money for the 2600k and buy an interim processor for $50 and wait with a few hundred dollars in his pocket until the new stuff drops.
 
mope54 said:
I guess one can always take that kind of statement to absurdity but the reality here is that new architecture is literally months away and an extremely overclockable chip is being offered dirt cheap in the meantime. No reason not to take advantage of the opportunity to get good money for the 2600k and buy an interim processor for $50 and wait with a few hundred dollars in his pocket until the new stuff drops.
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I'm hoping to sell my 2500k for a decent price, it will do 4.6ghz on air at 1.32v at around 55c high load
 
Darksword said:
Go hex-core, or don't go. ;)
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Seriously. Don't reward Intel for holding back on the core counts just because they can. They can go fuck themselves until they offer reasonably-priced 6-core offerings on the "mainstream" platform.

I put "mainstream" in quotation marks because most people buying these processors are already enthusiasts. Intel's "enthusiast" platforms are just another excuse to overcharge.
 
I live near 4 microcenters and the cost difference between a 5820k and 4790k is 20 dollars. Board prices are not too far apart either in reality. Only real cost is buying ddr4 over ddr3 or reusing your ram.
 
nycdarkness said:
I live near 4 microcenters and the cost difference between a 5820k and 4790k is 20 dollars. Board prices are not too far apart either in reality. Only real cost is buying ddr4 over ddr3 or reusing your ram.
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Some of us don't even have Microcenters and I don't considering a $300 board justifiable.
 
Arct1c0n said:
Some of us don't even have Microcenters and I don't considering a $300 board justifiable.
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Off the top of my head I can think of 5 x99 boards that range from 210-280. A z97 mid to high range board is still 180-250. The cost is really in the ram. When I upgraded from my 2700k to x99. The cost difference for me was 220 bucks for 4790k vs 5820k. Both boards had similar features, however I did have to buy ddr4 (200 for 16gb kit)
 
nycdarkness said:
Off the top of my head I can think of 5 x99 boards that range from 210-280. A z97 mid to high range board is still 180-250. The cost is really in the ram. When I upgraded from my 2700k to x99. The cost difference for me was 220 bucks for 4790k vs 5820k. Both boards had similar features, however I did have to buy ddr4 (200 for 16gb kit)
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DDR4 is still going through toothing pains as well as X99 chipsets and I honestly just want to upgrade for the fun of it and so I am not having serious OCD issues with having a 4 year old setup in its twilight years waiting to see of Skylake K processors are worth the next upgrade next year, because I highly doubt Broadwells are gonna be this year.

In otherwords, you can wait, im gonna build and play now
 
Arct1c0n said:
DDR4 is still going through toothing pains as well as X99 chipsets and I honestly just want to upgrade for the fun of it and so I am not having serious OCD issues with having a 4 year old setup in its twilight years waiting to see of Skylake K processors are worth the next upgrade next year, because I highly doubt Broadwells are gonna be this year.

In otherwords, you can wait, im gonna build and play now
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I agree. I was going to wait as well but then my board crapped out and my backup spare board cannot support some of the features I needed. Did not want to buy a used mobo and I felt buying into older tech is not my thing, so I went ahead and jumped it. I could of gone z97 but for the minor price difference in my case, it was just a better idea. I also run a lot of vms so the ram support on the x99 platform is nice.
 
Well my x2 780 ti's came in and I have been testing and trying to find the stable overclock for them both and modding the BIOS. I have them both at 1150Mhz/7500Mhz @1.212v and I also disabled throttling and they run at at full speed.

Here are some benchmarks comparing my x2 680's and the new x2 780 ti's

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Ive had a 2700K since they were new and it's a fine CPU and all.. but I just happened to be on a trip and there's a Microcenter nearby so I bought an i7-4790K. Impulse buy to start off 2015.

Now to find a board and whatever else for it. Yeesh.
 
Not really IMO. I mean if you want a new toy, go for it, but not much difference. I went from a 2600k to a 5930k and I notice zero difference in any gaming or the like. I enjoy my new toy, but it was a silly excess and I got it just because it was cool, not out of any need.

Intel just really got it right with the Sandy Bridge, there isn't much incentive to upgrade yet.
 
SuperSubZero said:
. but I just happened to be on a trip and there's a Microcenter nearby so I bought an i7-4790K. Impulse buy to start off 2015.
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You could have done a hell of a lost worse. I'm just tired of looking at my 2500k and old mATX board build after nearing 4 years and I need something theraputic to keep me busy when while im recovering from surgery.
 
I've got a 2600k and I can't even imagine in being remotely worth an upgrade yet. In the past my CPU's only lasted me about a year or 2 before I'd be ready to get something new and shiny.
This CPU has been an absolute beast!

I've built systems with 3570k and 3770k CPU's, 4670k and 4770k CPUs, as well as a the latest system wiht a 4970k.
None of those processors even came remotely close to impressing me enough for an upgrade. There's less than a 10% change between a 2600k and a 4770k at stock speeds, and even less difference clock for clock.

Going with the GPU upgrade was a MUCH better use of your money.
 
I will tell you the move from a i7 920 @ 4.2GHz to a 5820k @ 4.5GHz was pretty drastic to me. Granted the 2600k was a good deal better then the 920. But even games like Starcraft II that are heavily CPU bound, almost double my FPS when there is a lot of units on the screen. The IPC increase for me was huge. Not to mention USB 3, SATA III and UEFI BIOS and 2 extra cores.
 
I'm glad I asked for opinions first, I'm so happy with the upgrade! Major performance increase. My x2 680's were no slouch but these are crazy! I was worried my 850w wasn't going to be enough to power them but I suppose since it's a GOLD certified it's enough. I ran both GPU's at 99% usage for over 30 minutes and no issues with power
 
pontiac4life said:
Well my x2 780 ti's came in and I have been testing and trying to find the stable overclock for them both and modding the BIOS. I have them both at 1150Mhz/7500Mhz @1.212v and I also disabled throttling and they run at at full speed....

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Im sure you did plenty of research on OCing the 780ti's, but just incase you missed it a few hints i've picked up since I got one of those at launch,,,

core clock offset is only actually doing what it reports to do if you use +13 mhz increments.

I've found oc'ing the ram on the cards to be a waste of time. Infact higher ram clocks usually hurt what I was able to get on the core. Core clockspeed was much more effective as far as framerate goes for me.

Watch it with the bios mod to disable the throttling. You start pulling a significant more TDP through those cards and you may end up with very expensive paperweights.

Woulda been nice to get reference coolers since you are sli'ing, but hell at that price I can understand. I am wanting to get a second, but cant seem to find one under $450 :(

Seems silly since I spent $750 on this card at launch.. lol still a little sore from that.
 
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