Should I get this or an i5 4690? is the hyperthreading worth it? Or will it be in the next few years?
2090029
If you want games, buy it i5 4690, the reason is the games not need a lot of speed of processor, need more graphic, but if you are desgin, buy i7.
2090030
I would go with the 4790k if you choose to go that route. It is a very good processor with great overclocking potential. I personally went with a I7 4930k. And I absolutely love it.
2090031
I do video conversion/editing a lot and edit time reduced by 50%. Coming from AMD phenom xII 965. Do not know about i5 pfocessor. I spend half the time I used to. I don't play any games.
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What idiot said " the few hundred that e8600 will cost you"? They're $40 on amazon & ebay all day long, and a great upgrade for older systems. That being said, it's probably not compatible with the motherboard of user who posted the original question. Also, There's no such thing as "5GHz RAM". You should google the specs of your particular motherboard to see if this chip is compatible (as a drop-in replacement for a P4), but most likely it is not. I would recommend looking for a faster P4 chip, as I recall they made them up to 3.8GHz and 2MB cache, with HyperThreading. That type of chip would probably be a good upgrade for your particular system. What idiot said " the few hundred that e8600 will cost you"? They're $40 on amazon & ebay all day long, and a great upgrade for older systems. That being said, it's probably not compatible with the motherboard of user who posted the original question. Also, There's no such thing as "5GHz RAM". You should google the specs of your particular motherboard to see if this chip is compatible (as a drop-in replacement for a P4), but most likely it is not. I would recommend looking for a faster P4 chip, as I recall they made them up to 3.8GHz and 2MB cache, with HyperThreading.... » Read More What idiot said " the few hundred that e8600 will cost you"? They're $40 on amazon & ebay all day long, and a great upgrade for older systems. That being said, it's probably not compatible with the motherboard of user who posted the original question. Also, There's no such thing as "5GHz RAM". You should google the specs of your particular motherboard to see if this chip is compatible (as a drop-in replacement for a P4), but most likely it is not. I would recommend looking for a faster P4 chip, as I recall they made them up to 3.8GHz and 2MB cache, with HyperThreading. That type of chip would probably be a good upgrade for your particular system. « Show Less
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You should be fine with the i5, I own one and it's great. I think I will keep mine for about three years ( by then I should be able to afford a new model if I save my pennies)
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Go with an a8-5600k trinity. It's the same price. You could also go with an fm2+ socket a10 kavari core.
1856613
Yes. I have the same computer and put one of these in it. It will make a big difference in performance overall. This is the fastest P4 that you can get. Put this in and get as much ram as the 4600 will take(4 or 8gigs I cant remember). These old processors are still good ones.
83447
Yes, I have been using this CPU personally for several months now. No issues at all.
840208
Yes, it is a great processor. However, I would look at getting the 5820k because its newer and a little bit faster.
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It depends on what you plan on doing with your system. If you're just gaming, a 6300 will be fine. If you get a decent video card to match. But if you use a lot of programs that take advantage of multiple cores like the Adobe creative suite or video editing programs, you will definitely see a boost with 8 cores vs 6. But with the 6300 you can get away with buying a cheaper motherboard. Where as with the 8 core FX CPU's you need to get a better mobo with decent power delivery and cooling(990fx chipsets). So that will cost more too. I've been using my FX 6300 for 1080p gaming, and light content creation (making/editing videos for youtube) for about a year now. And it's been great. I bought an aftermarket Air cooler. I found that the stock cooler would run hot. Personally, now I'm looking to invest in a Corsair H80i. It's a decent all in one liquid cooler. And it even uses the stock AMD mounting hardware. (so no backplate installation needed. Bonus!)
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I would go with the hd 7770 + the intel pentium if you want to save money and get decent gameplay (medium to low settings at 1080p) if you want serious gaming get the hd 7950 with the i5 (any model) to play games at max settings. if you want max settings for all games get the gtx 680 with i5 or higher. imo videogames are a waste of time; focus on academics
456253
depends on the reason you want a faster processor. For intensive games and video editing, more cores and faster processor would help. Otherwise, want you have should be sufficient.
449949
Should be fine with your CPU - be careful with overclocking though, if you intend to do that. Otherwise, it's a fine motherboard and hasn't given me any issues.
431600
The truth of the matter is this. All i5 Intel Processors lack hyperthreading. This i7 3770K is a quad core / hyperthreaded processor. This means 4 physical processor cores and each is capable of running 2 threads. This is , in effect 8 processor cores (Threads) running at the same time. This provides an approximate increase in performance of 30%. If your software uses multicore, the benefit is immediate. Is it worth the money to you becomes the question.
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Either one will work fine. H97 mobo is cheaper, but Z97 will have more features and support overclocking. Seeing as this is not an unlocked processor, the H97 would be OK, but I would go with the Z97. if you want to overclock, take a look at the 4690K and a Z97. Also, getting a Z97 will allow you to voerclock with future CPU's.
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Hey! I personally have had better luck with the Hyper X. It is actually optimized for Intel gen 3 processors (Ivy Bridge) vs the Corair's Gen 2 (makes a big difference as Intel may release a Gen 4 soon). The latency on the Hyperx is better as well, 9-9-9-24 vs 10-10-10-24 (you have to read the details at the bottom on the Corair page, they are different than the top.) It will automatically hyper thread as needed which can save power in laptops. AND it is also CHEAPER :-)
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The http://ark.intel.com/products/75461/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1225-v3-8M-Cache-3_20-GHz post in the above answer clearly shows this processor does not support hyper-threading.
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Yes, two of my friends have the i7 4790k and this RAM with zero problems. I also use this RAM, but with the i5 4670K overclocked. Again, no issues. My friends have had their current set up for two weeks with great results. I know this isn't a very solid confirmation, but I thought I'd at least let you know that I've personally seen it running great with that processor :-)
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Yes there is a big difference but only for certain tasks like extreme multitasking using 6 monitors and power video editing. If you are a normal home user and even a gamer you will not notice a difference. 95% of computer users should not need the i7 hyper threading.