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MAXIMUS VI FORMULA- i5-4670K or i7-4770K

mu5tang71
Level 7

‎01-15-2014 09:52 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 11:53 PM by Community Admin

Hi..... just need a little advice. I just bought the Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA LGA1150 and trying to decide on with CPU to get. I have seen benchmarks on both CPU's and there pretty much the same when it comes to gaming. Witch is what the Rig will be used for. The biggest different I seen is when you using software like AutoCAD or video editing, Multitasking were the threads come in play. Should I get the i7-4770K or go with the i5-4670K witch is about $80.00 cheaper. Or will games in the future call for the i7-4770K. Any suggestions would be appropriated.... Thanks
Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, Thermaltake Overseer RX-II Case, H100 Corsair Cooler Push/Pull Config, 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Ram, EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Classified w/ EVGA A w/ Backplate, EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G Gold Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64,
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Nate152
Moderator

‎01-15-2014 09:58 PM

Hi mu5tang71, Welcome to the ROG community. I would go with the 4770k. There are games that already support hyperthreading such as Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3. There may be more but I know those two games support it. The 4770k also has a better IMC ( Internal Memory Controller ) which will allow you to use high speed RAM.
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mu5tang71
Level 7
In response to Nate152

‎01-15-2014 10:19 PM

Nate152 wrote:
Hi mu5tang71, Welcome to the ROG community. I would go with the 4770k. There are games that already support hyperthreading such as Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3. There may be more but I know those two games support it. The 4770k also has a better IMC ( Internal Memory Controller ) which will allow you to use high speed RAM.


Thank you for your response.... It's settled than I will go with the i7-4770K..... Can't wait to get this build started......
Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, Thermaltake Overseer RX-II Case, H100 Corsair Cooler Push/Pull Config, 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Ram, EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Classified w/ EVGA A w/ Backplate, EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G Gold Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64,
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Nate152
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‎01-15-2014 10:30 PM

Can you list your build specs? I might can steer you in the right direction on some things if you would like some input.
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mu5tang71
Level 7
In response to Nate152

‎01-16-2014 09:53 AM

Yes here is what I am using. The video card is one area thinking of upgrading..... Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, H100 Corsair Cooler, G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 Ram, AMD Radeon XFX R7 260X 2GB DDR5 GPU, Corsair HX850W Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64, Thermaltake Overseer RXI Case
Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, Thermaltake Overseer RX-II Case, H100 Corsair Cooler Push/Pull Config, 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Ram, EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Classified w/ EVGA A w/ Backplate, EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G Gold Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64,
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kkn
Level 14
In response to mu5tang71

‎01-16-2014 10:09 AM

mu5tang71 wrote:
Yes here is what I am using. The video card is one area thinking of upgrading..... Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, H100 Corsair Cooler, G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 Ram, AMD Radeon XFX R7 260X 2GB DDR5 GPU, Corsair HX850W Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64, Thermaltake Overseer RXI Case

if you are buying w7 get the pro version unless your going to do lan/admin tings.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/5a518386-27a8-46fa-a85a-678b7c25358e/physic...
its cheaper then the top edition of w7.
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mu5tang71
Level 7
In response to kkn

‎01-16-2014 11:48 AM

Okay I did not know that.. So Go with Windows 7 Pro...... sounds good.. And thanks for everyone's input. I just want to make this build right...
Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, Thermaltake Overseer RX-II Case, H100 Corsair Cooler Push/Pull Config, 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Ram, EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Classified w/ EVGA A w/ Backplate, EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G Gold Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64,
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Chino
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In response to kkn

‎01-16-2014 11:53 AM

mu5tang71 wrote:
Should I get the i7-4770K or go with the i5-4670K witch is about $80.00 cheaper. Or will games in the future call for the i7-4770K. Any suggestions would be appropriated.... Thanks


mu5tang71 wrote:
Yes here is what I am using. The video card is one area thinking of upgrading..... Asus Maximus VI Formula MB, Intel Core I7 4770K CPU, H100 Corsair Cooler, G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 Ram, AMD Radeon XFX R7 260X 2GB DDR5 GPU, Corsair HX850W Power Supply, Window 7 Ultimate x64, Thermaltake Overseer RXI Case

If I were you, I'd grab the i5-4670k instead and with that extra $80 that you're saving, get the R9 270X instead. Trust me. The jump from a R7 260X to a R9 270X is well worth it. Besides, most of the R9 270Xs are around $220 to $240.
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danskieness
Level 10
In response to Chino

‎01-17-2014 04:33 AM

Chino wrote:
If I were you, I'd grab the i5-4670k instead and with that extra $80 that you're saving, get the R9 270X instead. Trust me. The jump from a R7 260X to a R9 270X is well worth it. Besides, most of the R9 270Xs are around $220 to $240.


if i was mostly gaming i would follow chino's advice, id rather get a better gpu than cpu in these cases, though it would be somehow different if we're talking about professional stuffs and benches
Mobo : Asus Maximus VI Impact || CPU : i5-4670k || Cooling : H100
GPU : MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G || PSU : Corsair RM 650 || Rams : G Skill Trident X 4GBx2 2400 CL10
Monitor : 2x Asus VX239h + 1x HP w2207h || Chassis : Bitfenix Prodigy Red || OS : WIN8.1 x64
Periphirals : Corsair K95, Logitech g402, Edifier 3350
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Antronman
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In response to danskieness

‎01-17-2014 07:52 AM

danskieness wrote:
if i was mostly gaming i would follow chino's advice, id rather get a better gpu than cpu in these cases, though it would be somehow different if we're talking about professional stuffs and benches

If I was going to buy an i5-4670k, I would rather buy a new "Kaveri" A10-7850k. Slightly better performance in games than the 4670k, cheaper, and with AMD Mantle coming out it will blow the 4670k away.

I would buy the Kaveri A10-7850k and an R9 270x, and then wait for mantle to come out so that I will play games like I'm using a better system.
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