I have had this system for a few years now but I have decided to jump to Intel on the processor side of the house. So I am looking for all the feedback and recommendations anyone wants to give. If you can provide data to support your recommendation from personal experience with a board and chip that will be greatly appreciated. I am leaning toward the i7, but I dont want the extra cost for the i7 if and i5 will do well for me for the next 2 years maybe 3 until DDR4 and the newer lines become more cost effective.
So here is what I am looking at.
i5 4690k vs a i7 4790k for my CPU selection.
Currently looking at the following boards
ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118&cm_re=z97-_-13-132-118-_-Productor
ASUS Z97-E LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132287&cm_re=z97-_-13-132-287-_-ProductThe rest of the ASUS boards seem nice but more then my needs on the Intel side.
***The only reason I wont look at the Haswell - E selections is the shear cost of all 3 components to redo the central core of the machine (CPU/Board/RAM)***
I am planning to keep the rest of my components which are listed here minus the board cpu swap:
AMD FX 8350 w/ H60 Liquid Cooler
ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z Motherboard
32 GB of G. Skill Rip Jaw @ 1600
7870 GHz Edition (Was a 970... RMA, going with a 300 series now in the spring)
Thermaltake 750W PSU Modular
Rosewill Mid ATX Blackhawk Gaming Case
Lastly and importantly. This is what I use my computer for, besides gaming... I do a lot of video conversions, Photoshop and Illustrator work. And Autodesk 3DS Max visual rendering. Those are the heavy lifting examples of what I use it for.
Example of what I do with it... I painted that car in PS CS3 and rendered it in Autodesk 3DS Max for a video game. I do about 200 cars a year for this game I spend time on and so I use these video and illustration apps extensively.
