How Is The Intel Core i7-4790K For Productivity

How does this CPU fair in content creation such as photoshop and video editing, my primary purpose for my build is gaming though I plan on doing some content creation here and there will this CPU satisfy or should I grab a 6 core?

I use cyberlink for video editing and I find my cpu dos the job. I only work with 1080p videos on my desktop.

Core i5-4690 $224
i7-4790k $339

3DMark 149215 vs 145580
Premiere Pro 116 vs 135

I'd go with an i5 and spend the money elsewhere


It depends on whether or not hyperthreading will be of use for you. If its not got with the i5, i have it overclocked to 4.5 GHz. Makes up for the performance gap.

If the primary purpose is gaming, go Core i5. Even modern games don't scale beyond 4 cores/threads, so anything extra is wasted as far as gaming is concerned. If you are going to be losing money by not having content created that much faster, then sure, invest in the faster chips. But if you aren't losing money from lack of speed, just get the Core i5. It does an adequate job of content creation, and more than enough for beginners. If you really want the extra speed, but don't need the extra speed the Core i7 4790k is a good compromise, if you have the spare budget. But if that $100 or so can get you a better GPU, then get the GPU instead; again, the Core i5 is adequate for content creation, especially when overclocked, and you'll have a better gaming PC.

In rendering stepping up to a I7 5820k is definitely worth it. Personally I just picked up a Xeon 1231-v3 for my productivity needs as it is much cheaper then a I7 4790k, but has 8 threads like an I7 4790k. You just can't overclock and get a slightly lower stock clock. But by no means is this chip a productivity slouch. Definitely either go 5820k or Xeon 1231-v3. The I7 5820k for pennies more then the I7 4790k is definitely worth it, and the Xeon's price makes the I7 4790k more of a bragging piece then meaningful improvement over the Xeon.

Would you still recommend a lower clocked, locked CPU, even if the primary purpose is gaming, an area that favors lower core count and higher clockspeeds? And what about the added cost of X99 platform overall, especially with DDR4 memory still expensive? Can you justify that cost over Z97, or even lower end mainstream chipset along with the cost of a CPU cooler if not overclocking? Have you considered those costs when stating "The I7 5820k for pennies more"?

its good, but 5820k is better.

you still not havent build your rig by the way?

Yes, because the Xeon 1231-v3 isn't a bottleneck to even a sli Titan X setup. The I7 4790k is overkill for a gaming setup, and so is the 1231-v3 frankly. A 1231-v3 at max turbo is almost identical to a stock 4790k, and its $70 less. And if he were to want to spend $70 more, the X99 platform is not that much more. The 5820k is $40 more, so not a ton more. That's a cheapo cooler kind of bump. The AsRock extreme 3 can be found at mid range z97 board type cost at $140. Then the cheapest ddr4 kit of 2x4gb sticks is $67, so a tiny bit more then the average ddr3 2x4gb kit at $60 range. So ya its a little bit more, but its a ton more performance over the i7 4790k. Its a huge bump in multicore programs, and it allows for more tabs, streaming, and virtual machines all without losing a single frame in games.

Nah it would bottleneck a Titan X setup (Xeon 1231v3) because I know that the 5960x bottlenecks 3 way Titan X setup just go to JayzTwoCents Youtube Channel and look at his latest Skunkworks video should be something about finishing up and stuff cant remember the actual title of the video eh instead of typing this up should have posted the link of the video for it.

I actually saw that video. To be more specific about my point, that Xeon 1231-v3 won't bottleneck sli Titan X's in the majority of games, since the majority of games are much more graphics intensive then cpu intensive. I was also talking more about a 2-way setup as thats the most common and really reasonable setup in general.

Guys lets stay ontopic!

Discussions about Bottlenecking Titan X sli setups or not, is totaly irrelevent to this topic.

For gaming it won't help much over an i5/860k, If you want extra cores you could always overclock an 8350, which I believe is nearly $150 now.

Xeon E3 is definitely not a bad choice at all.
As far as gaming goes, it shows some decent performance compaired to an i5.
An overclocked i5 does of course edge it out in those older single threaded games like Arma 3 or Planetside 2.
But in most AAA games, they are pretty neck to neck.

For pruductiviy, the Xeon E3 will definitely beat the i5.
So its not realy a bad choice.
The 4790K is of course a littlebit better overall.

However like i said above, a 5820k overclocked, would of course be the jack of all trades.

I just built it thanks though :) I decided to go with the 4790k