Cheapest Haswell-E CPU will cost little more than a 4790

Cry

2014-08-27 08:42

will the cheapest support x8 x8 gpu config no? only main card and dedi PhysX one then eh?

28 pci-e lanes, first card will run at x16, second at x8 then third at x4. The other two higher chips have 40 pcie lanes.

#4900524

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-08-27 08:43

i think Hilbert it's the 4790 not the 4970

Oh man, why do I always write news at 8 am in the morning 😉 Thanks.

#4900526

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-08-27 08:43

will the cheapest support x8 x8 gpu config no? only main card and dedi PhysX one then eh?

Yes, 28 PCie Lanes Gen 3.0

#4900532

fantaskarsef

2014-08-27 08:49

so this could do dual sli and have a dedicated physx card too?

I presume with x8/x8/x4, it could, no?

#4900533

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-08-27 08:50

so this could do dual sli and have a dedicated physx card too?

Dual SLI is four cards 😉 But yeah, 2x at x8 Gen 3.0 and then a x4 for PhysX is possible with 8 lanes left. Without physx or any the dedicated PCIe stuff and two cards it would get x16 / x8

#4900543

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-08-27 08:59

impressive then, would cost around £550 - £650 depending on how much you spent on ram /mobo. i'd struggle to keep a 6 core busy though understand witcher3 is near.

Looking at your current config, you have very little to upgrade for man. In fact with your OC your current setup is faster overall.

#4900554

Ven0m

2014-08-27 09:15

the 5820k is the sweet spot for me & I'm not complaining about the 28 pci lane, having already tried the crossfire at 8x / 8x I can say that there is no loss of performance

Unless heavily overclocked, I think it will be slower in games than your current setup.

#4900585

fantaskarsef

2014-08-27 10:12

I think the 5820k will be a good clocker (soldering) so a good 4.4 will be easily attainable and it'll be my first extreme setup so no regrets i hope 😀

That's exactly what I'm waiting for, the first reviews and the OC and benchmarks they usually include. Although I'd want to still go with the full 40 lanes, because in the years to come I could imagine GPUs soon rising significantly over the x8 PCIe lanes and benefit from the increased bandwidth. Or at least I hope so. Because there's little use in going for 40 lanes and then seeing the mainboards going x8/-/x8/-/x8 just because there's a PCIe ssd or M2 used...

#4900640

nz3777

2014-08-27 12:14

Thats still way to expensive for most people, most people buy in the $200 dollar range according to maximum pc article I read.Even if I had that kind of money to blow I doubt I would go this route.Its good for those kids that have mommy and daddys credit card the rest of us have to build on a budget or stay a few gens behind.On a side note now might be a good time to try Lga 2011 no? Knowing Intel they wont drop the price on any of there older products what am I talking about!?

#4900646

Neo Cyrus

2014-08-27 12:29

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#4900651

Undying

2014-08-27 12:41

Depends where are you at. Here in Serbia 4790k goes high as 350€ so it must go down to make place for 5820k.

#4900665

fantaskarsef

2014-08-27 13:00

Thats still way to expensive for most people, most people buy in the $200 dollar range according to maximum pc article I read.Even if I had that kind of money to blow I doubt I would go this route.Its good for those kids that have mommy and daddys credit card the rest of us have to build on a budget or stay a few gens behind.On a side note now might be a good time to try Lga 2011 no? Knowing Intel they wont drop the price on any of there older products what am I talking about!?

Well if you think so that everybody that invests in such a platform lives off his or her parents, you're wrong 🙄 I try to invest the money so when others might upgrade again, I can skip a little longer and save some money if I go with maybe 1.5 the interval others upgrade, or double the time. And since I do have the money, I might as well buy myself something I at least hope lasts a few years.

#4900711

Warrax

2014-08-27 14:47

I see a lot of people with current gen CPU (4xxx) wanting to upgrade to these new 5xxx enthusiasm cpus (not just here) I know it's fun to upgrade to the non-mainstream platform but keep in mind that the gain will be very low for the price you gonna pay (I hope you gonna resell your 4xxx platform close to retail price), specially if all you do is play games, browse the internet and encode a video once in a while. This platform is for content producer and for people with money to throw (enthusiasms). TBH the only real gain that is worth the money is if you're currently on socket 775 or on X58 platform, anything more recent than that, specially if overclocked...will not give you much. Just a warning to those without a clue :P

#4900724

Fender178

2014-08-27 15:08

I see a lot of people with current gen CPU (4xxx) wanting to upgrade to these new 5xxx enthusiasm cpus (not just here) I know it's fun to upgrade to the non-mainstream platform but keep in mind that the gain will be very low for the price you gonna pay (I hope you gonna resell your 4xxx platform close to retail price), specially if all you do is play games, browse the internet and encode a video once in a while. This platform is for content producer and for people with money to throw (enthusiasms). TBH the only real gain that is worth the money is if you're currently on socket 775 or on X58 platform, anything more recent than that, specially if overclocked...will not give you much. Just a warning to those without a clue :P

Very well said and I agree. Also there might be some benefit for users coming from the 1st generation non enthusiasts i7s as well as the i5s.

#4901041

icedman

2014-08-28 00:17

Not too bad u get an additional 2 cores now for almost the same price too bad theyre already a little pricy. I had to settle for the 3770k after owning a 2500k for 3 years because i couldnt justify buying a whole new system when the cpu's really havent changed much, having a new socket every revision is getting really annoying.

#4901073

-Tj-

2014-08-28 01:29

I saw this ~ 350€ now, use to be ~ 356€ in another store 1-2 days ago, most were ~ 370-390€ mark.. http://i.imgur.com/Zk0IAa2.png http://compare.eu/intel-core-i7-5820k-bx80648i75820k-a1121100.html I see 47x0K price also dropped a bit, most are ~ 270-290€ now. 🤓That entry 5820K was my initial plan before with old Yorkfiled but 1year moar waiting meh, this bitch now own's too, swallows anything I throw at it xD Also 140W TDP just for entry is a lot and ram latency, lowest so far is CL13-13-13 @ 2133mhz.. But for 32gb 4x8gb sticks a hefty 550€ http://compare.eu/?cat=ramddr3&sort=p&xf=2216_DDR4~256_4x~255_13#xf_top I'll just wait for X179 chipset and skylake-e , entry 8core cpu like this 5820K now, should be around the same 300-350€ price then..

#4901186

fantaskarsef

2014-08-28 07:16

🤓That entry 5820K was my initial plan before with old Yorkfiled but 1year moar waiting meh, this bitch now own's too, swallows anything I throw at it xD Also 140W TDP just for entry is a lot and ram latency, lowest so far is CL13-13-13 @ 2133mhz.. But for 32gb 4x8gb sticks a hefty 550€ http://compare.eu/?cat=ramddr3&sort=p&xf=2216_DDR4~256_4x~255_13#xf_top I'll just wait for X179 chipset and skylake-e , entry 8core cpu like this 5820K now, should be around the same 300-350€ price then..

That's the things I'm worried about too: 140W tdp will be challanging to cool for most things except custom h2o I'm afraid, and the DDR4 is very pricey still... also, benchmarks have to be checked anyway.

#4901317

somemadcaaant

2014-08-28 13:31

Nothing here to see, move along.

#4901904

somemadcaaant

2014-08-29 12:00

$469 here in Oz, don't do it chief unless u enjoy a bit of fisting and i think they'd get that wrong. http://rs1img.memecdn.com/fisting_o_1020531.jpg