switch from g3258 to 4770 non k not impressed

[jdm_freek]

ya so i realize mt g3258 was overclocked to 4.5 and this i7 4770 can not be 

but i guess i was expecting a lil more meh......... 

[ir_cow]

Wait until you play games like BF4 that use those extra cores. It makes a difference. The g3258 sucks unless its around 4.5ghz in terms of preformance. Anyone who hasn't overclocked either will see a difference right off the bat, otherwise it's really only games that use that extra cores that it has a bigger impact on.

[WhenKittensATK]

You're probably not doing anything CPU intensive. Try encoding gameplay videos with a dual core vs quad core.

[jdm_freek]

i got it for free or i would have gotten the 4770k 

maybe i could sell it and buy a a i5-k or 4790k

[El_Capitan]

Unless you have applications that will take advantage of the extra cores, you won't notice much difference.

 

I'm sure you could find someone to buy the 4770 and use the money to buy a 4670K/4690K. Though you would probably need to pay a bit more for a 4770K/4790K.

 

A non-K CPU from Intel is now based firmly at the consumer and business end starting with Haswell. Which is why I mostly stayed away (except to dabble a little bit).

 

Non-K Haswell negatives:

• No longer has limited multiplier control for turbo. Before, you could overclock all 4 cores to say, 39. Now, you can't. It's locked with 2 cores at 39, 3rd core at 38, and 4th core at 37.

 

K Haswell negatives:

• Removed a couple of key features, such as TSX extensions that enable transactional memory, and no more VT-d device virtualization and vPro management.

[VaporX]

The none K is a worth consideration for buying as most people never overclock. To compare it to an overclocked chip however is just not going to work. In this case the 3258, which is essentially the same chip with only 2 physical cores, will perform better due to the higher clock speeds in many applications due to most applications being optimized for single or dual thread usage. The i7 will not show it's advantage, and there will be one even at a lower clock speed, until the application begins to make use of more threads. This is why the i5 is consider a better choice for most people as the number of applications that allow for usage of more than 4 threads is very small.

[cchalogamer]

Yeah the thing is for day to day you'll be hard pressed to really use more than the two threads of the Pentium, and the only times the i7 will shine is when using the extra threads or occasionally cache/memory heavy apps (compared to the OC numbers obviously).  Of course when you NEED more than two threads that 4770 should feel great by comparison, but hell for browsing the web/email/office work I barely notice a change between a 1.9Ghz Pentium dual core and my 4930K assuming something else isn't holding it back (I'm looking at you mechanical hard drives)