i7 Extreme 4820K & MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) ?

[PaddieMayne]

Hello gents just a quick question regarding the above hardware..

I currently have in my main rig an Asus Formula Z and AMD FX8350 OCd to 5.0ghz using a custom Water cooling loop. I have however an opportunity to purchase new the above X79 hardware at an extremely reasonable price (cheaper than a 4770k and Z87 mobo). My questions are the following..

1. Is the 4820k a decent CPU for Heavy gaming, photoshop and video editing ?
2. Will i see any kind of a performance boost over my current set up ?
3. Is the above mentioned combination a good match, for overclocking(taking into account that it will also be custom water cooled)?
4. If i combine the above X79 hardware with my GTX780, will my XFX PRO 1000w PSU surfice, even with overclocking?

In case needed i intend to use my existing G Skill Ripjaws Z 16GB DDR3 PC17000 2133MHz.
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I thank you in advance for your Time and Knowledge.

 

[Feronix]

1: Performance wise it'll perform about the same, if not slightly less than a 4770k. The x79 platform will have many benefits though.
2: Not really in gaming, but especially in rendering times as Intel cores are more powerful than AMD ones.
3: Depends how far you want to overclock. It's still a pretty low-end (for x79 that is) board.
4: That's mooooooooore than plenty. Enough to toss in another 780 if you like.

 

[PaddieMayne]

I thank you for your quick response, so will i see a big performance hit with this over a 4770k set up taking into account that this set up is costing me £50 less than an equivalent 4770k set up.

Is the GD65 a bad X79 board

 

[Feronix]

Not at all, they'll perform similarly I guess. For numbercrunching definitely get the 4820k though. Those CPUs are made for that.

I don't know that much about X79 boards so someone else is going to have to answer that one, sorry

 

[Bartacus]

Paddie: you mentioned video editing. Assuming you're encoding / compressing video, the X79 will serve you much better than your current setup. Err, I think, since I'm really not hip to AMD CPUs. The x79's quad channel memory bandwidth will give you a boost with that stuff, not so much for gaming.

 

[Avro]

The GD65 is the top of msi's motherboard range and I've had mine for about a year and its been perfect for me, sad to be selling it now but had an itch to upgrade.

 

[tinytomlogan]

With a single GPU you are better off with Haswell.

 

[PaddieMayne]

I would be intending to SLI my 780 in the future, if that makes a difference.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Not really no mate, you still dont need it and the 4920 is basically a 3770k.

Id still get haswell

 

[PaddieMayne]

Thanks Tom, think im gonna go with these instead..
4770K & Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87

As it will mean i can integrate the Waterblock into my custom Water cooling plus i love the look of the armour.

 

[PaddieMayne]

OK just had a horrible thought can anyone tell me if my XFX PRO1000w Platinum PSU will be compatible with the Haswell low power state thingy?

 

[Bartacus]

Not really no mate, you still dont need it and the 4920 is basically a 3770k.

Id still get haswell

Even if you were video encoding Guv? I was under the impression that the quad-channel memory would actually be of some benefit there. Minor yes, but still a bit speedier than Haswell.

Might be splitting hairs though, since either path is a leap over the AMD.