Haswell is upon us, and it's time to see how it compares to the Ivy Bridge CPU it replaces.
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Intel Core i7-4770K Review
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AverageNinja
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Thanks for the review TTL!
Watching it now!
Watching it now!
Devastater6194
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Can't see any of the graphs on my Galaxy S4. Comes up with plugin not supported message.
SieB
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Not worth the upgrade then if you are already running SB or IB 
I really wanted to upgrade but it's not worth the money or hassle to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
My last upgrade was from a Q6600 to my 2500K, and that was a huge! I'm not expecting my next upgrade to be as big as that was, but there is not enough real world difference to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
Haswell would be a good upgrade from an old AMD setup or an Intel 775 or 1366 setup though.
I really wanted to upgrade but it's not worth the money or hassle to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
My last upgrade was from a Q6600 to my 2500K, and that was a huge! I'm not expecting my next upgrade to be as big as that was, but there is not enough real world difference to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
Haswell would be a good upgrade from an old AMD setup or an Intel 775 or 1366 setup though.
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iBeInspire
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Am I blind or are there really no overclock results?
MacLeod
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Nice review as always TTL!
Not much of an improvement really. Less than 10% in most things. Not that 10% is anything to be ashamed about and is a respectable increase but take that modest improvement and coupled with it looking like its not going to be as good an overclocker as Ivy (which wasnt as good an overclocker as Sandy) and I dont think youll see too many people upgrading from a Ivy or even Sandy i5/i7. Cant believe the things run so hot that a H100 cant handle them.
Signs of the times though Im afraid. Raw horsepower isnt as important anymore since an i5 can shred thru 99% of anything youre gonna throw at it (Hell an i3 can shred thru most things). With everything going mobile, looks like Intel and AMD are all about efficiency. Cant blame them really as thats the future of things.
I thought about finally jumping over to the Intel side with Haswell but think Ill ride my AM3+ rig out.
From the AMD fan standpoint, hopefully since this wasnt a giant leap forward for raw horsepower, maybe AMD can take advantage of this and make up some ground.
Not much of an improvement really. Less than 10% in most things. Not that 10% is anything to be ashamed about and is a respectable increase but take that modest improvement and coupled with it looking like its not going to be as good an overclocker as Ivy (which wasnt as good an overclocker as Sandy) and I dont think youll see too many people upgrading from a Ivy or even Sandy i5/i7. Cant believe the things run so hot that a H100 cant handle them.
Signs of the times though Im afraid. Raw horsepower isnt as important anymore since an i5 can shred thru 99% of anything youre gonna throw at it (Hell an i3 can shred thru most things). With everything going mobile, looks like Intel and AMD are all about efficiency. Cant blame them really as thats the future of things.
I thought about finally jumping over to the Intel side with Haswell but think Ill ride my AM3+ rig out.
From the AMD fan standpoint, hopefully since this wasnt a giant leap forward for raw horsepower, maybe AMD can take advantage of this and make up some ground.
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AverageNinja
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Watch the video mate.
iBeInspire
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Watch the video mate.
Just saying he could have put em' in the writeup...
Guess It's time to make a cuppa and sit down to a TTL vid again
maniac
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Not worth the upgrade then if you are already running SB or IB
I really wanted to upgrade but it's not worth the money or hassle to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
My last upgrade was from a Q6600 to my 2500K, and that was a huge! I'm not expecting my next upgrade to be as big as that was, but there is not enough real world difference to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
Haswell would be a good upgrade from an old AMD setup or an Intel 775 or 1366 setup though.
I'm running 1366 and i really don't feel the need to upgrade
VonBlade
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Just saying he could have put em' in the writeup...
Guess It's time to make a cuppa and sit down to a TTL vid again
Or just read one of our other Z87 reviews. Pointless overclocking on the default Intel 'board, so we run the overclocks on the D3HP, the truly epic GD65 and the rather snazzy Sniper M5.
So hot, even with H100i. My i5 2500k at 4.8GHz with my fans turned to the lowest setting (just about moving) I just about hit 72c. Benched at 5.1GHz and hits about 85c with fans practically off. I really was hoping to run 5GHz daily, but that is just me being picky. I do know that a 4770k will be better at let's say 4GHz than my 5.1GHz 2500k. Admit it, we all love big numbers! ^_^
VonBlade
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To be fair the i5-2500K is just a quad-core with a very average iGPU. The i7-4770K is a quad-core hyperthreaded with the exceptionally high-performance HD4600 iGPU. Already that will boost the amount of heat, and when you add in the additional instruction sets that integrate with your OS to ensure that the CPU is always busy doing something, it only adds to this high thermal loading.
Not worth the upgrade then if you are already running SB or IB
I really wanted to upgrade but it's not worth the money or hassle to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
My last upgrade was from a Q6600 to my 2500K, and that was a huge! I'm not expecting my next upgrade to be as big as that was, but there is not enough real world difference to go from my 2500K to Haswell.
Haswell would be a good upgrade from an old AMD setup or an Intel 775 or 1366 setup though.
I am in the same position, I am itching so much to get Haswell. The 4770k looks nice but I would probably get 4670k if I did upgrade.
You said it yourself "not enough real world difference to go from my 2500K to Haswell"
I need serious help, I need to hibernate for a year maybe? :mellow:
computergeek
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So let me get this straight as Tom has stated in his most recent video review the only difference is 4.8Ghz on Ivy bridge and the equiviliant is 4.6 Ghz on Haswell. And with a top of the range CPU cooler you will hit 90 degrees with a big overclock. So IHS issue again with the Ivy bridge CPU's.
Intel doesn't like people overclocking much do they?
Pay premium for an unlocked CPU and then there was that daft overclockers insurance from them.
And then release a CPU with really bad temps for overclockers.
This is why I am tempted to upgrade to Sandy bridge, I know behind the times slighly but frankly I enjoy my overclocking.
Unless something changes, I won't be changing my mind any time soon.
And yes I know Tom had an engineering sample so the final CPU released to consumers maybe slightly better temps wise but I doubt by a good marginal better.
Intel doesn't like people overclocking much do they?
Pay premium for an unlocked CPU and then there was that daft overclockers insurance from them.
And then release a CPU with really bad temps for overclockers.
This is why I am tempted to upgrade to Sandy bridge, I know behind the times slighly but frankly I enjoy my overclocking.
Unless something changes, I won't be changing my mind any time soon.
And yes I know Tom had an engineering sample so the final CPU released to consumers maybe slightly better temps wise but I doubt by a good marginal better.
Spiderz
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Seems to be upgrade heaven just now from NVIDIA and now Intel and they keep churning out stuff that put my 3 year old AMD setup to shame. Bit disappointed that the same thermal issue seems to be there as there was with the Ivy bridge CPUs and really, intel need to sort that in my opinion.
As it is now, time to maybe make my bank manager rather upset.
As it is now, time to maybe make my bank manager rather upset.
MacLeod
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I suppose there will be reason to upgrade just for the "new toy" aspect. I didn't need to move up to the 8150 from my 1090 but it was a lot of fun learning a new CPU and finding it's limits. The same could be said for somebody moving from a 3570K to a 4670K. But then again I didn't have to buy a new motherboard either so maybe the "new toy" aspect isn't worth the extra $150 for a new mobo.
