It works as advertised, it gave me 35+% improvement in performance over the i5-4670 CPU that was in my desktop unit. A side effect of doing the swap was a discovery that the original CPU cooler was not seated properly. In the process of correcting that issue I also upgraded the CPU cooler. Now things are faster and cooler. Video rendering is much quicker. The new CPU was an inexpensive but significant upgrade path. Owners of functioning older desktop units might want to consider that path if their budget is stressed. One caveat, make sure that upgrade CPU is of the same design and socket family. The i7-4790K is a Haswell 22nm technology, using a socket 1150. The i5-4670 originally in my desktop is the same technology and socket 1150. The same socket type is an absolute physical requirement. A different technology will need a BIOS upgrade to the motherboard to work, which is quite problematic for a host of reasons.Read full review
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Definitely a performance increase, when compared to an Intel i5 4690K. But not exactly breaking records here. seem to handle occasional gaming as well as all other applications, such as photoshop, video editing, and music recording. Haven't tried to overclock yet. Overall a good upgrade.
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For a 4th gen intel, this cpu is still relevant today. Haswell definitely has its cons, but the pros outweigh it. I've got mine clocked at 4.5ghz with a cooler master ML120 keeping it cool at around 35-40°c. Paired with my GTX 1080 FTW2, it destroys any game in any res. Some 4k games are a bit much still, but regardless, this cpu is definitely worth picking up. Stock clock of 4ghz and turbo to 4.4ghz, this thing is a beast. Strongly recommend picking up if you've got the cash to spend. Although I would also recommend looking for deals. $250 is still a steep price for a 4th gen, when the 7700k is only 50 bucks more. I would say 180 or less would be a great value for the money. Pick one up today if you're still running 1150 haswell!
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Got this 4790k used for a decent price. Upgraded from 4690k since my 1080ti was being bottlenecked in some games. Right away was not happy with extreme temperatures on this 4790k compared to my 4690k. This one got to 90C on stock under my custom water loop. I figured since this was used, Intel's TIM dried up. I de-lidded and re-lidded with CL Liquid Pro. Temperatures dropped by 20C under load. Somewhat frustrated I needed to delid even to run this thing, thanks Intel TIM. Besides that, performance is solid. Can't really reach 4.7 without an unreasonable amount of voltage(same with my 4690k). My 4690k at 4.5GHz outperforms it at 4.5GHz in single and quad core performance. Multi threaded in 4790k of course is performs great. Certain games which were CPU intensive have benefited greatly, other games not so much. Overall I'm happy with the performance despite the fact I had to void the warranty to get temperatures under control!Read full review
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I love these chips. Unlocked (-k suffix indicates that) multiplier, and stomping singlethreaded performance. Clocks comfortably to 5.1ghz on water cooling (custom loop), and benchmarks are amazing. That said, I have indeed burned one up after like 4 years of severe abuse in a heavily clocked system, and that's the first chip I've ruined in a long long time through abuse rather than mishandling or having a cooling pump/fan failure. That said, the one issue that i've had with mine (both of them) is that they have zero thermal inertia--the temps can swing from 30 to 70C in a heartbeat, which suggests that the thermal interface material under the heatspreader (the lid, as it were) is kinda craptacular. I'm sure I should go through and delid it and replace it with something fancy, but if I only blow one up every few years, I can live with that. I'm of the mindset that you ignore temperature and pay attention to crashing and data corruption. Hot? Who cares :D Read full review
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