Which Haswell Quad core?

[Beerdrinker]

Depends what they're asking for it. It *should* be ok but be aware TDP can work in funny ways. When the limit is set low like this, it can prevent the CPU from reaching it's full abilities. With all threads and the integrated graphics all pegged at 100%, something somewhere might take a performance hit to prevent going over the 65W limit. However this *shouldn't* happen since the clock was lowered to 3.1GHz and the graphics clock was lowered to 1200MHz. Also it's very rare for a CPU to hit the max rated TDP without overclocking it. Even with the chips rated at 84W, you'll never actually reach that point without increasing voltage and clock rate significantly. So really you should be fine.

Since it's 13% slower than i7-4771, is it 13% cheaper?

Well the 4770S is 384,41$ converted from the Danish Krone.

The 4771 is 392,02$

and finally the 4770K is 425,88$


How does the math look then? The difference between 4770s and 4771 is only around 6$, and from 4771 to 4770K is around 32$ (converted prices) There´s no shipment in those prices, but they would be the same.

[John P. Myers]

Hmmm...i dunno...flip a coin? Personally i'd have to get the 4771 - so much faster for only 2% more money. But i know you're more concerned with electricity usage, and the 4770S should be a good chip, so go with that

[Beerdrinker]

Hmmm...i dunno...flip a coin? Personally i'd have to get the 4771 - so much faster for only 2% more money. But i know you're more concerned with electricity usage, and the 4770S should be a good chip, so go with that

I´m taking a shot at the 4771 then. It´s only 6$ more, and my current CPU have a TDP of 95W. With the 4771 I am getting 8 "cores" on a lower power consumption.

[DrPop]

I´m taking a shot at the 4771 then. It´s only 6$ more, and my current CPU have a TDP of 95W. With the 4771 I am getting 8 "cores" on a lower power consumption.

You the man. If you can swing the 4771, you will be happy with it for a longer period of time, because it is considerably more crunching power for less than watts than you are currently running in your old AMD setup. And congrats on the motherboard - what an awesome deal!

[c303a]

Way to go Beer. Now let's see the results. Hope you get it up and running for the challenge!

[John P. Myers]

I´m taking a shot at the 4771 then. It´s only 6$ more, and my current CPU have a TDP of 95W. With the 4771 I am getting 8 "cores" on a lower power consumption.

Nice A huge chunk of that 84W is from the HD 4600 graphics. If you'd still like to save more electricity, you can disable that and use a GPU instead, which you may do anyway

[Beerdrinker]

Nice A huge chunk of that 84W is from the HD 4600 graphics. If you'd still like to save more electricity, you can disable that and use a GPU instead, which you may do anyway

Yeah. I´d like to get me a Ati7750 GPU instead of this old Ati 5500 serie I have...But that will have to come later. Rigth now my priority is to scrape together for a CPU....