Which Haswell Quad core?

[Beerdrinker]

Wait!!!! lol

You already picked out the motherboard, and because of that, you must get an Intel 4xxx CPU, such as the 4770K or lower, but no 3xxx (Ivy Bridge) or any 2xxx (Sandy Bridge) will work. Haswell (4xxx series) only.

Guess that makes an easy choice...Haswell 4xxx with HT it is....(that is if I can pull the cash together!)

[DrPop]

Wait!!!! lol

You already picked out the motherboard, and because of that, you must get an Intel 4xxx CPU, such as the 4770K or lower, but no 3xxx (Ivy Bridge) or any 2xxx (Sandy Bridge) will work. Haswell (4xxx series) only.

Oh man...that's lame. Why won't they interchange? BIOS limitation on that motherboard?

[John P. Myers]

Oh man...that's lame. Why won't they interchange? BIOS limitation on that motherboard?

I'm not aware of any motherboard of any brand that will allow you to choose between SB, IB or Haswell. I guess you'd say it's a chipset compatibility limitation.

[John P. Myers]

@Beer: If you're 100% sure you're never ever going to overclock, the best CPU you could get is the i7-4771. Same base/turbo speed as the 4770K, but $30 cheaper for a new one (at least here in the US), so hopefully the used price would be cheaper too.

[DrPop]

I'm not aware of any motherboard of any brand that will allow you to choose between SB, IB or Haswell. I guess you'd say it's a chipset compatibility limitation.

D'oh! Sorry, I didn't realize it was a different SOCKET. Socket 1150 vs 1155. Oh man, I'm sorry for the confusion. Very strange, there was nothing in Haswell that was worth upgrading the socket for that I can see...hmmm...

[Beerdrinker]

D'oh! Sorry, I didn't realize it was a different SOCKET. Socket 1150 vs 1155. Oh man, I'm sorry for the confusion. Very strange, there was nothing in Haswell that was worth upgrading the socket for that I can see...hmmm...

I did not look at the socket...Only the price....

If I reveal the price on this board, you promise NOT to be hit by envy?










































I paid 30$ for the board......

[John P. Myers]

I have been hit by envy...

[Fire$torm]

I have been hit by envy...

Ditto!!!

Man, talk about a HUGE offset of the total build price. Definitely worth spending a few bucks more to get Haswell...... Big congrats there Beer

[Beerdrinker]

Just found this i7 CPU in a Danish retailer:

http://ark.intel.com/products/75124/

Would it be insane to toss money after this? I mean....65W TDP and still 3.1 Ghz clock. It could save some money on the monthly bill over time. And the price is almost the same.

[John P. Myers]

Just found this i7 CPU in a Danish retailer:

http://ark.intel.com/products/75124/

Would it be insane to toss money after this? I mean....65W TDP and still 3.1 Ghz clock. It could save some money on the monthly bill over time. And the price is almost the same.

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?