Name: Intel Core i7 (4th Gen) i7-4790K Quad-core (4 Core) 4 GHz Processor - Retail Pack - 8 MB Cache - 4.40 GHz Overclocking Speed - 22 nm - Socket H3 LGA-1150 - HD Graphics 4600 Graphics - 88 W
Brand: Intel
SKU: 135299
Price: 299.99 USD
Availability: SoldOut
Rating: 4.9 (2042 reviews)

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Intel Core i7 (4th Gen) i7-4790K Quad-core (4 Core) 4 GHz Processor - Retail Pack - 8 MB Cache - 4.40 GHz Overclocking Speed - 22 nm - Socket H3 LGA-1150 - HD Graphics 4600 Graphics - 88 W

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2016-05-04

C****O

I fought with myself for months over weather I wanted this CPU or the i7-6700k, and I think I made the right choice. That said, there are some drawbacks, and it may not be right for you.I previously had a Core 2 Quad Q6600 on a Gigabyte P43 DDR3 board, with 16GB of DDR3 2133 that I'd recently purchased and a Radeon 7870 GHz Edition. Believe it or not, I was still doing some gaming on that system, but I was having problems with it locking up and crashing (that turned out to be my video card, but I won't go into that). I was also frustrated by the SATA2 ports slowing down my SSD, and the PCIe 1.0 x1 slots slowing down my USB3 card, so I decided it was long past time for an upgrade.I'm fairly thrifty, so I compared reviews, watched for deals, and did a ton of research. If I stuck with Haswell, I could reuse my existing DDR3 no problem, but Skylake DDR3 boards, especially ones that support normal DDR3, not low voltage, are much harder to come by. On the other hand, Skylake and the 100-series chipset have much more available PCIe bandwidth, for things like m.2 SSDs, USB3.1 controllers, and whatever else you want to put in a PCIe slot, aside from the i7-6700k being slightly faster in some situations than this CPU. You will find a lot of Socket 1150 boards that have USB 3.1 and m.2 slots onboard, but they do it by using the same PCIe bandwidth as the PCIe slots, so plugging in a PCIe card into the slot that e.g. the m.2 slot is using will either slow down or completely disable the m.2 slot. If you're seriously looking at an m.2 SSD and a PCIe sound card, wireless card, or TV tuner, than you probably want to go with Skylake.Last November I came across a deal I couldn't pass up, this CPU with an Asus Z97-A/USB3.1, for about $100 less than I could have bought a similar Skylake system, not including the cost of DDR4 memory. I'm no video editor, I use a USB gaming headset, my SATA SSD is fast enough, and I still don't own anything USB 3.1, so I decided that the PCIe issue wasn't worth the extra cost.I won't bother including any benchmarks, there are dozens of sites out there with benchmarks far more detailed than anything I could fit into this review. For my use, which is mostly web browsing with some gaming (Assassin's Creed, Borderlands TPS, Project Cars, and a few others going at the moment), this CPU has been amazing. I'm hoping that even 5 years down the road I'll still be able to play the latest and greatest titles.
2016-05-04

A****w

This proccessor has been amazing so far I have had it for around 4-5 months now and have had no problem with overheating or not being able to handle what I do. I play alot of demanding games like Rust but not much video editing to the extreme. This CPU is definitely the best for the buck. I would recommend this to anyone that has a decent budget and or likes to game at an amazing level and likes great perfromance!
2016-05-04

Am****er

i bought this with asus z97-pro gamer board. I'm very happy with these purchases even though the first cpu I got didn't work I got a replacement right away and works perfectly.
2016-05-03

E****.

best price to performance processor you can get at the moment.
2016-05-02

N****s

Worked Wonders!!
2016-04-28

Ms****ll

Bought this for my son he's building a computer arrived on time but he is very happy with it.
2016-04-28

Cl****ur

it's even faster than 4790.
2016-04-27

fr****ed

Fast and does as advertised.
2016-04-26

Am****er

Perfect
2016-04-25

M****T

Its an i7 - Simply does what it says on the box - Excellent
2016-04-24

So****en

It's a good product as described, item was shipped fast.
2016-04-24

N****m

I've had it for about 9 months now no issues here and a beast
2016-04-22

t****d

I'm running this baby on Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 and cooling it with Antec Kuhler H2O 620 with Noctua NF-F12 PWM attached to radiator layered with Arctic MX-4 thermal paste. And it is a DEViL CPU. Attached image will help you figure out thermal envelope for this particular setup, I hope.
2016-04-21

Mr****rn

Excellent value for money as always with Intel cpu's. Cost much more than amd chips but work much, much better and run cooler as well. Overclocked mine at 4.7GHz and can handle everything I have thrown at it with temperatures of about 60 degrees. Cooled by a Antec H1200 cooler.
2016-04-21

bo****78

I have owned this particular processor since November 2015. It has been paired with an Nvidia GTX 970 since that time, though I am upgrading it to a GTX 980ti soon.As for the processor, I paired it with a liquid cooling pump and it stays extremely cool at idle and even under load. When idle, it chills at around 28-30 celcius, and even under load in a game I rarely see it go above 63 degrees celcius using RealTemp.The processor is very quiet with the liquid cooler and the graphic card gets louder before this. But since I game with headphones on, I don't really notice.As for the performance of this processor, it is a beast. I didn't run benchmarks on it, but in actual gameplay like World of Warcraft, Rome II Total War, Total War Atilla, GTA V, Witcher III and many more I never experience anything I would attribute to a slow CPU and I am running, at the same time, a VirtualBox server in the background and hosting a Plex Media Server (though admittedly I'm not usually WATCHING anything from my plex media server while gaming, so it's not trying to encode video and play a game) and this thing never slows down.For those debating between the i5-4590k and the i7-4790k, I chose the 4790 because I planned on eventually doing video editing and read that extra power was needed from hyperthreading. I also chose it because, in my mind, 8 cores (4 actual, 4 hyperthreaded) are better than 4 without hyperthreading. In my mind, I felt I was better future-proofing my computer than if I had just gone with the 4590k. I'm sure people could say but more than 4 cores isn't needed in games and I would agree, but we don't know what the future will hold in terms of games that CAN make use of more than 4 cores, and I also like having the overhead to know that even if I'm playing a game I can be running whatever the heck I want in the background and this thing keep on plugging.I did not do much overclocking. I just did the auto overclock that comes in the BIOS of my board. It seems fast enough on its own and I didn't want to mess with much stuff.As for this processor against newer Skylake processors, I read reviews and benchmarks where this processor was very close to the newer processors with similar amounts of cores, and I don't need the newer features present on the new chipset and newer boards. So I'll probably skip Skylake and consider the generation AFTER Skylake if the performance gains are significant or I need the newer features present on that future generation chipset. So I'm expecting to keep this CPU around for AT LEAST another year, probably 2 or more.
2016-04-20

An****ng

Extremely worth the money. However, if you want something cheaper than this for your build, check out the Intel Core i5 4690K.
2016-04-18

S****L

Just do it. This is an incredible processor for the price... and compatible motherboards and memory are at all time lows. If you have the money go with the new generation but if you're looking to save some money (probably 100's overall) this processor still competes with the new generation.
2016-04-16

J****f

Good cpu plays all the games ,very fast ,It has worked great since I dropped it in ,posting some pics
2016-04-15

R****t

Item came as quick as it said it would and install was a breeze I'm glad I went with this one verses the one I was going to buy the whole build went well, and is working flawlessly. haven't done any bench testing yet but I will...
2016-04-14

Ch****ey

I love this thing. I upgraded from an AMD FX-8350 in the summer of 2015. The frame jump was so high that I didn't even realize that I hadn't enable the SLI for the second GTX 970 that I bought along with it. When it sits almost idle, doing small things, it floats around 4.0-4.1GHz. BUT, when you put it under stress(like playing any game or benchmarking it), it jumps up to a stable 4.3GHz. I even saw it sit at 4.4GHz on one benchmark. And the included cooler did a good job of keeping the temp stable when I ran three benchmarks in a row on the 3DMark software too. The stock cooler is actually extremely quiet, also. I love this processor and recommend that you just eat the upfront cost. For the performance it gives, it's entirely worth the money. Combine this with a GTX 970 and you can just about max out Crysis 3 and Fallout 4 at 1080p. Just about. I am very satisfied with my purchase and I don't even plan on upgrading to the 6th gen 6700K whatsoever. I'll just put in another GPU. The performance difference is extremely minimal, and with the cost of the LGA1151 and DDR4 stuff, this is the better value.

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