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Although this processor cannot really get overclocked (it is basically a 4770k that is OC'd from the factory) it is indeed stable at 4.0Ghz, but you'd have to get an aftermarket cooler cause the stock fan will leave the CPU hot enough to fry an egg at idle.
But other than that, the 4790k is definitely the sweet spot of gaming PC processors and the most bang for buck in the top tier that one can get for gaming. This is good enough, and will probably continue to remain a valid strong contender even when DirectX12 comes out and and GPU's catch up to the CPU. Doesn't make sense to get or to wait for an Intel Octo-core since there are no Octos coming out in the next few years that will have stock of more than 4.0Ghz, and lets face it for majority of applications and almost all of gaming, octo is a nonstarter as adding more cores doesn't scale as well as Intel would like people to believe. There are fundamental issues in computer science that prevent us from scaling with more and more cores so basically speaking more than 8 cores and you past the point of diminishing returns. Some games like FSX, Arma III, etc are heavily single processor Ghz dependent and that is where the 4790k really shines and will outshine anything on the next gen octo's for a long long time. And besides for most gaming and applications 16GB is more than sufficient, 32GB is future proof in the future and a big waste right now, and 64GB is a joke.
So yeah Devil's Canyon will be good for the next five years. Like I said, Best bang for buck