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I upgraded an FX8350 to an FX 9590. The latter caused consistent crashing and freezes. Also, very power hungry and high temperatures.
I'm very happy that I upgraded to the i7-4790k. Motherboard is the Asus Maximus Formula Vi. Worked like a charm. No BIOS updates required.
I haven't even overclocked this chip but its still fast as heck!
Cons: Not quite the OC'er Intel wanted us to think it was. But has 4.0 stock & 4.4GHz boost, so that's ok. Runs warm when OC'ed.
I have to say that overall I am extremely pleased with my i7 4790k purchase and it's performance. It is so incredibly fast, and is actually just a hair shy of a $500 i7 3930k in most tasks which says a lot. That really is a big deal for a $300 proc.
The 4790k idles strangely cool, in the low 20's (C) with my Corsair H80i, and is about 8-10C cooler than an i7 4770k at idle all things being equal. And it stays around 45-48C under work load such as gaming, etc. It is a real beast of a processor.
However, overclocking is not as great as we thought it would be. I think Intel's early claims of a new improved TIM and voltage regulation was an exaggeration, and it still doesn't come close to Sandy Bridge's fluxless solder IHS. It may be better than the Haswell version 1.0, I'll give you that - but it's still not that great. I forsee some serious delidding going on over the next few months on DC and much-much testing.