4770k vs 4790k For Gaming?

[poofyhairguy]

I've been a big fan of high-clocked duals for a long time, but I just recently got an i5-6400 for one of my machines too, and am BLCK OCing it to 4.455Ghz. Kinda high voltage though, requires 1.410V or so. Not sure if that's safe, for long-term 24/7 usage. (Had a (late) friend with an E5200 that we OCed to 3.75Ghz, at 1.42V (BIOS) / 1.40V (CPU-Z under load), and it degraded over the span of 6-12 months, so much that we had to dial back the OC to 3.5Ghz or so. If 1.4V+ is bad for 45nm, I can only imagine that perhaps it's not good for 14nm as well.)

Edit: Wasn't meant to be a brag post, more of a confirmation of your choice to upgrade from a high-clocked dual, because I ended up doing the same thing. Only you sprung for the i7, which is probably way faster than my i5, even being a generation older.

Yeah I think your i5 was a good choice. That is a lot of voltage for me though, I won't do more than 1.3 for 24/7 use simply because of the heat management. But maybe you have a badass cooler on that thing I don't know.

Honestly I think unless you are doing better than 60hz gaming then OCing too far has minimal benefits. I bet that real quad core has been a revelation in gaming for you.