The best i7 that I have ever owned was the 4700mq, which I believe it was comparable to the 8320 that I have in my desktop. I've always had AMD cpus in my desktops, and I have been debating the need to switch to an i7.
Although I game, it is less than 10% of what I do with my desktop. I develop, design, render and process photos with my machine. The 8320 does well, but I do find it choking at times when I have....say 30 high resolution photos opened in PS, lightroom with a large catalogue opened, dw with tons of files opened, a bunch of chrome windows and several other misc programs on a two screen setup.
Will I see a significant difference moving to the 4790k? I've always assumed that the law of diminishing marginal returns kick in at i7 and fx level cpus. Am I wrong? If I don't have a gazillion things opened at one time, my desktop is blazing fast, but I'm not that disciplined.
Specs:
8320
M5 something something mono
ASUS 7870 DC2 V2
Thermaltake Toughpower 750w
XLR 8 SSD
WD Black and Blue
16gb corsair vengence
Although I game, it is less than 10% of what I do with my desktop. I develop, design, render and process photos with my machine. The 8320 does well, but I do find it choking at times when I have....say 30 high resolution photos opened in PS, lightroom with a large catalogue opened, dw with tons of files opened, a bunch of chrome windows and several other misc programs on a two screen setup.
Will I see a significant difference moving to the 4790k? I've always assumed that the law of diminishing marginal returns kick in at i7 and fx level cpus. Am I wrong? If I don't have a gazillion things opened at one time, my desktop is blazing fast, but I'm not that disciplined.
Specs:
8320
M5 something something mono
ASUS 7870 DC2 V2
Thermaltake Toughpower 750w
XLR 8 SSD
WD Black and Blue
16gb corsair vengence