i5 4670K vs 4670S
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:37 pm
I'm looking to upgrade to Haswell and I'm having trouble deciding between CPUs for a quiet pc build. The K has a TDP of 84W vs 65 for the S.
My current Phenom II 955 has a TDP of 125W. What I aim to do is using my motherboard fan control software, to turn off the fans below a certain point (idle or light usage) and keep them off until load. I can't do this right now with my 955 because it gets too hot. Would I be able to do this with Haswell? Now, I will want to overclock a bit, but the 4670S is about 40$ less and lower TDP.
And what motherboard would be best? I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H. Now I know ASUS has the best fan software, but it's always been clunky for me. Does FanXpert 2 work flawlessly?
My current Phenom II 955 has a TDP of 125W. What I aim to do is using my motherboard fan control software, to turn off the fans below a certain point (idle or light usage) and keep them off until load. I can't do this right now with my 955 because it gets too hot. Would I be able to do this with Haswell? Now, I will want to overclock a bit, but the 4670S is about 40$ less and lower TDP.
And what motherboard would be best? I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H. Now I know ASUS has the best fan software, but it's always been clunky for me. Does FanXpert 2 work flawlessly?