> Truthfully right now, if i were going to get a new CPU, I'd pick up one of those > peachy 4Core Hyper threaded 2700K's, whilst they're still around. > > I've yet to see one yet that won't do 4.5Ghz as a bare minimum on air cooling. > > Screw being a generation or 2 behind, they're better chips than these haswells.
I wouldn't go *that* far - HWL does require a lower clock to perform as well as IVB, but of course when the goal is just plain faster that's not entirely great. Non-overclockers that run high-spec emulators like MAME, Dolphin, and PCSX2 will get great performance with HWL once the chipset issue is fixed up.
And once Ryan's new render branch pays off you might need need an overclock as much anymore.
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