4770k vs 4670k

[Flowsion]

Upgrading CPU to maximize FPS in raids and tossing up between 4770k or 4670k. Will be overclocking and wondering if I will see any noticeable increase if I go with the 4770k instead of the 4670k? Thanks

[procne]

In raids there shouldn't be any difference. Or it would be minimal thanks to slightly higher clock - 3.4 Ghz vs 3.5 Ghz.
Hyper Threading (the biggest difference between 4670 and 4770) is not useful for games.

[vesseblah]

You can get better 1080p stream quality with the i7, but not one bit higher framerate for the game itself in theory.

In practice i7 can often (but not always) be overclocked tiny bit higher meaning 4.6GHz processor will run WoW faster than 4.5GHz regardless of if it's i5 or i7. But if you'd settle for conservative 4.2 for example with i5 or i7 the speed would be identical.

[Flowsion]

Yeah, looks like it's just better sticking with the i5 then in that case. Thanks for the quick replies

[chazus]

In practice i7 can often (but not always) be overclocked tiny bit higher

I'm under the impression that i7's often overclock marginally worse, as hyperthreading seems to cause additional heat problems.

[vesseblah]

I'm under the impression that i7's often overclock marginally worse, as hyperthreading seems to cause additional heat problems.

i7's should be better binned, but not sure if it makes up for the HT's extra heat.