£800 Budget - Haswell?

callirye · 2 Jun 2013 at 08:19

Hi all, so I notice that haswell is out, I am wondering is it worth the money for them? Or should I just wait for the prices of the previous gen to drop a bit and save money that way?

Anyway, I already have the following:

Corsair Carbide Series 300R PC Gaming Case
MSI AMD R7950 3GB DDR5 Twin Frozr PCI-E Graphics Card

However I will be needing EVERYTHING else (including monitor and keyboard etc.) on an £800 budget. Any suggestions would be great

Thanks

Randomface74 · 2 Jun 2013 at 08:25

I know they have better power usage, but not sure what that adds up to in terms of money, maybe it covers the difference in cost??

apeksdiver · 2 Jun 2013 at 08:28

I doubt you will see big drops in the price of the ivy bridge chips

snips86x · 2 Jun 2013 at 08:40

apeksdiver said:
I doubt you will see big drops in the price of the ivy bridge chips

Same here. That is kind of what swayed me to the 4770k over the previous gen.

Here is my Haswell attempt:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £109.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2278HD 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard - With Free Gaming Mouse Pad (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £795.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Doomedspeed · 2 Jun 2013 at 09:06

snips86x said:
Same here. That is kind of what swayed me to the 4770k over the previous gen.

Here is my Haswell attempt:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £109.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2278HD 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard - With Free Gaming Mouse Pad (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £795.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Why not a 4670K?

Then you can add a 1/2TB storage drive.

That motherboard deal is great, getting a free cooler too.

snips86x · 2 Jun 2013 at 09:21

Doomedspeed said:
Why not a 4670K?

Then you can add a 1/2TB storage drive.

That motherboard deal is great, getting a free cooler too.

I left the 4770k in the basket by accident as I was looking at my own upgrade. I would have used the 4670k if I'd seen my error and used the extra money for storage.