i7 920, worth upgrading?

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Hi,

is now a decent time to upgrade? I'm on a 920 i7 from 2009, vanilla HD's and a decent card. On Win 10 and Starcraft 2 it's fine for me. CS:GO, all the usual run of the mill games are fine too but I rarely play anything new, had a stab at Elite Dangerous and it was fine too.
So is it worth getting something new or holding off into 2017?

Thanks
 
I have a i7 920 still,cant see the point in changing as everything still plays and works very very well.
 
I would hold off as long as you can. I'm running the same CPU with a GTX970 I have Elite Dangerous 64 bit on high at 1080p, BF4 pretty much maxed out as well. Generally all games on the highest setting and even then its the GPU that's the limit. Ive never seen my CPU hit 70% in any game, 65% most in GTA V and BF4. cant comment if it can handle 4K with a 980 etc.

assume you using SSDs these improve perfmance although mines only SATA2 so limited there. You could add a PCIE m.2 adaptor for a really speedy system and you can always recycle the m.2 in a new build.

I have added a SATA3 PCIE card in mine which increased speeds slightly , and ive added a USB3 PCIE card, but not tested it yet.

These need to be kept going as long as possible. I think theres a real feel good factor being able to play all the latest titles from a 2008/2009 board and cpu
 
sata2 is fine, SSDs as a gain to the user experience in normal use over traditional HDDs is mostly about the random read etc rather than sequential anyway, though sequential speeds are always the selling numbers.
 
I'm still rocking the i7 950, 12gb ram with a decent gfx card
The 1st gen i7 CPUs can still hold it's own against the bigger boys, although they do run much hotter.

I can't see any reason why I would upgrade ram, cpu and mobo anytime in the near future.
 
I had an i7 920, got the upgrade itch and bought an i7 4770k.

Did not really see any difference in anything I used my computer for (mainly gaming). Felt like a waste of cash tbh lol
 
Thanks a lot for the feedback guys. My own feeling is much like this thread, not to upgrade and wait it out. This 920 still is a really good chip and you guys agree :)

I'm not SSD yet but that's what I'll do next.

Thanks again.
 
As above.
Grab a new SSD, make a shed load of difference.

If you want a few more hertz in your box, grab a 950 from ebay.
 
Upgrade for the board not the processor.
For me it's about the six cores, usb 3.1 ddr4 and m.2 ssd.

If it was just the processor and ssd then I would have stuck with my i7 as it feels plenty fast enough.
 
Moved to X5670 a few months back and never looked back ,
never played a game or App that gets it over 50% apart from benchmark stuff. ;)
 
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