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3770K or wait for Haswell?

Chrisoldinho

Chrisoldinho

Chrisoldinho

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Hi all,

Looking for some advice as to what I should do.
I am interested in getting the 3770K, and whilst my primary uses are for gaming, I do dabble in more CPU driven tasks from time to time, hence my desire to get a hyper threading enabled CPU, I know the 3570K is generally just as good at gaming in most scenarios.

I am ready to pull the trigger on a 3770K but with Haswell being just round the corner, I am struggling with purchasing a CPU and chipset soon to be superseded.

From a gaming perspective, I already have 2 7950's, so Haswell's touted GPU improvements will not benefit me, so my reasons for waiting would purely be to have the latest version with a little extra performance (10-15% roughly from what sketchy info I can find, and a bit more with AVX2), minor power saving improvements as I will undoubtedly overclock it :D, and a potential upgrade path down the line on the 1150 platform.

My current CPU is OK (1090T), but I am itching to upgrade and want to move to Intel if I do.

Thanks for any advice and input,
Chris.
 
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The 3770k is a good CPU and you would not be disapointed but for the sake of a few months you may as well hang on for Haswell, plus the i7 version may oc better than the 3770k.

If you have a lot of CPU driven tasks, have you considered a 3930k on X79. The 3930k may be getting on a bit but it will blow away anything mainstream that Haswell has to offer. The downside is its quite an expensive option compared to a 3770k.
 
Difficult one, is it common for teething problems with a new CPU release and do new motherboard sockets need a few months to mature or are they pretty good from the off?

Chris.
 
V F said:
Few months? thought it was April...
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Its December now.:D

FallshirmjAEger said:
Just grab the 3770k. There's no point waiting for what's just around the corner because there's always something to hang on for.
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Yes if he really needs the extra performance now grab the 3770k or if he can wait April is not that far away.

What I have noticed with i7s regardless of what generation they come from for normal use its hard to tell them apart.
 
xxxsonic1971 said:
Then something better will be due out in June......bite the bullet and buy now, or you'll always be waiting for the next best thing
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this ^

there is always something new, faster and better

if you wait, youll end up waiting forever

when you need to buy , buy
 
If u already using 1155 mobo then buy 3770k but if u wait for haswell then u buy cpu and mobo as haswell will be 1150 not 1155 it cost a lots as it cheaper to buy 3770k and keep your mobo
 
xxxsonic1971 said:
Then something better will be due out in June......bite the bullet and buy now, or you'll always be waiting for the next best thing
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Except there won't be anything better out in June, we'd be looking at 2014 at the least for anything new in the mainstream segment from Intel.
I don't get the "There's always something around the corner", only time I've ever seen it actually mean anything was 480-580 and that was only because the 480 was so freaking delayed.
 
My reasoning to wait until April was based on the fact I will also need to source a new motherboard to even use Ivy.

I know the LGA1155 platform will be fine for a long time coupled with a 3770K but if i'm going to shell out in excess of £400, I want it to be the best bang for my buck and I can't help feeling that I will be short changed in under 6 months, albeit probably by only 15%, prehaps the TIM will be better on Haswell :D
 
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