AMD or Intel for my upgrade?

[BennettWHU]

Intel:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K2/8X) £35.99
Total : £451.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



AMD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K2/8X) £35.99
Total : £393.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Would you suggest the Nvidia GTX 660 as an upgrade to my AMD HD 6850?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Just stick a non-K Core i5 in there and you will be fine.

If not I would just wait a few more months and get a socket 1150 Core i5 and motherboard.

 

[BennettWHU]

Just stick a non-K Core i5 in there and you will be fine.

If not I would just wait a few more months and get a socket 1150 Core i5 and motherboard.

Is 1150 the new Haswell CPU socket?

 

[Martini1991]

Is 1150 the new Haswell CPU socket?

Indeed.