Borded and want some DDR4 goodness!

john_park · 2 Jan 2015 at 11:21

Hi guys, I currently have a 3770k at 5GHz on a Z77 UD5. There is also 16GB RAM and some SSDs and normal 2TB drives for storage. GFX is a ATI 7970. All this is cooled in 2 custom loops, one on a 120.4 and another on a 120.3.

I changed cases early last year to a Corsair 900D and to a 1200w power supply, but the actual hardware wasn't changed an I think I'm due an upgrade as it's about 2 years old or more.

I do some gaming, but mainly run my 3x24" monitors for web design and basic messing about.

What's out there at the moment in terms on an upgrade? Are there some Intel chips coming out soon worth upgrading to with some nice DDR4 RAM?

Cheers

john_park · 2 Jan 2015 at 11:27

Do games/Windows actually use the 6 cores on these chips? Are they easy to overclock? And how old are these chips? Is there anything new on the way I should wait for?

john_park · 2 Jan 2015 at 12:30

Nah, not at all, but normally have quite a few programs open at once etc, and I'm impatient, so like things to happen immediately!!

How long away is Broadwell and what is it?! :confused:

john_park · 3 Jan 2015 at 09:09

Cheers guys, to be honest it's doing everything I want it to so I may just wait! I haven't tinkered since the case change so I have itchy fingers! Maybe I'll wait till the end of this year or the start of 2016 for them new Intel chips and be one of the guinea pigs to test them!