CPU / PCI-e question

[P4Clock]

I killed an Ivy i5 so i get a sandy 2500k cheap to put me on till after crimbo.
But i am liking the performance of the 4.6Ghz overclock, i had planned on getting a new ivy after crimbo so i could have PCI-e3 Support for my SLI 770's. is it worth selling the 2500k and getting an ivy i5/i7 just for PCI-e3 support.
Would there be any gains in any other way for gaming i know the 2500k can still hold its own.

 

[wazza300]

marginal I would have thought,pci-3 has yet to mature

might come into its own more on high resolutions and more than two cards

 

[ALXAndy]

Little lesson in PCIE.

PCIE 3 offers more bandwidth to the PCIE lanes. That's pretty much it. If you are not saturating those lanes (trust me, with two mid range cards you ain't) then it will make very little, if any difference. Maybe 3%?

 

[modd1uk]

Current hardware doesn't make proper use of PCI-E 2.0 never mind 3.0, will it future proof you? Nah, something new will be out by the time we need it .

 

[P4Clock]

Thanks al stay as i am for now

 

[Stas823]

if you could get a cheap 3770k then it would be a good enough upgrade for money imo.

 

[Kaapstad]

Current hardware doesn't make proper use of PCI-E 2.0 never mind 3.0, will it future proof you? Nah, something new will be out by the time we need it .

It is possible to push PCI-E 3.0 to the limits but you need a lot of serious hardware and very high resolutions to do it.

With GTX 770 SLI the op is quite safe though.

 

[modd1uk]

It is possible to push PCI-E 3.0 to the limits but you need a lot of serious hardware and very high resolutions to do it.

With GTX 770 SLI the op is quite safe though.

Understandable, but majority of people don't have such hardware . Your point is valid though.