E6600 to i5 3570k or wait for haswell

[kjab3068]

Hiya,

Having just got back from overseas and blown the dust of my desktop that has been in storage for the past couple of years, I am trying to decide whether to upgrade it now or to wait until the Haswell chips are out. I'd pretty much need everything new, although it's got a 5850 in at the moment which could stay as I only play a bit of League of Legends and no FPS's, although wouldn't say no to the new starcraft 2 addon

So, do I get an i5 3570k now, or wait for haswell.... Any advice please

Cheers

 

[kjab3068]

eh, don't know how I missed the thread a couple of lines below mine :/ sorry!

still, any specific advice appreciated, cheers

 

[Dom86]

I'd wait till Haswell if i were you, not too long till it's out, never know how well it'll perform.

 

[mickyflinn]

The games u have mentioned a 3570k would destroy all dependent on your gpu. What res are you gaming at ?

 

[BluD]

If ya not playing any new games yet ide just hang on, upgrade when ya wanna do summat on ya computer that it cant handle, i was on the same cpu as you with a couple of 8800s and stayed on it for 6 years cause i really only played wow, but with some new great fps games coming out this year i needed an update.

 

[kjab3068]

currently running 2560x1400 on an asus PB278Q...

 

[Anox]

I would also wait for Haswell, it's going to be a better option in the long run.

 

[Phixsator]

Also worth noting is that the current 1155 is a dead platform as fare as i know. Where the new socket haswell is coming out on will most likely get atleast 1 more update to it.

 

[kjab3068]

hmm, yeah. Although reading around it seems that even if haswell is 10-15% faster, the most significant thing is the upgraded on-board graphics, which would be unused in a desktop...

I'm in no real hurry to upgrade so I think you're all right in saying to wait, maybe ivy bridge prices will fall even more

Cheers

 

[HighlandeR]

Yup according to rumored release dates its in June/July, would be ideal to wait.

If not there are plenty of Core i7 2500k/2600k/3570 + bundles on the cheap on members market...

 

[murah]

Hiya,

Having just got back from overseas and blown the dust of my desktop that has been in storage for the past couple of years, I am trying to decide whether to upgrade it now or to wait until the Haswell chips are out. I'd pretty much need everything new, although it's got a 5850 in at the moment which could stay as I only play a bit of League of Legends and no FPS's, although wouldn't say no to the new starcraft 2 addon

So, do I get an i5 3570k now, or wait for haswell.... Any advice please

Cheers

I recently moved from a E6700 (3.2ghz dual core) to a z77 IB (3570k oc'd to 4.4) Its worth EVERY penny, Haswell brings a new socket and about 10% difference (rumored) between the 3570k but really will you notice if you have been on an old core duo along time?

Paired it with :OCZ vertex 3, Asrock z77 extreme 4 and 8gb of corsair vengance(C9 1600mhz)while still using my GTS 450 1gb my gaming/general computer use has been vastly improved (For some reason its boosted my gpu or feels like it, im able to run on high-ultra and have super smooth fps eg: BF3 @ ultra and 8x AA = 55-60fps)

One thing to note if you can wait for 4 months when haswell comes out watch the price drop hard on all the IB and "old sockets"

And my new set up is "future proof" or theoretically able to last 5 years with a GPU update in the future possibly to a 670
Example: People still using the i7 920 @4-4.5 are still going great and only a few have the itch to upgrade simply to have something new to play with not for any real world performance gains