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Haswell owner's, your upgrade path...

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
So basically unless you run AOTS all day it means diddly squat and you do realise the benchmark is not indicative of gameplay?? A few months ago there computerbase.de showed some numbers which contradicted reviews,since it showed the Core i7 7700k at the top?? Why,the game dynamically adjusts some of the settings if you have a quad core CPU,meaning you can actually get better FPS in game outside the actual benchmark.



I think he said even if you were to get a jump,it might be worth waiting longer for a bigger one,which I tend to agree with.


But its quite funny every time we have a new CPU launch,"suddenly" the one before it becomes crap on many tech forums.

In some ways its pretty great since it means a larger secondhand market for solid CPUs too which are not that old,so I suppose its good if people keep jumping to the next best thing! :)
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Yeah. 10% faster=Crushed old tech :o

Shamed into upgrade.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
But the problem is that you need to stand back from all these launches and the hype and overexcitment that enthusiast forums generate. Remember many will change to new hardware like people buy new phones just because it is new and then suddenly the "old" stuff can't even run Minesweeper since its "too slow".

We had people ditch pefectly good CPUs,and then regret having spent the money and its happened so many times here.

In the end its really no point with the way things are going in the next 18 months unless,you really want to regret your purchase 12 to 18 months later and rebuild your rig again??

Plus if you have not overclocked your CPU with such a good motherboard and a proper loop,you are leaving performance on the table,and its better to just invest that money in a better card and a bigger SSD,etc.
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I was offered the chance to grab a used 5960x quite cheap ( I wouldn’t buy a fresh one) so that’s what got me thinking as it’s a great chip. I realise my 780sc is not going to cut 1440p on ultra I was actually going to check to see if a 980ti would do a decent job and maybe pick one up second hand due to the cost of a 1440p monitor. I am not someone that throws money at my system, I actually don’t mind picking up used tech to save monies
 
I've been up in the air about whether to hold onto my 4690k or upgrade. Been looking at the 8700k which would be a nice 130% or so increase, but it's some serious £££ after you factor in the CPU, motherboard, RAM and I'd have to get an nvme drive too, just because.

I am leaning toward keeping my system as it is for now, or maybe trying to grab a good deal on a 4790k as a stop gap. I'm managing to play all the games I like at around 60fps or more at 3440*1440 at ultra.

But the desire to upgrade is strong!!
 
At that res you will be more reliant on the GPU in most games. I have a 4770K and would like to get Ryzen or 8700K but can't be doing with the price of DDR4 at the moment.
 
My 5820k basically runs everything that i want well enough, it was a decent upgrade from x58. At 1440p there's less of a difference with a more powerful CPU. As i already said i will probably not upgrade until Ice Lake at least now, maybe even not until DDR5 comes out. If it does everything i want fast enough then there's no point, just the GPU in between if that's even worth it with what I play.
 
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