How long to wait?

N00bbuilder79

N00bbuilder79

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Hello all, I am going to upgrade at somepoint towards the end of this year (Not before mid November as I am away till then). The question is do I upgrade to Sandybridge E or wait for Ivybridge?
The rig will be used for gaming and video editing and will replace my ageing Q9650.

Thanks in advance.
 
think you may get a better answer if you wait till closer to the time you are ready to upgrade, there is going to be quite a bit of activity before the end of the year
 
if you Q9650 is ok for now, i'd say wait,

Bulldozer will be out soon hopefully, but ivybridge is expected around march/april 2012? if its not delayed etc.

how rest of your rig looking? you could upgrade something else now (ssd/monitor/gpu)and then just do a cpu upgrade in Nov/Dec.
 
I, personally would wait as you still have a very respectable setup.

If your cpu isn't clocked i would consider doing so as you would get a significant boost @ ~3.8GHz.
 
As my friend Plec says, wait until Ivy Bridge makes an appearance. The lower nm tech will hopefully show some decent chips on the way.

I'm stuck on my Q6600 @ 3.7Ghz.. More than happy with that for the time being. Nearly 5 years on one chip # nods head# shameful but a sign of the current lack of ambitious software available..
 
I am currently running a 580 so Gfx aren't an issue, my Q9650 is running at 3.9Ghz. Like everyone has said, it may be wise to wait till next year and see what that brings. I think I just feel a little bit behind the times atm as I am still running a SKT775.
Damn that upgrade itch!
 
I'm also running a [email protected] and I couldn't care less. I built my friend a 2500k setup a couple of weeks ago and wasn't overly impressed with it compared to mine. It wasn't the night and day effect I had imagined it would be.

I set both to convert a 10GB .MKV file into a smaller format. I had left both for 40 minutes. The 2500K was at 40% and the Q6600 was at 25%. Obviously it's better, but is it really that much better for an overclocked i5 that's technically five years newer. I personally don't think so. My current chi[ also plays all my games fine coupled with a decent GPU.

Even CPU intensive games like Bad Company 2. It does just fine and I can comfortably max out the settings at 1920x1200.

So to conclude. Don't bother upgrading. Wait till 2013. That's probably when I'll be upgrading unless my chip blows up before then. 1.48V is bound to put a strain on it.
 
Buchanan0204 said:
I'm also running a [email protected] and I couldn't care less. I built my friend a 2500k setup a couple of weeks ago and wasn't overly impressed with it compared to mine. It wasn't the night and day effect I had imagined it would be.

I set both to convert a 10GB .MKV file into a smaller format. I had left both for 40 minutes. The 2500K was at 40% and the Q6600 was at 25%. Obviously it's better, but is it really that much better for an overclocked i5 that's technically five years newer. I personally don't think so. My current chi[ also plays all my games fine coupled with a decent GPU.

Even CPU intensive games like Bad Company 2. It does just fine and I can comfortably max out the settings at 1920x1200.

So to conclude. Don't bother upgrading. Wait till 2013. That's probably when I'll be upgrading unless my chip blows up before then. 1.48V is bound to put a strain on it.
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the difference between my OC Q6600 @ 3.6 & my new i5 2500K is HUGE,fps increased between 20 to 40fps more than before,games runs so smooth,for example: bfbc2 minimum 20fps increase,dirt2 dx11 between 20 to 30fps increase. i5 2500k is a wonder chip for gaming it makes the old Q6600 @ 3.6 look so bad.
 
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