i7 5820k, upgrade or hold off?

[Footyslayer]

Hey all,

currently rocking an i7 5820k which is overclocked to 4.0ghz. I have had it about 2 years or so. Been thinking about an upgrade but was holding off for the new series of intel chips, the lake series is coming to an end and then there will be a new range or did I read wrong?

What are thoughts on upgrading?

 

[Footyslayer]

Thanks everyone, great advice.

I am only on air at the minute, on air I got it to 4.2ghz overclock bit higher than that wasn't happening. To be fair though I used the Asus ai suite and its program "5-way optimization". I know my doing it manually I can get more but I have never manually overclocked a CPU and am a bit daunted by it to be fair. Having a PC not boot or have issues getting back into the system scares the hell out of me

With the 5-way optimization it got to 4.2ghz, I set it to never go above 1.300v and 85c. I have no plans to benchmark, just game.

I game at 2560x1440 at 144hz and have no issues at all. Was just feeling a bit of an upgrade itch in the near future!

So what is the future for intel chips? I thought the "lake" series was coming to an end this year, or will their chips always be a form of "lake", I thought there would be a new name so to speak?

 

[Footyslayer]

@willhub To be fair no gaming hasn't been an issue, it's just an upgrade itch and future proofing I am thinking of.

@Perfect_Chaos Cheers, I guess I may as well hold off another year at least?

@Drollic That is a good idea, easy to change the current air cooler to a water cooler just for the CPU.

I guess having this CPU for 3 years now made me wonder as I usually look to upgrade every 3 years but if it is still regarded as up there with high end CPU's there is no point. I don't know much about CPU's to be fair. Well I know nothing since I researched 3 years ago before settling on the 5820k. What is the current plan for intel chips over the next 2 years with releases and new models, does anybody know?