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Intel Broadwell

JJimmyJ

JJimmyJ

JJimmyJ

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Hello

I'm desperate to do a long overdue upgrade, but the waters are murky.
Looking at Broadwell, it looks like it may be delayed to the 4th quarter now. I don't think I can wait that long.
Does anyone know what Broadwell would offer? I know it's smaller, which makes me think it'll be harder to clock as it'll be harder to cool. It 'will' offer DDR4 support, but I'm guessing that'll be expensive for the first year at least. Is there any point waiting?
I mainly game, but want a bit of future proofing (almost impossible).
Shopping around, is an i7 2600k or i7 3770k still worth it? The 2600k can generally overclock higher, easier to cool etc. The 3770k aren't that old and can run cooler than the new 4770k's. There's not much between them in benchmarks etc.
Any thoughts?
 
Hmmmm, ok. So, forget Broadwell.
I can afford to do a decent upgrade, but I'm a miser and like to get the most out of my cash :)
I can sell my current CPU, MB and RAM. The I7 4770k is obviously new tech, but if there's no intention of upgrading to Broadwell then essentially 1150 is a dead socket anyway? Which brings me back to the 2600k and the 3770k.
Would they still be viable at a decent price? Pair them up with some of the Teamgroup 2133 ram and maybe get a 7950 for x-fire (when mining runs it's course). My thinking is that would probably do me for a good 4/5 years the way desktop chips are going.
I'm also half tempted by an FX8320 just for the fun of overclocking it, although I don't want to start a debate on that:)
 
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