Is It Worth Upgrading From Sandy To Haswell ?

[sas30uk]

As the title says,

Im thinking of upgrading but not so sure if there would be a massive advantage. Would it be worth it knowing i can get a good price for my current board and chip and putting that towards Haswell chip and motherboard ?

 

[imginy]

Can't you just stick a 3770k in your board?

 

[Freddie1980]

Not worth it IMO, I would hold off at least until Skylake rears it's head and shows it has to offer (if anything).

 

[Hoodleader]

If it was me i would hold of till the new Haswell-E arrives next year (Hopefully). Save some more pennies

 

[panyan]

If it was me i would hold of till the new Haswell-E arrives

+1

 

[Boomstick777]

Haswell -E will be very nice, but remember it will be like Haswell just with a few more cores. If your not going to be using 6-8 cores, is it worth the wait? If you're just gaming and general PC use a 4670K / 4770K is amazing performance VS price. Especially now budget boards can overclock. Available now, so if you want a nice new system I would go for it. Haswell -E is 1-2 years away...

 

[spankingtexan]

Haswell is a great cpu, coming from a 2500k myself i'd have to say it isn't a massive advantage. I have no regrets though cause I wanted i7 anyway and it was just as easy to go haswell rather than 2600k or 2700k if you don't mind swapping out your mobo and remember you can flog your old gear, if you got the upgrade itch then yeah, why not, go for it, you'll have a better performing chip.

 

[oldestgregg]

I jumped from a 2600k to a 4770km and I love mine.4.6 easy and in cpu dependent games my 7970 xfire set up has definately benefited. Its not a massive jump but more sata 6g ports among other things make me very happy with my purchase. If you want to upgrade and can afford it then why not.

 

[the1gooner]

I am running an i5 760 and dont consider it a great upgrade so stick with what you got unless you absolutely need a little more performance.

 

[oldestgregg]

I am running an i5 760 and dont consider it a great upgrade so stick with what you got unless you absolutely need a little more performance.

Its a big jump from 1st gen to 4th. A 4770k would destroy an i5 760 plain and simple.

 

[havenrl]

I'm staying with my sandy, as the difference in performance to haswell, isn't worth the expense of upgrading for now, especially since you have to get a motherboard on top of the processor..

 

[Idleman]

Can't you just stick a 3770k in your board?

This, if you are looking for an upgrade. You will also see a performance increase with your sli 670.

 

[spankingtexan]

I'm staying with my sandy, as the difference in performance to haswell, isn't worth the expense of upgrading for now, especially since you have to get a motherboard on top of the processor..

Yeah, 2500k is an awesome chip and I agree it really wouldn't be a massive advantage going to i5 ivy or i5 haswell but if you wanted to go i7 for whatever reason, then upgrade would be good, but even then you would only really need a 2600k, 2700k or 3770k.
I still love haswell though and would recommend it to anyone coming from a lesser chip than Sandy.

Edit
Just noticed you're running sli, you would benefit from i7, you got a smashing board there, 3770k would be awesome, have you tried overclocking your i5 higher than 4.2GHz? i'm sure you could get so much more out of it, specially with that cooler.

 

[havenrl]

Yeah, 2500k is an awesome chip and I agree it really wouldn't be a massive advantage going to i5 ivy or i5 haswell but if you wanted to go i7 for whatever reason, then upgrade would be good, but even then you would only really need a 2600k, 2700k or 3770k.
I still love haswell though and would recommend it to anyone coming from a lesser chip than Sandy.

Edit
Just noticed you're running sli, you would benefit from i7, you got a smashing board there, 3770k would be awesome, have you tried overclocking your i5 higher than 4.2GHz? i'm sure you could get so much more out of it, specially with that cooler.

Yeah, any upgrade will come in the shape of an ivy 3770k for me.
I will soon find out any bottlenecking in future games, as I'm currently running max settings (even those extra settings that ultra doesnt change to max) for my games.

Will find out in bf4 and ghosts for example when they come out.
Then I will know if cpu needs upgrading..

Just testing the waters on my first overclock, so taking it easy on this front.
Quite a few people telling me I should aim for 4.5 on my chip as well.