Is it worth upgrading??

Ryanster84

Ryanster84

Ryanster84

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Soo,

A good friend of mine has always poached my old hardware after 2 or 3 years of ownership.

My current setup:

3770k
Asus maximum v gene
16GB ram
Corsair H100

The problem is, this time round I'm not sure its worth moving to a new CPU/Board/RAM, what sort of gains would I expect from the newest K series Intel CPU?

All I use the machine for is gaming.

Any help appreciated
 
i am doing similar to you but i do a lot of videos and editing. i gone the x99 route.

i was going to wait myself for the newer x99 stuff but look at intels past record. minor speed bump.

i think the only route worth upgrading at the moment is x99 rest a i5 will cope with more than fine.

the i3770k is still a great cpu will be good for a few years yet.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
i am doing similar to you but i do a lot of videos and editing. i gone the x99 route.

i was going to wait myself for the newer x99 stuff but look at intels past record. minor speed bump.

i think the only route worth upgrading at the moment is x99 rest a i5 will cope with more than fine.

the i3770k is still a great cpu will be good for a few years yet.
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Is x99 a future proof socket in terms of, are Intel going to continue releasing chips for the socket?

Cheers
 
I would just OC the 3770K, if you have not already. I had mine running at 4.7Ghz.

Going X99 would not be a massive gain in terms of gaming, over what you already have. The cost to performance is just not worth it.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
well im benching all my games at moment. we will see the difference. before and after soon :cool:
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bench marks and real world differences are very different things - while bench mark differences between the 2 might seem impressive, the real world performance improvement will be very hard to notice IRL.

I'd suggest the OP listens to the advice that upgrading isn't worth the £/performance
 
I wouldn't bother upgrading that system at all tbh. The 3770k still seems decent, especially if you can get a mild overclock on it.

Just save your money for ploaris/pascal.
 
Intel HEDT Skylake-E in Q3 2016, Broadwell-E in Q1 2016

Intel’s roadmap also gives a update on their High-End desktop platforms. We know from past reports that Intel is launching Broadwell-E in Q1 2016 which will be support by the current X99 chipset based motherboards that feature the LGA 2011-3 socket. The next update arrives in the form of Skylake-E that will launch in Q3 2016. No details are provided but it is expected that the platform will issue a new series of chipsets and a different socket layout as compared to X99.
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http://wccftech.com/intel-processor...ee-arrives-q3-2016-skylake-muy-chips-q4-2015/
 
Ryanster84 said:
Is x99 a future proof socket in terms of, are Intel going to continue releasing chips for the socket?
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joedeath332 said:
I also would like to know this,, has anything been mentioned yet in relation to this ?
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X99 isn't a socket, it's a chipset. The socket is LGA 2011-v3.

The LGA 2011 socket has been around since 2011 so it's already had a long life. The trouble is each "enthusiast" CPU release needs a new chipset (not to mention socket versions):

X58 (LGA 1366) supported Nehalem,
X79 (LGA 2011) supported Sandy Bridge-E and Ivy Bridge-E,
X99 (LGA 2011) supports Haswell-E and -EP.

The rumour is X99 will support Broadwell-E, but who knows. Intel could just as well say it needs a new chipset/socket revision. There's no such thing as longevity in the Intel space.
 
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