P7P55-E, do I need to upgrade?

[Eliam]

Hi,

Just want to ask do I need to upgrade or not I've got i5 760 running on it and I saw that there's already new processor family which doesnt support my mobo. Playing lot of games daily and video editing. Please advice.

incase of upgrade needed please advice what to buy preffer asus.

thanks

Eliam.

 

[pastymuncher]

Simply not worth it. The 760 is still a cracking cpu especially when overclocked. It's doubtful that you would notice any real world gains anyway. The current Sandybridge cpu's are soon to be replaced by Ivybridge around April time which will bring their own 7 series chipset motherboards.