Upgrade advice

[llamadal]

Hi guys,

I am hoping to get some upgrade advice, I am a bit out of touch on the latest hardware.

I current rig is:
Asus P6X58D-E with a i7-960 running at 4ghz
Corsair XMS3 6 gig
680 GTX
M4 SSD

While I can build my own, I don't have allot of free time to tweak and stress test over the coming months, so was considering one of the pre-over clocked Bundles from ocuk, they do this day in and day out - far better than I can aswell!

Intel Core i7 3820 3.60GHz @ 4.40GHz CPU
Asus X79 Sabertooth Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Gold 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-117-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=

or the

- CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50GHz @ 4.50GHz Ivybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-115-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=

Both look fairly solid, while I am not considering an SLI setup at the moment, it may be something I consider a year or so down the line. I mainly use this for games and basic working, nothing too demanding

I guess the first question, is it worth spending £600/700 on any of the current gear, is it going to be a significant improvement on what I have? Or am I being stupid and should just wait? (haswell it still some time away)

If you own any of the above/simular - how have you found it - worthwhile/any issues..etc?

Thank you in advance for any guidance or suggestions.

cheers,

 

[RJC]

Personally I see no reason why you should upgrade, your current system is pretty decent.

Save your money

 

[llamadal]

One day I think that, the following I get the upgrade itch!

I am thinking I could ebay my current gear, and take some of the hit on the new items... just find it difficult to decide.

Thanks for the feedback though, any is appreciated

 

[T345]

Wait for haswell mate That rhymes

 

[Fire_fly]

If you are gaming then you will see little performance increase from upgrading. If you must spend some money then maybe something like a water cooling loop? But, personally if it were me I would save my money.

 

[llamadal]

Wait for haswell mate That rhymes

That was my first instinct, however it's not due untill March, most likely June-ish - and that's if they keep to their roadmap release dates

Firefly, thanks for that, If I won't see a decent upgrade, then there really is no point what so ever.

 

[CyberCrow]

Stick with what you got