Upgrade advice

I hear what you are saying but I literally have this money to upgrade and that will be it for quite a long time, so if I can I would like to future proof my gaming setup and if that means upgrading to an i7 now which will last me a lot longer then so be it.

Surely the the hyper-threading will come into play with bigger titles down the line such as The Witcher 3?

I am unable to install the hardware also so I would much prefer to get everything done at once as I will be paying for labour on top. That is why I asked if it may be better to wait until the new Skylake comes out until I upgrade and then get everything done as I have heard that my motherboard will not be compatible and then there is ddr4 so that is what I was thinking with the x99, it just seems like I will have to upgrade at some point in the near future anyway, you know?
 
Only you can make that decision as it is you money, obviuously you will have an i5 to sell to recoup some costs.

Z97 is not compatible with Skylake but is with Broadwell which is being released first.

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How about this.

Get the monitor and keyboard+mouse. You can fit theses yourself.

Wait for this game and see how your GTX980 and i5 cope with it.

Then do the extra 980/PSU and i7 if you are not happy?
 
Yes I would have a psu, motherboard, cpu and ram to sell on if I went for the x99, so would make a little back.

The two options are - buy the monitor etc now and hold off for the new motherboard and cpu till early next year.

Or get the major work done now and hold off for the monitor etc.

I think the sensible option would be to wait till skylake has been released and see what happens. Maybe my cpu wont struggle and I may be worried about nothing. Some people say an i5 4690k (devils Canyon) will do for a long time for just gaming alone, then there are others that say it wont due to hyper-threading etc and there are already games being released that state an i7.

Don't suppose you know where i could get a crystal ball?

Thanks anyway.
 
I have a prolimatech 81 cpu cooler. I have never overclocked before. This was the Titan Tanto bundle so the only thing I have upgraded was the power supply when ordering.

This seems to be the problem with pc gaming. It comes in very handy to be able to do the work yourself.

I always thought it would be the same way of thinking "you don't have to be a mechanic to drive a car" lol.

just don't have the nerve to try myself (yet anyway).
 
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