I've been thinking of upgrading my nearly 1½ year old system to something new but I'm unsure which platform and specs will makes best sense within a fairly restricted budget.
The setup I've been looking at primarily is
Intel® Core i7-3820 Processor Socket-LGA2011, Quad Core, 3.6Ghz, 10MB, Boxed, no fan included
MSI X79A-GD45, Socket-2011 ATX, X79, 4xDDR3, 3xPCIe(3.0)x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, UEFI
Totalling around 3500 Danisk kroner or USD $625 or £393.
The only "demand" is a motherboard that has 3-way-SLi support in a dual-slot layout, so I can reuse my GTX 580s. I assume I can reuse my 16GB 1333Mhz Ram too ?
I don't have any overclocking in mind.
Some say I'd be better of with a socket 1155 setup with a z77 motherboard and a Intel® Core i5-3570K Processor or Intel® Core i7-3770K Processor ? however such a solution is a bit more expensive than the one I've looked at.
Others tell me I should wait upgrading till 2013 since the Core i7 870 provides enough steam.
I'd appreciate any advice to what would be the most "sensible" upgrade both regarding price/performance.
The setup I've been looking at primarily is
Intel® Core i7-3820 Processor Socket-LGA2011, Quad Core, 3.6Ghz, 10MB, Boxed, no fan included
MSI X79A-GD45, Socket-2011 ATX, X79, 4xDDR3, 3xPCIe(3.0)x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, UEFI
Totalling around 3500 Danisk kroner or USD $625 or £393.
The only "demand" is a motherboard that has 3-way-SLi support in a dual-slot layout, so I can reuse my GTX 580s. I assume I can reuse my 16GB 1333Mhz Ram too ?
I don't have any overclocking in mind.
Some say I'd be better of with a socket 1155 setup with a z77 motherboard and a Intel® Core i5-3570K Processor or Intel® Core i7-3770K Processor ? however such a solution is a bit more expensive than the one I've looked at.
Others tell me I should wait upgrading till 2013 since the Core i7 870 provides enough steam.
I'd appreciate any advice to what would be the most "sensible" upgrade both regarding price/performance.
