Upgrade time...maybe

[Griff7520]

Well was looking forward to upgrading to Haswell but after reading a lot of the comments on here I am feeling rather disappointed. What would be the best upgrade for me at the moment...I do mostly gaming with a bit of dvd burning and watching blue rays etc etc

Am I right in thinking that x79 is the most powerful set up available today?...would that be a good upgrade....or would keeping my current set up be better and just upgrading the cpu.........I know a new GPU is needed and will probably jump to a GTX670 when I decide which way to go

Any opinions most welcome

 

[melvis]

honestly id say not worth it tbh, my Lynnfield hasnt bottlenecked my single 670 and your i5 is a generation newer than mine.

 

[trickynickyuk]

if your 2500k is not struggling with anything i would leave it and go either SLI or increase you GFX to a 680

 

[Griff7520]

My I5 is not struggling with anything....I just have a bit of a windfall coming and want something better so I want to know what people would go for if they had the choice...would it be X79 or ivybridge with the current set up or Haswell

thx

 

[melvis]

well if its an upgrade for its own sake id say gfx card is a higher priority, if you really want a processor id at least wait till haswell is out and properly benchmarked.

 

[Kaapstad]

Money no object, X79

 

[8 Pack]

For your uses what you have is fine. Otherwise just go Z77/Z87 when it surfaces.

For single card gaming Z77 outperforms X79 95% of the time.

 

[Griff7520]

thx guys

8pack....I am thinking of getting a second gtx660...if I do are you saying that would be better served with x79 kit?

 

[alex_123_fra]

For 2 way SLI, you will see negligible difference between the platforms (Z77 and X79). Z77 also has true PCI-E 3.0 if you have an ivybridge CPU (X79 is not true PCI-E 3.0 until Ivybridge-E comes out).

For tri/quad SLI there may be advantages to X79 but there are several motherboards on Z77 which can accomodate those users (G1 Sniper 3 with a PLX chip being an example, allowing x8, x8, x8, x8). Some X79 boards allow x16, x8, x8, x8 and in some very extreme setups this can be an advantage.