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Hey Guys,
I'm looking to upgrade my current system:
First Gen i7 2.6Ghz with Asus Rampage Extreme II, 6gig DDR2, AMD HD6990 Graphics card.
I do a lot of design work and on and off gaming. I'm wondering what the best CPU is for both gaming and design work as the market seems a bit saturated at the moment.
Is it Ivybridge, Ivybridge Extreme, Sandybridge Extreme or Haswell?
I'm not too fussed about over clocking but would like a good performance increase over my current CPU (not that it seems slow at the moment). Upgrading would be good to get the SATA3 and USB 3 Native support though. Perhaps my current CPU is also acting as a bottleneck to my graphics card too!
Shall I upgrade now or wait for a better CPU to come out, such as Haswell Extreme??
Thanks,
I'm looking to upgrade my current system:
First Gen i7 2.6Ghz with Asus Rampage Extreme II, 6gig DDR2, AMD HD6990 Graphics card.
I do a lot of design work and on and off gaming. I'm wondering what the best CPU is for both gaming and design work as the market seems a bit saturated at the moment.
Is it Ivybridge, Ivybridge Extreme, Sandybridge Extreme or Haswell?
I'm not too fussed about over clocking but would like a good performance increase over my current CPU (not that it seems slow at the moment). Upgrading would be good to get the SATA3 and USB 3 Native support though. Perhaps my current CPU is also acting as a bottleneck to my graphics card too!
Shall I upgrade now or wait for a better CPU to come out, such as Haswell Extreme??
Thanks,