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My motherboard seems to slowly be on its way out (one SATA port doesn't work, CPU fan port unresponsive, etc) and I am contemplating a move to an Ivybridge setup. However, I am wondering whether I would notice any significant difference in performance over my current setup versus the cost of keeping my current setup and just replacing the motherboard.
My current setup has an i7 920 D0 overclocked to 4.2GHz on water with an Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard. If I were to keep the current setup, I would probably replace the P6T with an Asus X58 Sabertooth which would also provide a bonus of USB 3.0 and SATA-3 ports.
If I were to upgrade to Ivybridge, I would probably end up with the Z77 version of the Asus Sabertooth with the i7-3770. I understand that this route would likely end up with me obtaining an additional stick of RAM to allow for dual-channel
Activity-wise, I would be primary gaming, with small amounts of video conversion/editing. I would like to know if anyone who has made the jump to Ivybridge has noticed any significant increases in performance and whether it is worth it against just replacing my motherboard and waiting out this generation of CPUs.
My current setup has an i7 920 D0 overclocked to 4.2GHz on water with an Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard. If I were to keep the current setup, I would probably replace the P6T with an Asus X58 Sabertooth which would also provide a bonus of USB 3.0 and SATA-3 ports.
If I were to upgrade to Ivybridge, I would probably end up with the Z77 version of the Asus Sabertooth with the i7-3770. I understand that this route would likely end up with me obtaining an additional stick of RAM to allow for dual-channel
Activity-wise, I would be primary gaming, with small amounts of video conversion/editing. I would like to know if anyone who has made the jump to Ivybridge has noticed any significant increases in performance and whether it is worth it against just replacing my motherboard and waiting out this generation of CPUs.
