x58 -> x99 worth it?

[Perfect_Chaos]

I was thinking of building a new system at the time of the x99 platform release, to a 6/8 core Haswell-e. I'm going to sell off some stuf from my current system as i've been using my laptop a while now anyway. So apparently an affordable 6 core is going to cost around 200-300. 8 core 5930k 400-500.

Is the cost going to be worth the speed increase over what is avaiable today? I know Skylake is coming next year, but other than extra cores like x99 i can't see it increasing clock speeds any over whats around now.

Of course the system will be mainly used for gaming, thinking of source engine 2. But i don't see the point in upgrading unless it's at least to a 6 core cpu, because as i said clock speeds haven't changed much. I'd want the main system to last at least 4 years in terms of mobo/cpu and ram. I'm sure it'd have no problem doing that but thinking about it now would x99 be a dead end? Like, one time high end upgrade that Intel is not going to bother releasing any more cpu's for?

 

[ShivP]

I'd wait for Haswell-E to come out first, see what's what, then maybe decide on what to do after the release and some benchmarks etc have been released.

 

[Kill_Phil]

just wait, i previously had an the 920 and was a great chip, only moved away from it due to downsizing.

plus gives you few more months to save the pennies

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

I will just wait and see then, hopefully there's no insanely priced motherboards, if good ones can be had £150-£200 i won't mind paying that much but not for twice that amount.