upgrade or wait

prescient · Mar 26, 2014

http://thepcenthusiast.com/intel-devils-canyon-and-5th-gen-broadwell-slightly-detailed/

go socket 1150 or wait.?

Sasqui · Mar 26, 2014

What's your primary use? Makes a difference.

The article says to wait till after Devils Canyon (for Sandy or IB users) But you're going from an E8500... I jumped to a 3570k from an E8600 and it's an order of magnitude difference!

AlienIsGOD · Mar 26, 2014

an i7 4770K is more then adequate for most ppl's needs. just a humble man's opinion of course. If you actually need the benefits of a z97 mob/cpu then wait it out.

silkstone · Mar 26, 2014

"I’m not really sure about this, but the bad part is that the Intel Devil’s Canyon will only be supported in the upcoming Intel Series 9 Chipset, featured in the Z97 motherboards. If this is correct, then the Intel (Core i7 4790K) Devil’s Canyon might not work with the current Z87 motherboards despite having the same socket type. So it’s best to wait for the new Z97 motherboards. But the good thing is that the most awaited Broadwell processor will be compatible with the Intel 9 series. This means you can buy a Devil’s Canyon and a Z97 motherboard when they become available, and just upgrade to a Broadwell processor in the future."

This would be the most worrying part for me, If you later decided to upgrade again.

micropage7 · Mar 26, 2014

if your current pc runs well for now, i prefer wait for the newer one

prescient · Mar 26, 2014

gaming is my goal . i dont care about my current rig anyway i can wait . but i cant pay more if the new stuff will be more expensive

silkstone · Mar 26, 2014

It usually isn't that much more expensive. In my experience, current gen goes down a little with the new gen coming in only a little higher.

Sasqui · Mar 26, 2014

silkstone said:
It usually isn't that much more expensive. In my experience, current gen goes down a little with the new gen coming in only a little higher.

What will be interesting is the price of DDR4

prescient · Mar 26, 2014

i went up from the i5 to i7 hardly a more push up will be too far by then

System Name	spirit-crusher
Processor	i7-4770k@4.5Ghz
Motherboard	maximums hero vl
Cooling	water 3 extreme
Memory	16GB KHX2400
Video Card(s)	gtx780 N780OC
Storage	WD CB 1tb FZEX
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 2333SW lcd
Case	CM storm trooper
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Corsair tx 750W
Software	win8.1 64bit pro
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8568775

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
Storage	Adata XPG 8200 PRO 512GB SSD OS / 240 SSD + 2TB M.2 SSD Games / 1000 GB Data \| SSD + HDD
Display(s)	Acer ED273 27" VA 144hz Freesync \|TCL 32" 1080P w/ HDR
Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek \| Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB w/ Romer G tactile keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

upgrade or wait

upgrade to i7-4770k or wait?

upgrade to i7-4770k z87

wait for the Core i7 4790K with z97

prescient

Sasqui

AlienIsGOD

Vanguard Beta Tester

silkstone

micropage7

prescient

silkstone

Sasqui

prescient