I7 3770k or Upgrade?

[aquasmotion]

Hello, I recently acquired an i7 3770k for a pretty decent price, after taking a further look into motherboard availability, I quickly discovered that many motherboard manufacturers are not making higher end boards for the socket 1155 anymore. Now this has risen the question, what happens in a year or two if I keep the cpu and get a board for it, how available will motherboards be since they're not being made anymore. I also have seen that ivy-bridge architecture doesn't OC as well as some of the other newer architectures. I have also noticed that there are many boards available that have the socket 1150 and would have better performance and price as well as availability down the road.

So, do I keep the 3770k and deal with the shortage of socket 1155 motherboards? Or, do I sell it and look into getting a 4790k or something else with socket 1150?

Keep in mind I don't to a lot of gaming and would be more focused on video editing or other cpu intensive tasks.

 

[logainofhades]

Board availability will only get worse, in time, as they are not being made anymore. You would be forced to go to Ebay, in order to find yourself a board, most likely. 1150 is not much better, as it has been replaced, by 1151.