Is buying a 4790k a smart buy at this moment?

[mao_dze_dun]

I'm thinking of replacing my FX6350 with something better. Since by mobo is pretty crappy, if I'm to go the AMD way again, I have to buy a new one along with the new CPU. With AM3+ being deadear than dead this is completely off the table. However, I'm wondering about the 4790k. It is stretching by budget a bit but it does seem nice. Still, I wonder if it will be a smart buy. I did consider spending a bit more and getting a 5820k, but when I calculated the mobo and ddr4 in the equation - the price I'd end up paying for that upgrade is way to expensive, especially considering how overpriced X99 parts still are in my country. Not to mention that to reach 4790k single core performance I'd have to overclock, which means the 5820k would use about a 100 watts more power and heat up a lot, ergo me having to buy a better after market cooler and a new PSU.
I know Intel are releasing some new stuff in the summer, but knowing their pricing policy and the pricing policies of local retailers I doubt I'd be able to afford anything from the new product line any time soon.
So, should I wait or just go ahead and order a 4790k and a decent motherboard?

PS I think it is a real d*ck move on Intel's side to made the X99 chipset not compatible with ddr3, especially considering the CPU's themselves can work with it. If I didn't have to pay 400 euro for the ram alone, I'd probably get the 5820k.

 

[HWlover]

You can buy 97 mb and upgrade cpu later, if anything significant comes out on broadwell, but no, i wouldn't expect 10%+ performance growth even from Skylake, and that 10% would probably cost two times more, so, although you can wait, FX 6350 is still pretty decent, even at stock clock, there isn't much to.

 

[LucoTF]

I would argue that the i5-4690k is a smarter buy than the i7 right now

 

[mao_dze_dun]

HWlover: I actually quite like my FX6350 - it's a real bang for the buck. Problem is that when it comes to single core prowess it just doesn't hold up.

LucoTF: Well, I'd prefer not to overclock. Although, I did mention overclocking as an option in my initial post, the truth is that it's not something I feel comfortable doing.

 

[HWlover]

Well, I'd prefer not to overclock. Although, I did mention overclocking as an option in my initial post, the truth is that it's not something I feel comfortable doing.

Then maybe - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2518509/video-card-advice-build.html#15204770 ?

 

[mao_dze_dun]

Well, I'd prefer not to overclock. Although, I did mention overclocking as an option in my initial post, the truth is that it's not something I feel comfortable doing.

Then maybe - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2518509/video-card-advice-build.html#15204770 ?

Yeah, I know it's a great CPU and if it was just gaming I was concerned about I would possibly buy it. However there is the hyperthreading of the 4790k, which would help me, as I do a lot of multiutasking while working. I might possibly do some video editing as well and this is where the hyperthreading starts to shine.