Is sandy bridge still viable

[BaggyPenguin]

Ok so I've seen some good deals on Sandybridge I5's recently and i was wondering if they are still good cpu's and worth buying?

 

[swilczak]

Sandy bridge is still very good. It's definitely worth buying if you can get a good deal on it.

 

[Sakkura]

Haswell has some added chipset features, a bit more performance per clock, and support for some newer instructions. If you can find a good deal on a Sandy Bridge CPU and don't need the Haswell chipset perks, Sandy Bridge is absolutely viable.

 

[jcurry23]

hell yeah. the haswell isn't much of an improvement other the gpu part of it. If your a gaming your more likely have a discrete gpu and make half of the sandy bridge irrelevant.

 

[BaggyPenguin]

cheers, i wanted to ask before i made the plunge 😀

 

[jcurry23]

I am still rocking a sandy bridge, I haven't really needed to upgrade yet. I can't see buying a new motherboard and a new cpu yet with a different socket and only getting minimal peformance increase.

 

[jinayhvora]

I am still rocking a sandy bridge, I haven't really needed to upgrade yet. I can't see buying a new motherboard and a new cpu yet with a different socket and only getting minimal peformance increase.

same here