Ivy Bridge-E: Is it worth the upgrade?

[DSPhat]

I have a third gen Intel rig and I have the opportunity to either upgrade to a Haswell i7 or Ivy Bridge-E when it comes out (the 4960X).

Is it worth the upgrade or am I better off spending the money I'm about to get on another GTX 770?

 

[aatje92]

If you only use it for gaming a i5-4670k would be your best choice and put more money in for the GPU.

 

[Supernova1138]

If you already have an Ivy Bridge rig, there is no sense in upgrading, Haswell is barely any faster than Ivy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge E is only worth it if you have applications that can benefit from the higher core count, or you have a use for the extra PCI-E lanes. If you're just gaming, you're better off getting a second GTX 770.

 

[DSPhat]

If you already have an Ivy Bridge rig, there is no sense in upgrading, Haswell is barely any faster than Ivy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge E is only worth it if you have applications that can benefit from the higher core count, or you have a use for the extra PCI-E lanes. If you're just gaming, you're better off getting a second GTX 770.

Thanks for that, I was only considering Haswell/Ivy Bridge-E since I'm rebuilding at the end of the year.