Ivy or Skylake

[Krigard]

So, I have a problem.
At the moment I'm running my good old 3 year old upgraded pc.
Which uses an old Gigabyte 1155 motherboard with a I5-3570K.
A GTX970-strix, 850w power supply, 8gb-1600 ddr3 memory and a ssd + hdd combo.
The CPU is a absolute beast in my opinion, and (for gaming) it is still side by side with a new I5-6600k or I7-6700k. So as for my CPU I don't really need to upgrade.
But I'm thinking to add another gtx 970 to my build and use SLI.

Now my old MB does not support SLI, so first question is, are there any 1155 mobo's out there which are still up to date with features like SLI etc. I know 1155 is old, but are they still being made/updated?
Or should I invest a lot off money into buying a skylake system?

I don't see any reason to upgrade for a better gaming experience. But to run SLI and stay up to date I might be willing to invest in a new system.

Maybe someone can help me out!

 

[Zerk2012]

Sell your card and buy a single best card you can.
For the price of a new motherboard and another 980 you can sell you card and buy a GTX 980ti and have a beast of a PC.

 

[InvalidError]

Stick with the GTX970 and buy a Pascal-based GPU next year. On 15nm, 980Ti-class performance should become affordable.

 

[Victorion]

You have a good gaming rigg in my oppinion. There are loads of motherboards with 1155 socket that support SLI. MSI, Gigabyte and Asrock makes some, to name a few.

Out of curiousity, are you doing 4k gaming or why do you feel the need to SLI with that setup?

 

[Krigard]

I know nothing is ''Future proof'' but what would be the suggested time to invest in a new system that will last long?
Would you recommend upgrading to skylake to make a more solid foundation for my pc, and buy a Pascal based GPU later next year? Or keep Ivy for some more years?

 

[Krigard]

You have a good gaming rigg in my oppinion. There are loads of motherboards with 1155 socket that support SLI. MSI, Gigabyte and Asrock makes some, to name a few.

Out of curiousity, are you doing 4k gaming or why do you feel the need to SLI with that setup?

I'm not doing any 4k gaming (yet). But I'm hungry for the best power and performance. I have a 21:9 monitor with 2560x1080 pixel ratio. And I want to run all games nice and smooth on extreme settings. It's not that my rig isn't good enough. But my system itself is 3 years old, so I thought about upgrading to skylake. And with the SLI performance of the 970 it is almost equal power compared to a 980ti, but the price is split into 2x364 euro's instead of 1x789.
So it's not that I NEED te upgrade, but I use my pc a lot and actually do want it.

 

[Victorion]

CPU means little to gaming after i5 2500k. The bottleneck is the GPU mainly and skylake processors and ddr4 ram are commonly not suggested for gaming riggs.

Wait a while longer, your setup can run practically everygame without problem unless you´re on a 4k screen.
Yeah the GTX 980TI is a beast, and so is the Titan but save your money and wait till the next big upgrade, so your upgrade actually will translate into something of a real improvement.

remember, if you choose i7, you will need a new mobo, new rams, possibly a new cooler and that can lead to a new case etc etc. Your rig is awesome for current gaming. OC your gpu and cpu, that will probably be more fun than spending alot of money of very little performance increase.

 

[InvalidError]

I know nothing is ''Future proof'' but what would be the suggested time to invest in a new system that will last long?

When you actually need one, instead of merely feeling like upgrading mainly for upgrading's sake.

Today is always the right time to invest in a new system WHEN YOU ACTUALLY NEED ONE.

If you do not need a new system, LATER is the best time since faster and more efficient chips with updated features will be available.

 

[doh]

I read an article/review somewhere on the internet a few weeks ago, which discusses the progress made by intel with their haswell, broadwell and skylake CPUs. It concluded that the gains being made by these later CPUs were in the two areas of power efficiency (newer use less power) and a higher degree of (monolithic) integration which intel were using for more powerful integrated graphics. These areas of development, it concluded, were aimed at mobile computing (ie laptops, notebooks etc) and did not improve CPU performance much per se.

Given the above any desktop with additional graphics card, it might be argued, would be equally good or better with top graphics card and PSU and gen 3 (ivybridge) CPU

Shame I I can't give the article reference.

Doh!
9.November.2015