LGA 1155 to LGA 1150 worth it?

[csjunkie86]

I sadly made the mistake of getting a LGA 1155 i53570k but the motherboards out there for this chipset re spare and I can't overlock with my current asrock board. I stupidly over looked this when I was building my system and just started to OC some of my components, only to find out I cannot do this with my motherboard 🙁

So... my main question is... with the holiday sales, should I sell my i5 and my motherboard and upgrade to a z97 motherboard and either a core i5 4690k or maybe even an i7 4790k. I know that the benefit of the z97 is that it will be able to take the broadwell chipset next year.

I only use my computer for office/internet applications and gaming, I play mostly CS:GO. My current setup is below. From reading some of the posts, I would be able to OC as a pro and I would see a very slight 2-3% performance change from one i5 to the next i5. Or... my other option, is to stick with my current setup and splurge on a nice GPU like a 970 or maybe even a 980 depending on sales, and do a cpu mobo switch next year?

Hopefully this isn't too confusing. I just hate my current asrock h77 pro4m mobo, and I think it throttles my cpu at times with poor voltage... I usually stick to Asus or Msi.

Current setup...
Intel core i5 3750k (stock speed)
Corsair h80i water cooler
8gb ddr3 1600mgz
120gb corsair force gt ssd
1tb WD blue
Evga 780 watt psu
Asrock h77 pro4m mobo
Msi gtx 760 oc 2gb
OS win 8.1
Windows and all drivers and bios are up to date.

Another option... I have about $450-$500 to spend, so feel free to provide any upgrade tips.

 

[Supernova1138]

I'd say spend the money on a better graphics card and stay with your current CPU and motherboard, that will offer the biggest improvement to gaming performance. The 3570k at stock speeds is more than sufficient for gaming, and overclocking your CPU won't really benefit you in terms of gaming performance unless you have a high end SLI array going. Right now, your GTX 760 is your limiting factor in terms of game performance.

Moving up to Haswell from Ivy Bridge doesn't really make much sense, the performance boost clock for clock is quite small, and Haswell tends not to overclock quite as well as Ivy Bridge does. If you really want to overclock your CPU, you may be better served simply tracking down a Z77 board to put your 3570k into and calling it a day. I'd say not to even bother looking at a new CPU at least until Skylake comes out late next year/early 2016, as hopefully there will be a more significant difference in CPU performance, and Skylake will have DDR4 RAM support and SATA Express. Haswell doesn't really have any new features over your Ivy Bridge setup aside from more 6Gbps SATA ports.

 

[blue17echo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304 for a cheapo board that will oc your chip. ASRock makes really good intel boards, by the by.

Supernova is totally right otherwise though. The 3570k is totally still a badass chip, even at stock. You're still good for a few years.

 

[csjunkie86]

I'd say spend the money on a better graphics card and stay with your current CPU and motherboard, that will offer the biggest improvement to gaming performance. The 3570k at stock speeds is more than sufficient for gaming, and overclocking your CPU won't really benefit you in terms of gaming performance unless you have a high end SLI array going. Right now, your GTX 760 is your limiting factor in terms of game performance.

Moving up to Haswell from Ivy Bridge doesn't really make much sense, the performance boost clock for clock is quite small, and Haswell tends not to overclock quite as well as Ivy Bridge does. If you really want to overclock your CPU, you may be better served simply tracking down a Z77 board to put your 3570k into and calling it a day. I'd say not to even bother looking at a new CPU at least until Skylake comes out late next year/early 2016, as hopefully there will be a more significant difference in CPU performance, and Skylake will have DDR4 RAM support and SATA Express. Haswell doesn't really have any new features over your Ivy Bridge setup aside from more 6Gbps SATA ports.

Thank you both, you guys rock. I am going to snag up a new GPU this weekend