Upgrade to IB now?.. Wait for Haswell? Or go with Am3+?

[burbee]

So I was about to pick up an upgrade with i53K z77 chipset etc.

But as we all know 1155 is... A dead socket. On the other hand an IB 3570k will serve long.

There is also upcoming haswell which I can wait for. Heard some talks about haswell focusing mobile chips and integrated graphics.

I can also pick up AMD FX83xx Cpu and upgrade to steamroller later.

At the moment its mostly for gaming in spare time and some programming for my study the upcoming years... And honestly i cant game with my current Phenom X4.. Bottlenecks the *** out of my GTX660

So what do you say? I already have a chosen IB upgrade waiting for me to order it..

Thanks in advance

 

[ericjohn004]

Dude forget what this guy is saying about the 8350 and go with the 3570k. I've read benchmarks as far as thy eye can see and I KNOW the difference between these two. The 3570k IS and will always be the better processor. Maybe if all you do all day long is work with programs that use all 8 cores then you MAYBE go 8350. But for a gamer or someone like me who wants 4 super powered cores and not 8 weak cores. Go with the 3570k and call it a day. You want an Intel or AMD? Everyone knows Intel is superior. PERIOD. So UNLESS your on a really low budget go with the 3570k. Don't you notice everyone on his site has the 3570k? That's because it's awesome. How many people you see around here with the 8350?

 

[burbee]

Dude forget what this guy is saying about the 8350 and go with the 3570k. I've read benchmarks as far as thy eye can see and I KNOW the difference between these two. The 3570k IS and will always be the better processor. Maybe if all you do all day long is work with programs that use all 8 cores then you MAYBE go 8350. But for a gamer or someone like me who wants 4 super powered cores and not 8 weak cores. Go with the 3570k and call it a day. You want an Intel or AMD? Everyone knows Intel is superior. PERIOD. So UNLESS your on a really low budget go with the 3570k. Don't you notice everyone on his site has the 3570k? That's because it's awesome. How many people you see around here with the 8350?

Haha yeah I know that intel > amd all the time now.. It was more the upgradeability I think that got me there
But anyways I will be picking the i5 3570k.

Thanks everyone for their input, maybe I'll even go for i7 3770k if overclocking with a cheaper board is possible like GA-Z77P-D3.. (is it?)

 

[Wisecracker]

FX-8350 Vishera
2x4GB Crucial DDR3 1866MHz
Gigabyte 970 -UD3

... less than $350

 

[jaguarskx]

For now, I would just go with the i5-3570k if you cannot wait until late June / early July to build a new rig. I don't believe Haswell will be a big improvement over Ivy Bridge in terms of CPU processing power; assuming the same clockspeed. I think the improvement will range between 5% - 10% (at most). Intel is focusing on reducing power consumption so that they can compete in the tablet market segment which is were there real growth business is in.

Broadwell in 2014 will likely improve performance by a decent; around 10% - 15% at most. Skylake in mid-2015 should be a game changer, but that is over two years from now.

 

[burbee]

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