Upgrading from i7-4790k to 5th Gen. i7 Worth It?

[jackstawow]

I need the opinion of people far more qualified than me. I have the i7-4790k. With the new 5th generation CPU's coming out, is it worth me upgrading, or should I hold off for now, seeing what comes in the future?

 

[-Lone-]

I need the opinion of people far more qualified than me. I have the i7-4790k. With the new 5th generation CPU's coming out, is it worth me upgrading, or should I hold off for now, seeing what comes in the future?

5th gen? Which ones are those? x99? But your cpu right now is already the highest for non x99.

 

[RunLuke]

What do you need to do with it? Gaming then no,

 

[leeb2013]

is it holding you back in any way?

 

[i7Baby]

5th gen - broadwell. 6th gen skylake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwell_%28microarchitecture%29 "As of July 2014, Broadwell CPUs are available to Intel's hardware partners in sample quantities;[6] as of October 2014, Broadwell-based laptops are available for sale.

 

[synphul]

Considering these two (broadwell and skylake) basically dropped on each other's laps for desktop use, I wouldn't consider the generation gap to be the same as previous generations. Even then, only upgrading a generation or two won't be much of an upgrade. I'd save my money if it were me, just my .02 worth.

 

[LookItsRain]

Broadwell is just a die shrink of haswell, not worth the upgrade, i would not even call it an upgrade.