Features - QOTW: Will you be upgrading to Intel Haswell?

[killer7xx]

I'm only waiting for Haswell to come out so I can get an Ivy bridge cpu on the cheap lol

[Bambooz]

I'll keep my (at this rate) ancient i5 2500K .. thx.
I'm willing to bet the next tick-tock cycle will be yet another incompatible socket because of DDR4 or something.. (1156/1366 all over again?)

[CampGareth]

Yeah I'll be upgrading my light laptop though mainly to get one with a decent GPU and haswell just happens to be tagging along.

[chetan11]

expensive

[MrJim]

Currently working with a i5 2500k, need an upgrade and was waiting for the new haswell chips. The 4770k looks good in the benchmarks, but with its lack of overclock - ability; I might as well just buy a 3770k.

Are you planning on using heavily threaded software with the 4770k or 3770k? If not, I'd personally keep the 2500k...you probably won't notice the upgrade, otherwise...

[george1979]

Probably yes, I am currently on a Core i5-760 so it will be a good upgrade for me.

I have the same chip so I am considering an upgrade. Also looking to buy a new laptop in a few months so I'm keen to see how their mobile chips perform.

[Namor]

I am still on a C2Q Q9650 @ 3.85 its ok but my motherboard is struggling, so an upgrade is required.
So yes.

[Willzzz]

I'm only waiting for Haswell to come out so I can get an Ivy bridge cpu on the cheap lol

I hate to break it to you but the 2500k never became cheap after Ivy was launched and I don't see Ivy going cheap after Haswell:
http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Intel-...uct/B004FA8NX2

In fact the 2500k is currently the most expensive it has ever been.

[bridges009]

Nope, in the grand scheme of things it's not really much faster than my near 5 year old i7 920.

Same here. At this rate I'll only upgrade when something goes badly wrong.

[Spreadie]

Nope. It isn't a viable upgrade for Sandy Bridge, in my opinion.

I know it can hit higher scores at lower clocks and reduced power usage, but it isn't sexy enough to justify buying a new board too. I'd imagine a lot more people would consider it, if it was socket compatible with SB/IB.

[Shirty]

I concur. As a replacement for a pre-Nehalem rig it's a no brainer, but the benefits over more recent architecture are not clear enough for most of us to worry just yet.

[wasabi]

Possibly, depending if the midrange desktop chips can run stable passively cooled. Might sit tight in the meantime and see what the i3s look like - my needs are fairly low end really.

[Lithuanian]

Well I've got an Intel i7-3770K 3.40Ghz and I'm not really sure whether that would be an upgrade or not.

Any suggestions?

[Willzzz]

No, not worth it.
I take it your 3770K isn't really at stock?

[minicale]

I'm using my amd phenom II 965 x4 so I might change if I can save up the money to get a motherboard and a processor but I think I wont get the money any time soon.

[Tunnah]

got a sandy bridge i5-2500 2 years ago and its going to be a fair few years yet before i need to upgrade. Upgraded my graphics cards to GTX 670s when they came out, first upgrade in 2 years, and I reckon they'll hold me for at least another 2-3 years (i game on a TV so its 1080p, will only need to upgrade when the hardware doesn't support new games).