Features - QOTW: Will you be upgrading to Intel X99?

[Marenghi]

no. my overclocked i5 2500k is only just starting to show it's age on 'next gen' games.

[GenuineHomemade]

No. At least I do not see at the moment any big advantage to upgrade from X99, 4930K and quad channel 1866 CL9 RAM.

[KeyboardDemon]

No. At least I do not see at the moment any big advantage to upgrade from X99, 4930K and quad channel 1866 CL9 RAM.

Hi GenuineHomemade, welcome to Hexus and yes, I agree, the platform you are running seems more than adequate for most needs.

[Primey0]

Nah.

[Mentawl]

I would love a couple more cores, but I'm not dropping several hundred quid for the privilege

[Percy1983]

Same as others not really going to bother.

Next move may well be AMD 8 core for me, doing a lot of video editing and mantle/DX12 looking to spread the load better in games it looks like it may be an excellent deal for the money.

[jnutt]

I guess I'll wait as DDR4 is likely to be the last in the series.

[wasabi]

My current i3 is overpowered for my needs so although it would be nice, no.

[ET3D]

I'll buy one only if they sell a tablet version.

[EverybodyelsE]

Yes I will, to replace the aging i7 965 and Asus P6T Deluxe I still have in my studio. Wanted to skip previous generations until something a little more future proof came along because I work in the audio industry and run a lot of virtual instruments and audio files simultaneously. I don't want to be altering my setup for at least another 6 years!

[mynameissi]

Everythings too expensive for my budget
Would If i could

[Myss_tree]

Nope.

[NitrousX]

I would love to swap my system but my wallet is in the same scenario low on funds. But my i5 2500k is still performing where I need it the most. Just need a new GPU for my aging gtx 570s

[letsrace567]

I'm running a 3570k at the moment, so I would see a decent performance improvement in raw performance, but there are other things that I need to do first before I go for a platform upgrade. That being said, as the X99 platform matures, I would really like to upgrade to a 6-core with more PCIe lanes for high-speed storage and multi-graphics. Long story short, yes, i intend to upgrade to X99 at some point, just not right now.

[Ramon]

NO. I won't burn thousands of $$$ to upgrade just for the sake of upgrading and some X% more speed I will never/barely notice in the applications/games ***I*** use. Multithreading at 4 threads, let alone 8 or 16, is still limited to few vertical scenarios. The vast majority is STILL single thread, with a few dual threads and even fewer quad threads. 64bit/quad thread apps/games are only now, in 2014, more common and still no where near critical mass.

My 2500K @ 4.7Ghz and 16GB DDR3 @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24-1T and my 2 X SSD in RAID0 will suffice for many years to come. This CPU will be able to feed many more generation of GPU before becoming the bottleneck. I don't see the day I will need more than 16GB or faster than 23GB/s RAM bandwidth (that day WILL come, It's just so far in the future there no point even bothering myself with that now). The only thing I will upgrade in 2-3 years is my GTX 660.

At this point, for the common user, we would require a software paradigm shift to justify more computing power like near sentient A.I., photorealistic 8K gaming, 8K video conversion etc... 95% of what we end users are using, IE: web browsing, word processing, photoshop, small/medium Excel database, 1080p conversion, 1080p gaming, some 7z archiving, non-linear video editing, etc... DO NOT require a quantum computer!

Clearly, we've reached the stage of "good enough" computing power in many respect. Most of what we do is very fast or near instantaneous already. Do you really want to spend tons of money to get your zip file in 3.5 seconds instead of 7... Really???

[Gadgety]

Nope. I've got 12 Xeon cores. I don't need more atm.