Hello, tek savy gents and lady-things.
Currently, i'm running an i5 2500k @4.6ghz. I mainly game, but as of late, i haven't been playing much of anything since nothing has caught my interest.
I'm hoping that a sparkly new system could rejuvenate my love for PC gaming. So since im upgrading from a quad core, im wanting 6 cores or more just for kicks and giggles.
Should i build an x79 based pc now? Or should i wait a little longer to see what broadwell brings to the table?
At this point I'd stick with the 2500K. It'll do well on every game out there right now. Maybe get some more or faster RAM or a new videocard and wait for either Broadwell, or x99/2011-3 stuff dropping in price a little more.
Maybe you can find a cheep used 3770k ,and overclock it a bit.
As 6 core dont really have a benefit in gaming this upgrade would be cheep and gives you a nice increase in performance.
And if you wanted to get a 6 core i would go x99, the platform is just newer and the 6 core has a really good price.
Buying X79 or X99 platform for just gaming is kinda pointless.
Unless you are planning to go with crazy triple or quad sli / cf setups. then X99 comes handy.
Still stock vs stock the 4790K is faster in allmost every game, because of its faster stock speed. More cores for gaming isnt better, simply because games dont use more then 4 cores.
Even those so called "multi threaded" games, dont perform much better on an i7 then on an i5. The only benefit that the i7 has in these games, is that there will be less load on the cores, because the game can spread it over all threads, but this still doesnt make any diffrence.
Basically this.
It's an obvious known fact among enthusiasts that quads perform better than hexa and octa cores in lightly threaded games. (Looking at you AMD users)
That's not the question. My question was should I build an x79 now or wait and see what intel does with broadwell? I haven't been keeping up with tek lately so maybe someone has heard rumors about broadwell?
And no more comments about how "unnecessary" it is to have more than 4 cores. It's really not helpful.
Umm, I'm not sure where you're comparing quad to 6/8cores. It really depends on a lot of factors.
Firstly, Intel's single core performance is much better than AMD's at the moment. Only compare between CPUs of the same architecture.
If a game is poorly optimized and prefers strong single cores, something like a massively overclocked G3258(e.g. 5ghz) will perform better than something like a 5960X (e.g. 3ghz). However, if a program or game can fully take advantage of multiple threads available, the 5960x would theoretically win due to 16 threads versus the 2 of the G3258.
X79 is still a strong platform, but will soon be surpassed by X99.
That said, your 2500K is still a very respectable CPU. This is the main reason why the majority of us aren't recommending you to upgrade. Something that may intrigue you to game again could be some new peripherals, perhaps?
You aren't likely to really need any more than 4 cores for current games. The cpu you have now should be fine for the most part. If you are looking to drop some money, grab a new video card, or sli/crossfire what you have now. X99 can be a solid investment for the long haul though, imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgpvWc4VBM
I guess I'll keep the old 2500k then. I don't think peripherals will help in my case. I love my Logitech g600 and I do have 3 monitors in eyefinity.
Maybe i should be asking for game suggestions instead. :(
I'd like to get an x99, but the price premium for the platform is a turnoff. x79 looks appealing because it'll cost less than $550 for the upgrade if i reuse my old parts.
a shiny new GTX900 series may put some mojo on your game ... ?
broadwell will be out in 2015 but this will be just an haswell refresh again. will not be much of a diffrence between those. and also on the same platform as current Z97. Biggest improvement from broadwell over haswell will be in the igpu. Which doesnt make any sense, since you probably wont use the igpu lol.
In terms of ipc there will maybe be a ~5% improvement over haswell, so its just pointless to wait for broadwell. Because you probably wont see any gaming performance increase
Basicly for gaming you are still fine with your current 2500k. But for productivity, you could realy use an upgrade ☺
unless you are a hardware junkie, there is no reason to upgrade even to broadwell. A new cpu won't refresh you appetite for gaming trust me. A nice expensive headset and keyboard/mouse will. A nice gaming monitor will, but not a cpu.
plus, cpus have not been improving much in terms of pure speed. Save your money and buy nicer things.
What you should do with all that extra cash is totally pimp out your system with a new case, watercooling and lights!
+1 imho