1st time since 1999...I have owned an Intel CPU.

[Shamrock]

The last time I owned one, I had an Intel Pentium 133Mhz (woohoo!).

I am getting the i7-4790K paired with the MSI Z97 Gaming 5 for Christmas. You just can't ignore all the performance difference from multiple websites. Considering this will be a gaming machine. Too bad I have to stick to my HD7850OC and 1333 Ram until I can afford it. I may be relying on some of you Intel geeks to help me, if I have trouble.

I hear some bad things about Killer NIC, I'll probably just set it and forget it (since I don't have broadband).

My AMD Phenom II 955 (purchased May 21, 2009), is being relegated to Linux home file server.

 

[Zorander]

Thread title misleading. I thought you were upgrading from a 1999 system.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I assumed this thread was going to be about his last sexual experience.

 

[Shamrock]

Thread title fixed.

 

[soccerballtux]

I just went from a 965 at 4ghz to an 8310 and I'm pleasantly surprised. I'll worry about overclocking later but I love the lower power usage from this 95w TDP chip

 

[PliotronX]

You will be extremely pleased. I was all Athlon after the Pentium 3 and it felt good to be on the bleeding edge for the first time ever with the first dual core in the form of the Opteron 165. But when the Core 2 Duo came about, AMD just couldn't even hold a candle and the divide just got too large to ignore like you posited.

 

[know of fence]

Buying a top of the line Haswell 16 or so months after this tech was first released makes Baby-Jesus cry. Instead make Father Chrismas proud and invest into a G3258 anniversary edition Pentium, which then you can relegate to file serving duties should performance be inadequate some years down the line.
With mainstream PCs being stuck with DDR3 and graphics cards stuck in a 5 year long 28nm process limbo, it's just a bad time to double down on CPU performance for no good reason. You can either upgrade your CPU with Broadwell-K or splurge on a full Skylake system in 2015, especially if you have RAM and a capable graphics card already.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Buying a top of the line Haswell 16 or so months after this tech was first released makes Baby-Jesus cry. Instead make Father Chrismas proud and invest into a G3258 anniversary edition Pentium, which then you can relegate to file serving duties should performance be inadequate some years down the line.
With mainstream PCs being stuck with DDR3 and graphics cards stuck in a 5 year long 28nm process limbo, it's just a bad time to double down on CPU performance for no good reason. You can either upgrade your CPU with Broadwell-K or splurge on a full Skylake system in 2015, especially if you have RAM and a capable graphics card already.

I disagree. Who knows when Broadwell-K will be released and what performance edge it will have over 4790K? Skylake-K is probably even farther out.

 

[AtenRa]

If you keep your PC for 4-5 years, invest in Socket 2011-3 with a 6-core Haswell and DDR4(you dont have to get quad-channel from the start).

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

You might notice a slight performance boost with the new CPU!

 

[skipsneeky2]

These Intel i5/i7 chips are pretty much the best thing since sliced bread.A 3 1/2 year old i5 2500k still dominates games. Increment IPC per generation really has opened up longevity that is reaching that of the Q6600.Sad day when 65nm was shut down and the cheap Q6600 disappeared.

 

[Shamrock]

Buying a top of the line Haswell 16 or so months after this tech was first released makes Baby-Jesus cry. Instead make Father Chrismas proud and invest into a G3258 anniversary edition Pentium, which then you can relegate to file serving duties should performance be inadequate some years down the line.
With mainstream PCs being stuck with DDR3 and graphics cards stuck in a 5 year long 28nm process limbo, it's just a bad time to double down on CPU performance for no good reason. You can either upgrade your CPU with Broadwell-K or splurge on a full Skylake system in 2015, especially if you have RAM and a capable graphics card already.

Baby Jesus didn't cry one bit. I had considered a 5820k, until it was going to be $757 (using Newegg prices). I spent a total of $443.

If you keep your PC for 4-5 years, invest in Socket 2011-3 with a 6-core Haswell and DDR4(you dont have to get quad-channel from the start).

Just not in the budget. Not my intent for 5 years. Motorcycle go fast parts take priority.