4970K = $249.99 @ Microcenter (additional $20.00 off w/ mobo)

[RaistlinZ]

Microcenter has a sweet deal on the 4790K right now.

$249.99 in store price, plus an additional $20.00 off when purchased with a motherboard.

 

[mazeroth]

Still rocking an i5-2500k with R9 390 on my new 4K display. I will be getting an Oculus Rift when it launches for sim racing and know I'll need flawless 90 fps to make that thing shine. Think it's worth it to dump $350 on this chip with a new motherboard, and can probably recoup $100-$150 dumping this setup? I'll likely upgrade my GPU when the Oculus arrives.

 

[RussianSensation]

^ No.

You'll be spending $350 on a new CPU platform and let's say $400-650 on a new GPU. When taking into account the total parts upgrade cost, might as well get the newest architecture Skylake or go Broadwell E 6-core and overclock. Besides, we don't know the exact launch date or price of Oculus. Chances are Oculus will cost above $400. So if you start adding new platform + new GPU + Oculus kit, it will hardly make sense to save $100-150 when you will be spending more than a grand for an optimal Oculus experience. Since your CPU platform has close to bottomed out in resale value anyway, there isn't much disincentive to keep waiting until Oculus launches and evaluate a new platform upgrade. For instance, if Oculus launches Q4 2016, MicroCenter may have 6700K for $250-280 because it'll be superceded by KabyLake.