- May 3, 2011
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My dad mentioned how his computer is dying on him, so I offered to build him one with spare parts I've got lying around. The only thing I'm missing is a mobo and CPU, which got me thinking; if I were to sell my Z68 and 2500k to him and spend the money to offset an upgrade to Z87+4670k, would it be worth the hassle? I've heard conflicting things about Haswell vs Sandy, some saying it's a minor difference in gaming performance clock for clock, while Haswell doesn't OC as well either, and others seem to think it is a worthwhile upgrade.
I'm in the process of researching for a monitor (1440p) and GPU (probably a 290) upgrade as well, so this would basically end up being a total update of the 'vital' components (GPU, mobo, CPU). My original plan was to wait for Broadwell before upgrading the platform, but if the performance delta between Haswell and Broadwell is the same as between SB -> IB -> HW, that really doesn't compel me to wait around for it.
I guess it basically comes down to 'what can I expect of Broadwell performance', which is all speculation, but still, I was hoping for some general insight as well
Thanks!
I'm in the process of researching for a monitor (1440p) and GPU (probably a 290) upgrade as well, so this would basically end up being a total update of the 'vital' components (GPU, mobo, CPU). My original plan was to wait for Broadwell before upgrading the platform, but if the performance delta between Haswell and Broadwell is the same as between SB -> IB -> HW, that really doesn't compel me to wait around for it.
I guess it basically comes down to 'what can I expect of Broadwell performance', which is all speculation, but still, I was hoping for some general insight as well
Thanks!
