What makes you think there will be 8 core Haswells? Seems unlikely anything like that will happen on 22nm
I know there are benchmarks, I just want you qualitative feedback and want to know is it worth upgrading from an i7 970 six core to a 4930K six core? Or would I really be better waiting another year for an 8 core haswell?
Hmm? Haswell-E will be 8 core as a baseline, unlike prior E CPUs which were hexa core as a baseline.
Additionally, the X99 platform for Haswell-E will support DDR-4 and SATA express.
Anyway to answer the OP, the 4930k will definitely be a big jump for you. I say go for it.
Off by 2 cores there, it's going to be 6 as a baseline, unlike 4 as a baseline for sandy/ivy E. But yeah I have a 980X and I'm tempted by Haswell E, though regular Z87 or Z97 would probably be enough for me, and would let me go ITX...
I'm pretty sure that there are mITX enthusiast boards. no reason to believe that Haswell-E won't have some too.
