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New build or wait?

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Erazor51

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My current spec:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.42ghz
Gigabyte X38 DQ6
4GB OCZ 800mhz CL4
AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 6970
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB
2x WD Raptor X
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty CS
Enermax Galaxy 1000W DXX

I was hoping to upgrade to Ivy Bridge but after checking the reviews I think I'm better off upgrading to 2700K.

I would like to know if it will be worth upgrading to 2700K or if I should just wait for Haswell since that will require a new socket?

Thanks
 
What do you do that your current CPU doesn't handle well enough? I.e. are you looking for better gaming performance or something else?
 
I am looking for better gaming performance. I game @ 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF. Will upgrading the system make a huge difference or should I just wait?
 
Erazor51 said:
My current spec:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.42ghz
Gigabyte X38 DQ6
4GB OCZ 800mhz CL4
AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 6970
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB
2x WD Raptor X
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty CS
Enermax Galaxy 1000W DXX

I was hoping to upgrade to Ivy Bridge but after checking the reviews I think I'm better off upgrading to 2700K.

I would like to know if it will be worth upgrading to 2700K or if I should just wait for Haswell since that will require a new socket?

Thanks
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What can't your rig handle?
A jump to a 2700K would be a nice boost but I bet a jump from a OC q6600 to a futureware proc + new platform in 12 months would be stupefying.

(I recently tossed and turned over the same question since I'm running a q9550@ 3.4ghz + GTX570. I'm going to wait until gaming on it becomes unsatisfying so I will likely skip IB...but that's just me)
 
pauldun170 said:
What can't your rig handle?
A jump to a 2700K would be a nice boost but I bet a jump from a OC q6600 to a futureware proc + new platform in 12 months would be stupefying.

(I recently tossed and turned over the same question since I'm running a q9550@ 3.4ghz + GTX570. I'm going to wait until gaming on it becomes unsatisfying so I will likely skip IB...but that's just me)
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I am not able to play some games on max settings @ 1920x1200 but i think im going to wait for Haswell since that requires a new socket and I don't want to be stuck on what will become an old socket in 12 months if I was to upgrade to 2700K.

Thanks for the replies guys.
 
I think you made the right call. If you're going to make the jump at this point, you might as well wait for the next-generation architecture. Ivy is basically just a refresh of Sandy.
 
Agree, waiting is a good idea. Q6600 is still alright for gaming.

Besides, for gaming, upgrading to a hyperthreaded quadcore would be a waste. A non-hyperthreaded quad will achieve the same results because games aren't heavily multithreaded. So if you were to upgrade, it'd be 2500K or 3570K.
 
50/50 really. I am running the same cpu but not overclocked and it handels things fine still. Going to a 2500/2600/2700 should be about doubling of performance (CPU processing power) from all the reading I have done. A good boost but when the next socket comes out, the performance increase will not be much more again (10%?).

Of course, not upgrading because of a new socket in 12 months is a little silly really seeing as you are using a socket that is getting very long in the tooth and it has proberly not caused massive issues since buying it.

at the end of the day it comes down to do you need to upgrade yet? I say that as a lot of games are console ports in nature and the GPU can be more important than the CPU. The games that need CPU are of a type you did not mention if you play, so we can only guess in that area.

Only reasons I can think of to upgrade is a short list with "because I can" is in the top 5. Another is "it's newer".

So since buying the current system, upgrades have been raptors (600GB to replace a original 74GB), WD Black for storage (replacing WD Blue), a 80GB SSD, replaced a few months ago with a 256GB one) and a new video card (gtx570 a year ago replacing the original 8800GT).

What I would like the faster processor for (video encoding) is not done all that often, and when it was, I suspect drive limitions for some of the long processing times.
 
lehtv said:
Agree, waiting is a good idea. Q6600 is still alright for gaming.

Besides, for gaming, upgrading to a hyperthreaded quadcore would be a waste. A non-hyperthreaded quad will achieve the same results because games aren't heavily multithreaded. So if you were to upgrade, it'd be 2500K or 3570K.
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I agree. A Core 2 Quad at 3.4GHz is nothing to sneeze at in terms of gaming performance. Take a look at the comparison here, keeping in mind that your CPU is a little faster than the QX9770. The QX9770 is pretty much toe to toe with the i5 2500K still. There is a chance that your CPU is actually throttling itself, so you're not getting the full 3.4Ghz under load, but that's not hugely probably IMHO.

Overall, your system is pretty potent, but if you insist on 4x AA and 16x AF at 1920x1200 in all games, you really need a dual-GPU setup.
 
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