Should i upgrade? (i5 650)

[HURRIC4NE]

I have a i5 650 and MSI P55 Fuzion motherboard, i do a lot of website development (both front and back end), i sometimes do some video editing and i also do A LOT of graphics editing on photoshop and illustrator

my system works fine right now, but it can get stuck up at times, i'm using an SSD that is supposed to get over 500mbps with sata3 connection to the motherboard but i'm currently downgraded to Sata2 (apparantly my motherboard has better HD speeds with sata2, blame it on a marvell controler)

i also do A LOT of gaming, running a 7850 always in the highest settings on games with the 1080P resolution (playing almost all graphic intense games)

i have a history with GTA series kicking my ass when it comes to graphics power, i think my 7850 might be good with handling GTA 5 (hopefully)

i guess what i'm asking for is that with all the requirements above, should i upgrade to a more modern sandy/ivy ? or wait for haswell which could have significant improvements?

keep in mind i do a little bit of overclocking, as of currently i'm only pumping out 4.0 stable in my system with an H100 (could do 4.7 but too much work with the voltage adjustment, and not always stable)

please let me know on what to do , black friday is comming up so i might be able to have it good

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If you can hold out till haswell, that'd be great. If you feel like your rig is sluggish then upgrade.

 

[Denithor]

Kinda depends on your games and exact workload.

Your current i5 650 @ 4GHz isn't exactly a slouch but it is only a dual-core processor. Many games today and lots of software run smoother on quads.

However, if you can just hold out for another six months...you'll get a shiny new architecture and lower power consumption for your cash versus buying today. And keep in mind, today's motherboards won't be compatible with Haswell (different socket).

Or, if you just can't wait - pick up an i5 750 on eBay for around $100-120. Overclock to 3-4GHz and you'll cruise until Haswell launches.