Took the Haswell Leap

[Maximilian]

What socket will that be? 2011? Whole new chipset required, etc?

I'll admit it... I get an evil grin thinking about one. :twisted:

X99 chipset (I think) on socket 2011-3, DDR4 memory needed as well.

Yeah all new stuff!

 

[coolpurplefan]

Hmm. I've used around 300-310 AsRock boards for 1155/1150 now, and am at less than a 1% failure rate. I build 3-4 a week, sometimes more. It's honestly one of the lowest failure rates I've seen, memory I see closer to 3% bad (including a huge group of unstable Corsair of all things, Vengeance 1600/1866 that they replaced quickly).

Some vendors unscrupulously repack used boards though, but the ones I get out of the OEM cases are absolutely rock solid.

Have you used the Asrock Fatal1ty H87 Performance? If so, do you know which RAM is compatible?

X99 chipset (I think) on socket 2011-3, DDR4 memory needed as well.

Yeah all new stuff!

I don't know if the rumors are true but there may be a chance builders will need new power supplies as well.

 

[Slomo4shO]

I wouldn't exactly call it a leap, maybe a small step backwards followed by an eventual step forward which may leave you a small step ahead of your starting position :whiste:

 

[onelivinlarge]

:whiste: Sits back and waits for the bottom falling out of the 2011 market....... :ninja: then i will swoop in and grab me a hex core and good board for the cheap

 

[Lisathedinosaur]

With that CPU and cooler, you will be able to turn that 3.4Ghz Core i5-4670k to 4.0Ghz easily. 4.4Ghz will be pushing it without 16GB or memory.

 

[ehume]

With that CPU and cooler, you will be able to turn that 3.4Ghz Core i5-4670k to 4.0Ghz easily. 4.4Ghz will be pushing it without 16GB or memory.

Why is so much memory needed?

 

[PliotronX]

Why is so much memory needed?

So I can use that Hyper-V in Windows 8 and virtualize a better OS 😀

 

[ehume]

So I can use that Hyper-V in Windows 8 and virtualize a better OS 😀

Whew! I thought you were saying something about overclockability in general. I was envisioning myself having to go out and buy more RAM.

 

[PliotronX]

Whew! I thought you were saying something about overclockability in general. I was envisioning myself having to go out and buy more RAM.

lol I think 8GB is the sweet spot, easy density to overclock and plays anything available. I only upgraded to 16GB seriously because I leave eleventy tabs open across three browser windows and like a dozen Word documents while encoding videos and transcoding on Plex Media Server and getting my frag on.

 

[exar333]

I wouldn't exactly call it a leap, maybe a small step backwards followed by an eventual step forward which may leave you a small step ahead of your starting position :whiste:

Actually, I would consider 2 mores at a similar (or higher speed), 20% better IPC AND likely less power usage fantastic for what I need. Actually pretty excited, and it will be a decent upgrade after almost 3 years.

 

[FaceToKeyboard]

Nice! I'm hopping on the bandwagon, too! My Maximus VI Impact should be arriving next week, ready to receive my 4670k... Viciously cute.

 

[Dave3000]

I currently own a system with an i7-4930k. I run it at stock settings. I did have an i7-4770k last year for about 2 days before returning it because it would reach 83 c with a Hyper 212 Evo with the stock Evo fan replaced with a BladeMaster fan which I found cools slightly better than the stock Evo fan, and during Intel Burn Test it would reach 100 c with the stock cooler and then when it hit 100 c within 30 seconds and throttled to 3.5 from 3.7 GHz while staying at 100 c. Also the fan ran louder with the 4770k than my 4930k during Intel Burn Test. If it ran cooler I would have kept it. I don't care for overclocking. Does the 4771 run cooler than the 4770k? I mainly game on my PC. I do plan on buying Watchdogs and Thief. Am I better off selling my GTX 680 and buying a GTX 780 ti (reference clocked and cooling) than switching to an i7-4771 and keeping my GTX 680? I already have a 512GB SSD, so I've covered as far as drive performance is concerned.

 

[Makaveli]

Actually, I would consider 2 mores at a similar (or higher speed), 20% better IPC AND likely less power usage fantastic for what I need. Actually pretty excited, and it will be a decent upgrade after almost 3 years.

i'm in the same boat as you boss but my jump will be even larger.

its going to be like 35%+ IPC increase 2 more cores SATA 3 or Express.

Will be 5 years for me since my original build date is Oct 2009.

Can't wait!