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New cpu to last 4 yrs.
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IntelEnthusiast
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The biggest question on finding a processor is what are you going to be doing with it? Not only now but for the next 4 years.
The Intel® Core™ i5-3570K and the Intel Core i7-3770K are good for both gaming and up to light video creation work. If you are going to be doing some heavy video or multi-media work than you may move up to the Intel Core i7-3930K and an X79 chipset based board.
The Intel® Core™ i5-3570K and the Intel Core i7-3770K are good for both gaming and up to light video creation work. If you are going to be doing some heavy video or multi-media work than you may move up to the Intel Core i7-3930K and an X79 chipset based board.
edogawa
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Difference between sandy bridge, ivy bridge, and haswell performance wise will be very minor excluding the iGPU performance, and power consumption.
Wait for haswell to come out it, which is soon I believe, and it will last you 4 years easily.
If you need a processor now, get a 3570k(this will last you 4 years easily too). An i5 is better for gaming. If your doing encoding or stuff that will utilize hyper-threading get an i7.
Wait for haswell to come out it, which is soon I believe, and it will last you 4 years easily.
If you need a processor now, get a 3570k(this will last you 4 years easily too). An i5 is better for gaming. If your doing encoding or stuff that will utilize hyper-threading get an i7.
haswell's version of an I5k... if you are talking about gaming...
Intel has this pattern on boost then fine tuning...Sandy was a boost, IB was fine tuning...I'd guess that Haswell would be a boost that should be fine for about 2-3 years. If you are talking about gaming that is you can kind of look at the specs of a PS4 and estimate from there...meaning that you should not expect a whole lot from games in the near term.
Intel has this pattern on boost then fine tuning...Sandy was a boost, IB was fine tuning...I'd guess that Haswell would be a boost that should be fine for about 2-3 years. If you are talking about gaming that is you can kind of look at the specs of a PS4 and estimate from there...meaning that you should not expect a whole lot from games in the near term.
jaguarskx
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It is difficult to predict how long a CPU will last you.
The main issue is your own expectations. The higher your expectations, the shorter the life span. If your expectations are excessively high, then you may even find that an OC'ed i7-4770k is too slow on the day it is released.
To me it is not worth spending money on a Sandy Bridge-E CPU. I'd rather simply buy Haswell now and then switch over to Skylake in 2015. Depending on which SB-E CPU you are referring to going the Haswell / Skylake route is likely less expensive.
If you want to stretch your $$$ as long as possible skip Ivy Bridge and just wait for Haswell. However, I do not believe the increase in performance will be much more than 6%; assuming the same clock speed.
The main issue is your own expectations. The higher your expectations, the shorter the life span. If your expectations are excessively high, then you may even find that an OC'ed i7-4770k is too slow on the day it is released.
To me it is not worth spending money on a Sandy Bridge-E CPU. I'd rather simply buy Haswell now and then switch over to Skylake in 2015. Depending on which SB-E CPU you are referring to going the Haswell / Skylake route is likely less expensive.
If you want to stretch your $$$ as long as possible skip Ivy Bridge and just wait for Haswell. However, I do not believe the increase in performance will be much more than 6%; assuming the same clock speed.
jaguarskx
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Nope. Intel sockets typically only have a 2 year life cycle for the "tick" and "tock" CPu. "Tick" refers to the CPU with a major architectural design change (Haswell). "Tock" refers to a refinement of the "tick" CPU, in this case that will be Broadwell in 2015.
Skylake is a future major architecture that is still under development. It will have it's own socket which Skymont (2017) will also use. Still buying Haswell + motherboard and Skylake + motherboard should cost less than Sandy Bridge-E and a LGA-2011 mobo depending on exactly which Sandy Bridge-E CPU you are referring to.
Skylake is a future major architecture that is still under development. It will have it's own socket which Skymont (2017) will also use. Still buying Haswell + motherboard and Skylake + motherboard should cost less than Sandy Bridge-E and a LGA-2011 mobo depending on exactly which Sandy Bridge-E CPU you are referring to.
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