CPU upgrade help- Intel?

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Andreas414

Andreas414

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Hey,
I've been looking to upgrade my desktop's CPU for a few months now, but was holding out for Haswell to launch. I currently have a Phenom II 1605T (a 960T with 2 extra unlocked cores,) and I've been running into bottlenecking when one or two cores max out in games. I was thinking I'd switch to Intel since they generally offer better per-core performance, but I was wondering which CPU would be the best choice. 3570K, 3770K, 4670K and 4770K all seem decent, but I'm not sure if paying more for hyperthreading is worthwhile. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Also, my current GPU is a Gigabyte 7870; I might crossfire a second at some point if it wouldn't introduce more CPU-side bottlenecks.
 
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4670K, might as well drop a few more dollars for the K model...The 3570K and 1155 is still a great platform, OCs better and less heat....On the 1150, by the time Broadwell comes out, the 1150 mobos (if it ends up on 1150, will be running DDR4, so ther is no real future proofing as all talk about....for a build today I'd go 3570K and a mid mobo like my Rock Z77 Extreme 4, it takes all I throw at it (which is plenty) I already have about 15 Haswell builds in (4670K and 4770K and I'm not that impressed, other than they can handle higher freq DRAM), planning one with either 2800 or 3000 sticks but will be more for support than production
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Right now both micro center and newegg doing combo deals on newer 4xxx CPU. With the haswell CPU and mb you be able to with a bios update drop in a Broadwell CPU when they drop. The 1155 mb are a dead slot and I would spend the few extra bucks for a newer mb.
 
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4670K, might as well drop a few more dollars for the K model...The 3570K and 1155 is still a great platform, OCs better and less heat....On the 1150, by the time Broadwell comes out, the 1150 mobos (if it ends up on 1150, will be running DDR4, so ther is no real future proofing as all talk about....for a build today I'd go 3570K and a mid mobo like my Rock Z77 Extreme 4, it takes all I throw at it (which is plenty) I already have about 15 Haswell builds in (4670K and 4770K and I'm not that impressed, other than they can handle higher freq DRAM), planning one with either 2800 or 3000 sticks but will be more for support than production
 
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Thanks for the responses. Sorry I didn't mention initially, but I'd like to stay away from overclocking if possible. It's something I'd be willing to look into at some point, but I need this rig to be stable above all. The i5s do seem to be better options, as I don't do enough video editing or other multitasking to justify the extra money for hyperthreading. In terms of stock performance, would I see enough of a benefit with the 4670 to justify the extra cost compared to the 3570? I'm not too concerned about futureproofing the platform since it'll be time for a new mobo by the time I upgrade the CPU again if I can help it. Thanks
 
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zightbaoe

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In gaming pretty much all of those cpus will be fine. Unless your going to be doing video editing also I would just get a cheaper one without hyper threading. As long as its quad core and 3ghz more your good for gaming. You probably get 15% better with haswell for probably 1.5 times the money its really not worth it. Also heres a link to a different discussion which may help. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1681161/3570k-3770k-4770k-4670k.html
 
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