i7-2600k on Z77 worth it?

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Jerrad McLeod

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I'm debating on buying a Z77 board for my i7-2600k. I understand I will not be able to run PCI-E 3.0 cards with the 2600k...but my question is, is it worth it to invest in a Z77 if i'm looking to upgrade the CPU and cards within a year? Or will there be exponentially better hardware out at that time to just start over?
 
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It isn't worth it. By the time you upgrade, socket 1155 will be long gone. The most you'll be able to upgrade to is a 3770k, which will be 2 generations behind by then. Upgrade everything when the time comes.
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It isn't worth it. By the time you upgrade, socket 1155 will be long gone. The most you'll be able to upgrade to is a 3770k, which will be 2 generations behind by then. Upgrade everything when the time comes.
 
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FYI the above is the real answer.

Unless you need something on the motherboard that your current chipset doesn't support (I'm assuming you have a 6 series chipset as already running a 2600k) you will, at best, see a 10% performance increase from a newer Mobo.


With an upgrade planned for in a year or two anyways, a haswell based CPU gains about 30% improvement (same clock speed) over a sandy bridge based part. Broadwell (next main release) will likely see another 10-15% gain. Thus save the ~$150 from a new mobo now and it will basically pay for the new mobo when you upgrade the CPU.
 
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