Sticking with i7 920 for one more year. Smart Idea?

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So I'm wanting to do upgrades to my current gaming PC and the key components to upgrade are my GPU which is a GTX 460 768MB. I'm looking to get a GTX 770 2GB an SSD and OC my CPU with an air cooler. My goal is to ensure that my PC remains viable at least until Haswell-E or Skylake launches, at which point I"ll do a full Mobo/CPU/RAM upgrade. So I hope all in all its a good investment.
 
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Since good gaming depends more on the graphics card than the cpu, I think a GTX770 upgrade is a good idea, and a nice improvement.
i7-920 can be given a modest oc without much trouble.

Few games use more than 2-3 cores so a 6 core Haswell-E is not likely to be a big improvement.

If, after the gpu upgrade, you feel that you are cpu limited, then I would go ahead and upgrade to a 4670K. That should be sufficient to run any graphics configuration you might have in the future.

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Since good gaming depends more on the graphics card than the cpu, I think a GTX770 upgrade is a good idea, and a nice improvement.
i7-920 can be given a modest oc without much trouble.

Few games use more than 2-3 cores so a 6 core Haswell-E is not likely to be a big improvement.

If, after the gpu upgrade, you feel that you are cpu limited, then I would go ahead and upgrade to a 4670K. That should be sufficient to run any graphics configuration you might have in the future.

 
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