Any reason to step up from a 3770k?

Nicker1320 · Nov 22, 2013

I am about to build my wife a pc and do some upgrading to mine. The plan is to move mine to a new case so I can fit aftermarket cooling and to add two new GPUs or just SLI my current GTX660ti. My wife doesn't game all that heavy so I will probably put one of the more budget friendly i5 series in hers and build a good budget gaming pc in my old case. I am debating ordering myself a new mobo and upgrading my processor as well, but in all honesty I don't feel like I am even pushing my current CPU as it is. So I guess what I'm wondering is, with the new generation of consoles coming out and more and more games actually being able to take advantage of the higher end CPUs, will I really get enough of a performance gain to warrant replacing a 3770k at this point?

CTurbo · Nov 22, 2013

Now way! Not for several more years at least.

Supahos · Nov 22, 2013

Nope, if you just want to build yourself a new rig you can do a 4770k/Z87 build but don't do it for current improvement, just to give her a better computer up front. There is no FPS related benchmarks I've seen that show any improvement from Ivy to haswell that would matter. You're good to go for a while.

Nicker1320 · Nov 22, 2013

Maybe I'll spend a few extra bucks and put the same chip in her pc as well, I've been really happy with the performance so far and if I can get it for a few more bucks over the i5 not really any reason not to do it. Might even spring for a slight mobo upgrade, and hook her up with my current one.

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