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I'm kinda unsure about the current hardware line up from intel. I've been thinking about building a gaming computer but I'm not sure if the new haswell is worth the time. I currently have an i5 760, 8gb of g skill ram, an asus p7p55d-e pro mobo and an evga gtx 560ti video card. Will a haswell build based of the i5 4670 but I huge upgrade or am I better off doing something to improve my current build? I play games like world of Warcraft, dota 2, league of legends and battlefield 4. I don't know just looking for an opinion before I decide to spend a bunch of cash. Thank you.
 
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The i5-760 is not that bad. Even if the GTX 770 won't work at its best with it, it still will be a big improvement over the 560 ti.

And of course you can replace the MB and CPU later, if you see the CPU at 100% a lot in Task Manager.

If you do decide for a MB/CPU upgrade, I'd say go for i5-4670k and some Z87 or H87 board. The LGA2011 boards are perfect for multiple GPUs and/or 6-core CPUs, but they cost more.
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Would the cpu bottleneck the 770? thats one thing ive considered but i worried that perhaps id be spending money on a gpu that wont be able to perform to its potential. money for a new build isnt an issue. id prob sped 1400-1500CDN tops bit i mean if i could get away with just making improvements to my current setup id be alright doing that as well. i will look at the article you posted. Thank you
 
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if you're willing to "go big" then how about LGA2011 stuff? the mobo/cpu will cost more than haswell but ought to have quite a bit more power and bandwidth to handle a bunch of stuff down the road. once you get past the mobo/cpu, everything else costs the same as for haswell, so really not all that bad (not like you need ECC ram and FirePro cards)
 
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the lga2011 hardware is currently going to push me way out of my budget. cheapest mobo i see on newegg is 250 bucks. im not going to do any large amount of overclocking. i was more or less just wondering if i am gonna see a nice difference between what i currently have and a haswell build thats all. id be all for the gpu upgrade but i am concerned about bottlenecking it.
 
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The i5-760 is not that bad. Even if the GTX 770 won't work at its best with it, it still will be a big improvement over the 560 ti.

And of course you can replace the MB and CPU later, if you see the CPU at 100% a lot in Task Manager.

If you do decide for a MB/CPU upgrade, I'd say go for i5-4670k and some Z87 or H87 board. The LGA2011 boards are perfect for multiple GPUs and/or 6-core CPUs, but they cost more.
 
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