Is it worth the money to upgrade from X 58 to X 79?

dbenintendi

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I am currently running the Sabertooth X58 with a I-7 950 and am able to upgrade but I am wondering am I going to get that much of a performance boost while gaming. Mainly shooter games and I'm thinking the Sabertooth 2011 socket. What would be the best $500 to $600 purchase i could make to "futureize" my system for games to come?
My wife needs a new computer so she will be getting the X58 set up.
.Any advise would be most helpful and I have the rest of my specs below.

Asus 770
24 gb Kingston Hyper-X tri channel 1600
too much I know
850 wt psu
Want to get a ssd but have a fast hhd

I'm sure you have more questions but thanks for the help

 
There is no point. just upgrade to an i5 4670k and a z87 motherboard. T his will be a nice improvement and you could add another 770 with the saved money for WAY better gaming performance. This is the correct way to go about it unless you do professional video rendering or encoding.
 

dbenintendi

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What about the lack of SLI supported games?
 

dbenintendi

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I play all the new demanding shooter games. If I go to a 770 SLI system should I even change motherboards or stay with my X58 950 setup?