4790k vs 2600k

Mayson620

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Lately I've been looking to upgrade my rig a bit since it's about 4 years old. I've settled on most parts and all that's left is the CPU.

Currently I have a 2600k and I was wondering if it's worth the 450$ish (cpu+mobo) to upgrade to 4790k. Is the performance improvement big enough to justify the cost? Or should I wait another year or so for the next gen of CPUs.
 
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On average we are looking at a 10% improvement in performance and some new features on the motherboard. is the CPU performance worth it? That would be up to you. Although most of the Speed improvement would be from the 4790K's 200Mhz higher base clock speed. As most of the architectural improvements between Sandy Bridge and Haswell are more focused on lower Power consumption for better battery life and lower heat on mobile devices.

The bigger changes to me would be the Z97 chipset which if you are coming from a Z68 chipset would give you 4 more Sata 6 ports and 6 USB 3.0 ports from the Chipset itself compared to 2 and none.

NOTE: Based on the way things are going if we are going to see any major improvements in CPU power it likely...

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On average we are looking at a 10% improvement in performance and some new features on the motherboard. is the CPU performance worth it? That would be up to you. Although most of the Speed improvement would be from the 4790K's 200Mhz higher base clock speed. As most of the architectural improvements between Sandy Bridge and Haswell are more focused on lower Power consumption for better battery life and lower heat on mobile devices.

The bigger changes to me would be the Z97 chipset which if you are coming from a Z68 chipset would give you 4 more Sata 6 ports and 6 USB 3.0 ports from the Chipset itself compared to 2 and none.

NOTE: Based on the way things are going if we are going to see any major improvements in CPU power it likely won't happen until 2016. Intels next architecture doesn't seem like it will offer a decent improvement in speed. AMD on the otherhand is rumored to be dumping the Bulldozer architecture for a new one rumored to be slated for late 2015 (probable 2016 release).
 
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no mate i would wait on the next die shrink before upgrading the cpu. the performance gains are marginal especially when you oc the 2600k.
there has been little in the way of progress from intel since the 2600k was released. performance across the intel i7 lifetime have only gone up 30% and 20% of that was gained between the 1s and second gen.
to give your system a new lease of life consider a new gfx card rather than a cpu/mobo/ram combo, you will get more of a performance return for your money. (consider sli if you already have an sli motherboard with a decent gpu already installed. even if its 2 years+ old the 660ti 670 and 680's are still cards worthy of sli consideration)