SandyBridge to Haswell worth the money for futur proof build??

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Nomiinal

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Hello everyone, I have been thinking about upgrading for a while now until recently when my motherboard failed on me weeks ago. I currently have a 2600k and I have yet to even max it up with what I do(mostly gaming and video editing).So here I am now I was thinking about upgrading to haswell maybe a 4770k or similar and Im thinking about replacing my graphic card as well since its starting to show overheating issues and occasional hardware failure(6990) for a 980 as I want to go away from SLI\Crossfire due to often annoying bad drivers, graphical glitch and power comsumption.

Heres my question, considering all the advantages a haswell cpu\board can give like faster lanes for GPU and the actual life span of the Sandybridge is it worth it If I plan to upgrade my GPU Ram and motherboardat the same time?Is the faster PCI lanes 3.0 that better over the 2.0 for the newer cards? And how about the ram I have seen that only haswell support DDR4 memory. Note that I am the futurproofing kinda guy as well and Im not too computer savy either.So I really want to know if Investing more into sandy based platform is a good idea for the 3+ year to come or an upgrade is prefered. ps Excuse my english not my first language haha
 
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You have the opportunity to sell your (discontinued and rare) 2600k.

Might as well get the new Haswell chip and board. The main advantages over what you already have, are the new feature sets on the 9 series boards that allow you to take advantage of newer components like M2 SSD's, Sata Express, and a whole lot of other mumbo jumbo perks.

DDR4 support at the moment is only present on the X99 chipset motherboards. DDR4 is new and expensive and isn't that much better really.

No point buying the old 6/7 series motherboards.
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You have the opportunity to sell your (discontinued and rare) 2600k.

Might as well get the new Haswell chip and board. The main advantages over what you already have, are the new feature sets on the 9 series boards that allow you to take advantage of newer components like M2 SSD's, Sata Express, and a whole lot of other mumbo jumbo perks.

DDR4 support at the moment is only present on the X99 chipset motherboards. DDR4 is new and expensive and isn't that much better really.

No point buying the old 6/7 series motherboards.
 
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huilun02

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If you are currently without a computer, I don't suggest waiting.

The release date for the Broadwell chips have not been announced yet. Who knows it might even be delayed. You don't want to keep waiting.

When buying components you have to accept the fact that there is always something better in the works.
 
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He has a working computer. Read what he said. (No offense.) And Nomiinal ddr4 is not needed if you're just playing games and if you can wait a bit longer for the latest and greatest, I'll suggest that.

 
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Did he? Please quote.
 
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Oh I apologize m8.
 
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