Build new system now or wait? (Upcoming CPUs/GPUs?)

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Joey249

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So ive been saving up for the last couple months to build my first computer, now that I finally have enough money im confused whether to buy now or wait for the upcoming new GPUs / CPUs.

Does anyone have any information about the new GPU's/CPU's? I havnt really looked into them that much since all I can find are rumours and not any concrete information/facts about them.
Skylake, 980ti(is the 980ti guarantied to be more expensive than the original 980?), AMD's 390 i think?, and then theres Zen that I heard of, from what i seen on threads its suppose to have 16 true cores which im not really to sure what to think of since from what I know AMD usually has lower quality cores than Intel.

Does anybody have any idea of the release dates? Ill try to hold off a little but if they're not scheduled for release for another couple months then theres not much point of me holding off a couple weeks especially since ive been using this current laptop for about 5-6 years and starting to blue screen quite a bit which makes me think its on its way out.

So im hoping to keep the budget at about €1500(which is what the below build costs) BUT if its worthwhile waiting for these new upcoming CPU's / GPU's with a big performance boost I think I would increase the budget to €1600 depending on the actual speed increase, does anybody have any ideas of what these new CPU's / GPU's will cost? Do they normally cost alot more upon release and gradually decrease after a few weeks?

Build I was saving for:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.29 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.98 @ OutletPC)

Thanks for any feedback.
 
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The build you have here is high end already, and will last you about 4 years before you will need to upgrade something because your getting less then 40 fps on high or med graphics, as far as waiting for releases, Its going tp be a few months, maybe longer I would suggest going with the build you have you now, 100 is not going to make any difference in performance when it comes to buying a just released part. Another aspect to consider is when a new part is firsy released, the manufacturers want premium and often times there are bugs with compatibility and drivers issues which means you may not be able to play to the fullest that your system can perform until a year from now, assuming ot takes a few months for release, a couple months...
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The build you have here is high end already, and will last you about 4 years before you will need to upgrade something because your getting less then 40 fps on high or med graphics, as far as waiting for releases, Its going tp be a few months, maybe longer I would suggest going with the build you have you now, 100 is not going to make any difference in performance when it comes to buying a just released part. Another aspect to consider is when a new part is firsy released, the manufacturers want premium and often times there are bugs with compatibility and drivers issues which means you may not be able to play to the fullest that your system can perform until a year from now, assuming ot takes a few months for release, a couple months for the price to drop a bit, and a few months to het the bugs fixed.

For your current build, your cpu cooler is a nice cooler, but think of the weight on that thing and how crucial it may be moving it, since it will be on its side? With very little support. There is a reason that watercooling was invented, OIwould suggest going with watercooling and playing it safe in the long run.
 
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+1 for the SSD + HDD config.

If it were up to me, I'd go ahead and and buy what you have selected.

Do yourself and your CPU a favor and swap that massive heatsink for a sleek watercooled system. Corsair makes a decent solution there.
 
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If you have to ask if you should wait for next gen, stride carefully, as you will become the type to upgrade every new generation. Every new generation that comes out will only offer marginal performance benefits, aside from power consumption. My two main setups are the following:

AMD 8320
16 gb Corsair Vengeance
ASUS 7870
Thermaltake 750 psu gold rated
ASUS crap motherboard
some kind of hd
(I built this 2.5 years ago)

My current system:
4790k
MSI GTX 980
MSI Gaming 7
Kingston 250 SSD 2x raid 0
XLR 8 SSD
and a few 7200 hds
16 gb corsair veng
Thermaltake 750 gold rated

Guess what? At 1080, I notice little difference between the 2 systems. The only differences that I notice are timing in application processes in autodesk and adobe softwares, but they are marginal but significant enough for me to waste more money. In gaming? nothing- maybe an advantage in physx, but it's nothing to spend extra money on unless you have it.

Drop the noctua fan. Get the evo 212. Drop the hero, get either the MSI or Gigabyte Gaming 7. They're just better motherboards. Hell, don't get either. Get a Gaming 3 or 5 instead. You're not going to use the 7 or hero to their max. Dream on. You can get a better or on par psu for less with thermaltake. With the money saved, get a gtx 980.

I've bought many different brands and tiers. They're all marketing ploys. My 8320 runs on an asus mobo that costed me $40. It's still going strong. I just can't overclock with it.
 
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What's up with all this hate on air cooling and especially Noctua? It's a beast of a cooling solution and it has many times performed better than some liquid coolers. It's weight is not a con because that's why there is a bracket behind the mobo. To hold it. The NH-U14S is very good. Got a 4690k on 4.7Ghz stable with it in low temps.
 
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