Do I need to upgrade my CPU or should i wait a few more years.

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Brandon Hughes

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so i currently have a Intel Core i5 2320 quad core at 3.0Ghz. im looking at upgrading my motherboard so that i can get 2 graphics cards since the one i currently have is about 3 years old and only has 1 PCIeX16 slot.. im not sure if i should stick with my lga 1155 socket cpu or would it be worth my time and upgrade to the newer lga 1150 socket and get a new cpu at the same time. if it helps i will be getting 2x GTX 980 ti and 16gb of ram with the new motherboard i just want to know if the cpu is going to be a bottleneck seeing as most games now are not as demanding on the cpu as they are the GPU.
 
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With 2x 980ti, you are looking at a high end build. Just 1x 980ti is some serious graphical horsepower. You are looking at sli/dx12.1 motherboards, and you will need a z77, z87 or z97 mobo. Either one will cost $100+ for anything decent, with z97 costing upwards of $150. Current eBay prices on z77 boards with a 3570k/3770k are pretty much the same as lga 1150 equivalents. Should you stick with your i5? I'd say no. Many games are starting to have minimum recommend requirements of at least a 3.2GHz, and you'll find that while you have a quad core cpu, the L cache and other stuff that's short, will make a difference. There is a reason for the different cpus, and it's not just because of factory speeds.

Honestly, if you can afford 2x...
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With 2x 980ti, you are looking at a high end build. Just 1x 980ti is some serious graphical horsepower. You are looking at sli/dx12.1 motherboards, and you will need a z77, z87 or z97 mobo. Either one will cost $100+ for anything decent, with z97 costing upwards of $150. Current eBay prices on z77 boards with a 3570k/3770k are pretty much the same as lga 1150 equivalents. Should you stick with your i5? I'd say no. Many games are starting to have minimum recommend requirements of at least a 3.2GHz, and you'll find that while you have a quad core cpu, the L cache and other stuff that's short, will make a difference. There is a reason for the different cpus, and it's not just because of factory speeds.

Honestly, if you can afford 2x 980ti, you can afford the extra for lga 1150 and a 4790k to push them. And at 4.4GHz turbo, with HT enabled, when dx12/12.1 games finally do start to become more available, you'll be able to fully utilize both gpus and cpu.
 
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There's been future components coming out soon. Such as new CPU's with new architecture, Graphics cards such as AMD's 300 series, And dealing with consistently changes graphical features of video games. Right now I would say were on the verge of new components needing to be more common, such as DDR4 memory. I would wait to custom build around the end of the year.
 
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