Keep Haswell-E, go Broadwell-E or wait for Zen/Skylake-X?

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Hello, u can see my specs below, but i'm worried about performance balance, new technologies like usb 3.1, full led custom, or cpu performance.

Sooo thats it, its worth to go for the new broadwell-E? Upgrade my x99 mb for a new one? Or wait for an am4-zen cpu or an x1** skylake-X?

And i'm worried about my ddr4 ram to, since ripjaws V and Trident Z are the new g.skill cutting edge memory.

So i want some advices about this... Thanks :>
 
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I find the more simple (read: less expensive) boards are typically less problematic. I've had far fewer problems out of $50 boards than with premium ones.

Regarding Broadwell, expect a ~5% IPC gain, a ~5% reduction in max overclock, and slightly less power consumption at stock speeds (but not overcocked). Skylake will be another 5%, though likely without the clockspeed penalty.
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Kenneth Barker

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You have no logical reason to upgrade at all.

Just OC the CPU a bit (You could easily hit 4GHz +) The 5820K is still a monster chip that performs plenty well.

Broadwell-E will not be worth your money for the upgrade, and nobody really knows what Zen or Skylake-E will bring yet.

Definitely wait. You still have one of the fastest Desktop CPUs on the market
 
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Will be worth if i change the gigabyte mobo? Cuz this mb have some issues, bios problems, startups problems and missing fan controller... Just thinking to sell this mb to get an msi and get usb 3.1 or rgb lighting, i dont use wifi too~
 
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It is certainly up to you how you want to spend your money. I personally would wait for the next month or so to see what might be coming to the table. You may want to sell the Intel CPU and jump to AMD Zen.

If you MB is really that problematic, certainly fix it. But I personally would try to claim warranty of the board if its being a problem. Or wait to see what a possible new release my get me before making a choice. You may find that Zen doesn't interest you, in which case you can still safely spend on a MB upgrade. I am using an MSI Gaming Pro Carbon, and I love it.
 
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Its a good MB. It has its own annoyances. Mainly software related (everything these days rely on a bunch of proprietary software to be running for features to work) but it looks good, run nicely, and I have no major complaints thus far
 
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Im thinking about the first msi mb, just for the usb 3.1 part, and yeah, brands, my gpu is an msi brand.

And an critical probles is that i definetively unable to overclock my cpu, any voltage, or clock change may ressult in a crash, every change in the bios makes the system crash, even changing fan speed all the system crashes and shut down, its annoying :(
 
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I find the more simple (read: less expensive) boards are typically less problematic. I've had far fewer problems out of $50 boards than with premium ones.

Regarding Broadwell, expect a ~5% IPC gain, a ~5% reduction in max overclock, and slightly less power consumption at stock speeds (but not overcocked). Skylake will be another 5%, though likely without the clockspeed penalty.
 
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If then, even. Typically you won't even be able to perceive less than a 25% difference, which you're not likely to see for 4-5 generations. Skylake is 4 generations newer than Sandy Bridge, and it's only just now being commonly considered a worthwhile upgrade.
 
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