Ivy bridge, worth the wait?

[Oropher]

Hello, I was planning on building my first computer this coming sunday with a 2500k on a z68 chipset but then I saw that the third gen intel CPUs (might) be out April 29. I'm curious what people think on if I should wait it out on this build for ivy bridge or just stick to my plan of using the 2500k for my PC.

I could see the second gen CPUs dropping in price or else I could just grab one of the third gens when they come out. Otherwise I just do my build as is on the 2500k and stop using this 5 year old dell laptop in 4 days instead of waiting till after April 29th.

Once again, just curious what people think. Thanks in advance.

 

[jimmysmitty]

More than likely the current gen Intel CPUs wont drop in price and if they do, it wont be by much.

I say go for it. The 2500K is a great CPU (I have one) and overall IB only looks to give 10-15% better performance.

Plus the IB CPUs will probably be price gouged for the first few months as most retailers like to do.

 

[Oropher]

Perfect. Patience is not my strong suit anyway. Thanks a lot!

 

[scottiemedic]

Instant gratification now and if IVB is just FAR superior, you have a Z68 board that will more than likely be IVB compatible...

 

[neon neophyte]

iv barely outperforms sb (if at all)

it has a better gpu
it uses a little less power
it performs about the same

 

[Oropher]

Yeah I'll just upgrade to an IB down the line when I feel like using the PCIe 3.0 that will be on my motherboard. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Oropher]

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