Should I go with Ivy Bridge or Wait for Haswell?

If you are waiting until next year anyway then why not wait. http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2012/2012071001_Launch_sc...

Yeah, if you are not going to build it until next year then you might as well wait for Haswell unless you need to wait more than 6 month and that money is burning a hole in your pocket.

Why go with ivy bridge when you are building it next year. Haswell is something I want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)

The Haswell will only have about 10% more processing power. Not enough to wait for especially since it will cost a premium for a few months. The internal graphics will be doubled in power, but still not enough for serious gaming. In short, don't wait for it.

No. I went Ivy and I won't consider upgrading until Broadwell and that is a big maybe. Intel won't increase raw grunt for 2 simple reasons:

- No competition. No point.
- Nothing really need a big CPU speed boost. When the next console gen finally comes out four modern cores (and maybe more) will be it. Ivy fits that, any improvements are meh for a long while.

If you buy Ivy now you are set for at least two years. Its very unlikely that will change.

I was able to grab a i7-3770k for $229 and the poster is right, when Haswell comes out, you'll pay a premium price for at least 6 months. I'm skipping over Haswell.