Okay. This question has been asked millions of time but I figured I would go over what my primary usage habits are. Currently I am running a 3570k with 16GB of 1600 RAM and a 7950 Radeon. Here are my primary appications in use:
VMware running multiple operating systems for school and home.
1080p Media also streaming to my living room LCD (a lot of times when I'm currently working on my desktop and my GF or kids want to watch something that I've downloaded).
Minor video editing.
Gaming at 1920x1080 where I prefer at LEAST 60 FPS as there are a few games I play that are actually CPU intensive and seems to be a bottleneck for my 7950 even when 3570k is OC'd to 4.8GHz.
Data transfers back and forth between all devices (mainly all of my computers on my home network).
I have looked at the 3770k yet I know that this is the end of the line for the 1155 socket and would like to have a path for upgrade within the next year or so.
The 4770k doesn't seem like it's going to be a major improvement in terms of speed.
The 3820 looks to be good enough for now as I understand that the Ivy Bridge-E will "eventually" have a release by the end of this year. I'm so torn as I've been adding and removing items from my shopping cart. So right now it's a matter of going with the extra threads on the 3770k, wait for the Haswell procs or jump to the 2011 platform with the 3820 for a starting CPU.
VMware running multiple operating systems for school and home.
1080p Media also streaming to my living room LCD (a lot of times when I'm currently working on my desktop and my GF or kids want to watch something that I've downloaded).
Minor video editing.
Gaming at 1920x1080 where I prefer at LEAST 60 FPS as there are a few games I play that are actually CPU intensive and seems to be a bottleneck for my 7950 even when 3570k is OC'd to 4.8GHz.
Data transfers back and forth between all devices (mainly all of my computers on my home network).
I have looked at the 3770k yet I know that this is the end of the line for the 1155 socket and would like to have a path for upgrade within the next year or so.
The 4770k doesn't seem like it's going to be a major improvement in terms of speed.
The 3820 looks to be good enough for now as I understand that the Ivy Bridge-E will "eventually" have a release by the end of this year. I'm so torn as I've been adding and removing items from my shopping cart. So right now it's a matter of going with the extra threads on the 3770k, wait for the Haswell procs or jump to the 2011 platform with the 3820 for a starting CPU.