The PC i'm planning on building will be based on a Intel i5 4570 and I want to start building in late March or early April. My question is do I wait for the Haswell Refresh (something like the upcoming i5 4590), or do I just stick with the old one. It seems performance increase will be minimal and I'm not sure I: A) want to wait an extra (possibly) 2-3 months and B) think that wait is worth it. Another thing to consider is the expected GeForce 800 series in Q2 2014, as I am currently set on the EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 760 2GB, and again want opinions on whether the wait will be worth it.
Thanks in advance!
CURRENT BUILD SET FOR MARCH-APRIL 2014:
o CPU: Intel Core i5 4570 (3.2 GHz) QUAD CORE 84W
o MOTHERBOARD: ASRock H87M Pro4
o RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 (2x4GB)
o Graphics Card: EVGA Superclocked GeForce GTX 760 2GB
o SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO 120GB Solid State Drive (for fast OS and maybe a program or 2)
o Hard Drive: Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 64MB Cache (7200 RPM, SATA III) [lots of storage for photos, videos, etc.]
o Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 350D (w/ window)
o Power Supply: Corsair CX500M 500W 80 PLUS BRONZE Modular Power Supply
o OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
Thanks in advance!
CURRENT BUILD SET FOR MARCH-APRIL 2014:
o CPU: Intel Core i5 4570 (3.2 GHz) QUAD CORE 84W
o MOTHERBOARD: ASRock H87M Pro4
o RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 (2x4GB)
o Graphics Card: EVGA Superclocked GeForce GTX 760 2GB
o SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO 120GB Solid State Drive (for fast OS and maybe a program or 2)
o Hard Drive: Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 64MB Cache (7200 RPM, SATA III) [lots of storage for photos, videos, etc.]
o Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 350D (w/ window)
o Power Supply: Corsair CX500M 500W 80 PLUS BRONZE Modular Power Supply
o OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit