Windows 7: Possible new CPU for my PC.

But there again if rumours are to be believed that won't offer much of an upgrade either, I "upgraded" from a 2600K to a 3770K (I managed to sell my old mobo and CPU for pretty good money so it only cost me a total of £85) it was cheap to do, but I see no real world difference between the 2, I suspect the same can be said for Haswell, I think its designed for low power consumption and thermals mainly.



The 2500K should be good for a couple of years yet I say.

Yes but if he does save up, he can upgrade to an i5 or i7 which will provide a real world diffrence as it is a diffrence of 2 generations.

also the mobo that haswell will need will set him off for another 2 years after it is released

Thanks for your input.

Your Welcome Jay.

Your welcome aswell Jay

You'd be doing yourself a favor by sticking with the 2500K. I have never suggested an upgrade from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge......it was a waste of money in my opinion.

As far as Haswell, I believe it is going to be another ~10% faster than Ivy Bridge with better integrated graphics and maybe slightly better power efficiency. The thing is, for 99% of people out there, it will be a very long time before they need more than a Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge CPU(myself included!) Those things run so well right now, upgrading just for the sake of upgrading won't provide a performance increase they can see/feel. It will also be quite a while before Intel releases anything that will smoke Sandy/Ivy Bridge. I can honestly say I will be suggesting an Ivy Bridge build for at least another year because of performance, price and stability as I just don't think Haswell will offer anything groundbreaking that people will HAVE to have.

Kelly

Thank you for your reply Kelly. From the great feedback I've gotten here, it looks like staying with the 2500k is my best option.

Yes i agree kbrady. Sandy to ivy is kinda of a waste. But sandy to haswell you may see a enjoyable diffrence if ivy is 10-15% better and if haswell is the same. You may see upto 30% more performance

Technically true, but only if you were needing the extra performance to begin with. I am still amazed at how much it takes to bog this 3570K down, and I have a friend with a 2500K that will say the same thing.

I will, of course, have to wait until Haswell comes out to see for sure if it is a viable upgrade path from Sandy Bridge, because I'm not sure it is currently. On average, computer components are viable and longer-lasting than just a few years ago.

Ultimately, it is up to the user on whether or not to spend the cash upgrading.......we can just point out facts and speculate lol!

Every bit of what you just said is true.... Including the lol