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Matthew Kane
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So I've gotten into a little obsessive dilemma lately which I don't even know how to cope with any more as I don't know what to choose.
My current rig is my sig minus the 670 that was used as dedicated Physx that's sold but the problem is that I will be back with running lots and lots of VM's again and I also want to futureproof my rig a little longer this time for gaming.
Should I:
A. Pickup a used or brand new 3770k? Prices between $300-390 (latter being brand new).
B. Sell off the current crap I have (mobo and cpu) for whatever $$ I can recoup and put it towards a 4820k ($370 here) and a 2011 mobo (expensive here).
C. There's alot of used 2600k/3770k combos on our ebay domain:
This one looks tempting and the seller is willing to let it go for $400 but I feel it is a bit pricey:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/asus-max...0?pt=AU_Components&hash=item1c3bd28f28&_uhb=1
Especially when there are quite a few EVGA z77 FTW+3770k combo's going for around $450 (auction) on ebay right now probably because people are flogging it off for Haswell.
I can't decide but I'm sort of leaning towards the 2011 as my previous rig was a i7 980x R3E with 24GB's of RAM, with the 2011 I can upgrade to a 6 core 3930k for cheap or one of the new 2011 Ivy-E 4000 series CPU should the price come down. I might also be adding another 680 in the rig later this year.
Then I also read that Broadwell might be available for the 1150 socket up until Skylake which will be completely different so 1150 seem's a bit future proofed but I can't decide.
I also will need minimum 8 sata ports with whatever mobo I will be going. Honestly I hate the current GB Z68X I have.
Can anybody else help point me in the right direction?
My current rig is my sig minus the 670 that was used as dedicated Physx that's sold but the problem is that I will be back with running lots and lots of VM's again and I also want to futureproof my rig a little longer this time for gaming.
Should I:
A. Pickup a used or brand new 3770k? Prices between $300-390 (latter being brand new).
B. Sell off the current crap I have (mobo and cpu) for whatever $$ I can recoup and put it towards a 4820k ($370 here) and a 2011 mobo (expensive here).
C. There's alot of used 2600k/3770k combos on our ebay domain:
This one looks tempting and the seller is willing to let it go for $400 but I feel it is a bit pricey:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/asus-max...0?pt=AU_Components&hash=item1c3bd28f28&_uhb=1
Especially when there are quite a few EVGA z77 FTW+3770k combo's going for around $450 (auction) on ebay right now probably because people are flogging it off for Haswell.
I can't decide but I'm sort of leaning towards the 2011 as my previous rig was a i7 980x R3E with 24GB's of RAM, with the 2011 I can upgrade to a 6 core 3930k for cheap or one of the new 2011 Ivy-E 4000 series CPU should the price come down. I might also be adding another 680 in the rig later this year.
Then I also read that Broadwell might be available for the 1150 socket up until Skylake which will be completely different so 1150 seem's a bit future proofed but I can't decide.
I also will need minimum 8 sata ports with whatever mobo I will be going. Honestly I hate the current GB Z68X I have.
Can anybody else help point me in the right direction?