i7 2700k > 4770k?

Crazy Chuckster

Crazy Chuckster

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I am currently running a i2700k @ 4.6ghz flawlessly 24/7 on an MSI Z68A-GD65 board.

It is strictly a gaming machine and I dont need any more SATA3 ports.

Is Haswell going to be much of an upgrade or am I better off waiting till the next gen?
 
Stick with what you have, or get a better cooler and clock it up even a tad further. Oc'ing is too hit and miss at the moment, so you might actually backtrack a little if you get a Haswell from where you are now.
 
What's your monitor at the moment?

Other than that you're set for gaming.

A mini-ITX Haswell box with the best integrated graphics might be an interesting project, but not replacing what you have IMO.
 
singe_101 said:
A mini-ITX Haswell box with the best integrated graphics might be an interesting project, but not replacing what you have IMO.
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(nods)

This is where Haswell absolutely shines and what I'm using it for. After that hopefully Ivy-E will be my next main desktop PC.
 
Crazy Chuckster said:
I am currently running a i2700k @ 4.6ghz flawlessly 24/7 on an MSI Z68A-GD65 board.

It is strictly a gaming machine and I dont need any more SATA3 ports.

Is Haswell going to be much of an upgrade or am I better off waiting till the next gen?
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You can always upgrade your motherboard to a Z77 and get 0.2-0.3 more ghz out of your chip.
 
I think SB is still solid and with nice clocks even more so, unless you were stuck on something like a q6600 / 920 / PH II 965 then it would be worth it but otherwise stick with what you have. Even z77 isn't worth the upgrade might as well wait for the next set of mobo's/cpu's .
 
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