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Is this upgrade worth it?

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undercoverDrunk

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Sandy 2500k 4.7 24/7 4.9 w/ high volts
Asus P8z68v gen3
BigWater 2.0
Seagate 600 Pro ST240FP0021 240GB
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Haswell 4790k (upgraded TIM in Haswell R ?)
Asrock extreme6 z97

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Because I want to and upgrading is fun. This has been a long time coming and with Broadwell being underwhelming for desktop I jumped on a deal. This was $350 in total to upgrade. I have time tomorrow and I'm going to put it together. If I can't break at least 4.4 everything is going back so I'm not risking a dud chip. The question is...

Is this worth it? Will I see any real performance increases in real world? Gaming I am doubtful to get more than a fps or 2. Anybody else struggling to justify what should be an enormous performance jump?

Do I return and wait more years for Skylake? Is it [H]ard to roll the old i5 to the great unknown?
 
to a 4790K trust me you will see more than those 2FPS expected... specially because even the worse 4790K can go easy above 4.5ghz.. with a sweet spot of 4.8ghz generally without need too much voltage as those chips are already high clocked... depending on the game you will see a good bump in minimums FPS.. some games will be the same (mostly old) but in any recent game the 4790K will kick the ass of the legendary 2500K if you like crysis 3 only that game can guarantee a HUGE performance boost but also BF4 Multiplayer and FarCry..

so worth or not depend on how much worth those 350$ for you (I would do the jump without even think about it, but that's me :D)
 
You will definitely see a performance increase. But not one that's worth $350.

I'll tell you what I've been telling others with the 2500K: You're not going to see a worthwhile cost-effective upgrade over your current CPU until 2016 at the least.
 
Thank you guys.

Can you quantify "Definitely see a performance increase." I was hoping somebody else had held out as I am and could give their first hand experience. The $350 isn't going to hurt me at the moment. I know I'm not going to get a clear or fair depiction but I am curious what people have noticed from upgrading. Everything in review land seems to say, "no big deal" or "meh" at best. I'll be the guy that reports back when I upgrade as planned. So if it seems completely worthless, you'll hear it.

I could go for days about going from an athlon64 3200+ "e" stepping to an x2. We're in the "good enough" desktop era but I am impatient. Hope over logic perhaps.
 
undercoverDrunk said:
Thank you guys.

Can you quantify "Definitely see a performance increase." I was hoping somebody else had held out as I am and could give their first hand experience. The $350 isn't going to hurt me at the moment. I know I'm not going to get a clear or fair depiction but I am curious what people have noticed from upgrading. Everything in review land seems to say, "no big deal" or "meh" at best. I'll be the guy that reports back when I upgrade as planned. So if it seems completely worthless, you'll hear it.

I could go for days about going from an athlon64 3200+ "e" stepping to an x2. We're in the "good enough" desktop era but I am impatient. Hope over logic perhaps.
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I should have been clearer: You'll see a performance increase in benchmarks. More than likely you'll only see about a 10% performance increase. Remember that Ivy Bridge was only about 3 to 5% faster than the Sandy Bridge CPU. Haswell is only about 5% faster than Ivy Bridge. So basically in most games where you're getting 60FPS, at best, you'll get 66FPS with your new setup.

However, if you're planning a game that scales well with multiple threads like BF4 multiplayer, that might bump it up to 70FPS.
 
This is a better example of what you can find in games that scale well with more threads sadly im on phone right now but I can check for more bench later..

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used crysis 3 as its the best exponent in CPU scaling with cores and speed... and that's the same or similar trend you can find in more recent games.. some games scale pretty well with speed which your 4.7ghz 2500K should be on par with a 4.3ghz i5 4690K.. and you will notice little difference at those speeds.. but in games where scale very well with cores + speeds then a high clocked 4790K will do a perfect job.. much more than the mentioned 10% above..
 
IMO the upgrade would not worth the money eventhough 350 for the combo isagood deal i dont see much of improvement with your current set up. I would wait till 4k and ddr4 become more budget friendly before you upgrade.
 
A nearly 5ghz 2500k is gonna put up a serious challenge to just about anything on the market at HD+ resolutions. If your 4790k doesn't do 4.4 and then some, you'll be sitting there looking at an equivalent gaming experience.

OTOH, if this is a more long-term thing.. i personally would be quite happy with a 4790K / Z97 setup even if i was coming from SNB or better. The Z97 chipset has some nice goodies.
 
tbh I'd recommend spending the cash on stuff like headphones, mouse, keyboard. You really do feel money well spent there.
 
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