Hello [H]:
It's been a long time since I've been active here and I know this topic's probably been brought up many times before, but...
I used to upgrade my system every year, sometimes a couple of times a year but have been on the 3930K based system in my sig for what seems like forever now (probably 4-5 years?). Have backed down the OC on the 3930K to 4.5GHz for some time now b/c I never really needed anything up in this ballpark anyways.
Haven't really been keeping up with every release but always had the inevitable itch to upgrade every once in awhile. Yet every time I checked the specs and reviews, nothing seemed compelling enough to move up from the 3930K. This time around I've gone one step further and did just pick up a good deal on a gtx 980ti due to everyone dumping them for the 1080's, a couple new 850 Pro SSDs, a Corsair H115i to better fit my case, and have 64gb of DDR4 coming from Amazon. So I'm partially down the path and, knowing me, once I upgrade even just one component, the rest of the pieces' days are numbered.
Was looking at a 6700K w/ EVGA Z170 Classified setup but, aside from being able to go to 64gb of DDR4, that seems like a nominal upgrade at best while losing two cores in the process.
Three kids and a lot of everyday life means I don't really game anymore but am holding on to hope that some future game is going to make me want to start again so I do want to have hardware that's somewhat capable of handling the load (plus the hardware junkie in my just can't justify having average, mainstream components). Most of my time is spent on work stuff (MS Office suite), basic internet, and Photoshop.
Aside from the 6700k, have also read up on the 5930k, 5820k. Of course there's the 6800k, 6900k, and others coming down the pipe. What would you guys suggest? I'm trying to be "reasonable" in budgeting any upgrade this time around - i.e. would like to spend about $300-$400 each for the CPU and mobo if possible (trying to avoid spending $600+ just for a CPU).
Thoughts?
It's been a long time since I've been active here and I know this topic's probably been brought up many times before, but...
I used to upgrade my system every year, sometimes a couple of times a year but have been on the 3930K based system in my sig for what seems like forever now (probably 4-5 years?). Have backed down the OC on the 3930K to 4.5GHz for some time now b/c I never really needed anything up in this ballpark anyways.
Haven't really been keeping up with every release but always had the inevitable itch to upgrade every once in awhile. Yet every time I checked the specs and reviews, nothing seemed compelling enough to move up from the 3930K. This time around I've gone one step further and did just pick up a good deal on a gtx 980ti due to everyone dumping them for the 1080's, a couple new 850 Pro SSDs, a Corsair H115i to better fit my case, and have 64gb of DDR4 coming from Amazon. So I'm partially down the path and, knowing me, once I upgrade even just one component, the rest of the pieces' days are numbered.
Was looking at a 6700K w/ EVGA Z170 Classified setup but, aside from being able to go to 64gb of DDR4, that seems like a nominal upgrade at best while losing two cores in the process.
Three kids and a lot of everyday life means I don't really game anymore but am holding on to hope that some future game is going to make me want to start again so I do want to have hardware that's somewhat capable of handling the load (plus the hardware junkie in my just can't justify having average, mainstream components). Most of my time is spent on work stuff (MS Office suite), basic internet, and Photoshop.
Aside from the 6700k, have also read up on the 5930k, 5820k. Of course there's the 6800k, 6900k, and others coming down the pipe. What would you guys suggest? I'm trying to be "reasonable" in budgeting any upgrade this time around - i.e. would like to spend about $300-$400 each for the CPU and mobo if possible (trying to avoid spending $600+ just for a CPU).
Thoughts?