Keep my my Ivy Bridge or upgrade to Skynet.. I mean Skylake ;)

[UKCurtis]

Just wanted some advice if I should keep my Ivy Bridge i7 3770K @4.5Ghz and upgrade my Rig to the Skylake..

Ive had this overclock for about 2 years I would say and its been going strong!

Rig ATM -

CPU : INTEL i7 3770K @4.5GHz 1.23V
MOBO : MSI z77 Mpower Big Bang
GPU : Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition
RAM : RipJaws- 16GB Ram 1600Mhz
SOUND CARD : Sound Blaster Zx
COOLER : Corsair H100i
PW : Corsair HX850W
OS : Windows 10 64bit

Upgrade's will be -

CPU : Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz
MOBO : Asus Maximus VIII Hero Intel Z170
GPU : Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition
RAM : Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit
SOUND CARD : Sound Blaster Zx
COOLER : Corsair H100i
PW : Corsair HX850W
OS : Windows 10 64bit

How much of a performance would I benefit from this upgrade (Gaming) ? That's the main thing tbh..

 

[Dicehunter]

If your spending that amount of money you could upgrade to X99 for the same price dude

 

[WYP]

Bear in mind that the priced for the skylake CPUs are Hyper inflated right now.

Ebuyer have a Pre-order for £269 and it is at CCL for £289.99 right now.

Dice you put a dual channel kit with X99 and gave him slower memory to boot. Not 1:1 comparison really.

 

[UKCurtis]

So what I'm hearing is, I should just upgrade to x99 if I was to do that I would just buy the 5930k for me the i7 5820k feel's cheap out of the 5000 seires I know that sounds silly but it's how I perceive things lol, I was just thinking this is only my Gaming rig nothing els yes the CPU will help out with the power running 2560x1440... I'm seeing as I dont really want to spend a grand for now just want something that is newer and faster than my old rig. I will look around for the best prices I only did Overclockers bc I was already on the website haha... Mind blown haha xD

 

[Dark NighT]

To be honest, with a chip like that doing 4.5 ghz on those volts, id keep that cpu for a bit longer.

 

[Dicehunter]

Dice you put a dual channel kit with X99 and gave him slower memory to boot. Not 1:1 comparison really.

Fixed, Could have sworn I clicked on the quad channel kit ^_^

So what I'm hearing is, I should just upgrade to x99 if I was to do that I would just buy the 5930k for me the i7 5820k feel's cheap out of the 5000 seires I know that sounds silly but it's how I perceive things lol, I was just thinking this is only my Gaming rig nothing els yes the CPU will help out with the power running 2560x1440... I'm seeing as I dont really want to spend a grand for now just want something that is newer and faster than my old rig. I will look around for the best prices I only did Overclockers bc I was already on the website haha... Mind blown haha xD

If you went X99 it would cost you around £30 more and you would get more, More cores, More PCI-E lanes etc....

I can honestly not see the point in getting Skylake as X99 costs just £37 more

 

[JR23]

If your a gamer then I can't really see the point in getting either right at this moment. I don't see any pressure to upgrade from Z77 just yet.

JR

 

[Dicehunter]

If your a gamer then I can't really see the point in getting either right at this moment. I don't see any pressure to upgrade from Z77 just yet.

JR

JR has a point.

At this moment in time you'll only be upgrading to upgrade if that makes sense

 

[UKCurtis]

Thank you all for your advice! It's nice to have other mind's hehe

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yeah mate, you'd be spending 500+ quid and get the exact same performance in gaming as you do now. I'd keep the Ivy Bridge a while longer.

 

[Feronix]

Yeah Skylake seems really useless to me with how expensive it is, especially if you're already on a 3770k and the 'enthusiast' platforms (X79, X99, etc) have always been overkill and unnecessarily expensive for gaming, so with Skylake being as expensive... I'd just wait for a bit.