[OC3D Poll] Will you be upgrading to Haswell?

Shall you be upgrading to Haswell?

  • Yes, straight away!

    Votes: 42 17.3%

  • No, I'll stick with what i've got.

    Votes: 109 44.9%

  • I'll likely wait for the prices to come down later in the year, then upgrade my system.

    Votes: 31 12.8%

  • I want to wait until the price lists have been released before I make any real decision.

    Votes: 28 11.5%

  • I honestly don't have a clue.

    Votes: 33 13.6%
  • Total voters
    243
I'm an AMD fan, so my next upgrade will probably be Steamroller depending on what that throws up.

Although even I can't deny that when you weigh up everything, the Intel option is the superior one. I'll probably end up jumping back on the Intel bandwagon at some point in the future.
 
ive just moved to 1155 mobo I don't think ill move to haswell I don't think thay are a big jump in tec thay more aimed at notebooks and so on
 
I have a 3770K so I won't be upgrading that until Skylake comes to market to say the least. I'm also waiting for Maxwell on the GPU front as well. That said, the Z87 chipset does open a handful of possibilities that I will miss out on, one of those being the option of running a bigger RAID without an add-on card. I'll also miss out on all the cool things the Maximus VI Formula brings to the table. :(
 
I'll definitely be upgrading my core i7 920 Bloomfield.

The only question is: how long will it take me to get the funds for my new build...

The Bloomfield i7 will in turn replace my old Core2quad as backup.
 
Ordered

Yep thought about upgrading my mobo but as I was after a new mobo I thought why not just go new CPU and a MSI Z87-GD65 and i5 4670K for under 350 quid from Aria it would've been mad not too .:)
 
Never! ES were good, nice OC and temps but this thing they want to shell us... Even at stock frecs the 4770K temps in full load are around 80º-85º...It's a shame...
I'll keep my 2700K for sure.
INTEL FIX THIS!
 
Quad core Ivybridge cpus hardly break a sweat at 1080p and can keep up with titans. The extra 200mhz needed over Haswell can easily be achieved anyway.
 
I am coming from an old AMD 64 x2 4400 system and I am doing a new build so it made sense for me to buy the new Haswell 4770K CPU.

I did have a look at Ivy bridge but an i7 3770K was £258 and the 4770K was £263 with Grid 2 game

So for me, I just choose the Haswell based on the little price margin between the two and some decent reviews from OC3D for the Z87-GD65 and the i7 4770K

Follow my build Project HERE
 
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I talk about side of people who think about best motherboards and most expensive 4th generation-4770K and from side of people who want best cooler, all in one or water cooling. NO! Haswell NO!
I mean today if you really want something for free and to get something more for your price only option is 3930K and even better 4930K.
Only that worth paying 300+ for motherboards and 100+ coolers.

Because you got CPU similar to Xeon, design for 100% loard every day, flux solder, quad channel memory and 6 cores, same number of cores as 1000$ CPU and you can get same performance with OC.
Now I hope we will see what is true and how Internal GPU and cheap grace influence on Ivy Bridge. If only 50% of stories is true 4930K will OC similar as SB only clear situation with PCIe 3.0, even faster quad channel and pure clear CPU performance improvements without counting Internal GPU in that and other things.
Only with that you can feel something from past when you OC CPU from 250$ and you have performance on CPU with 500$. Now is only that situation on market.
I didn't mean on people who want motherboards under 200$ and i5.
This is only for people who choose best available for Haswell, NO.
IB-E or SB-E.

For 200$ more than 4770K you got 2 cores more, flux solder not cheap grace, quad channel support, better OC and temps even with 2 cores more, because for 4770K is 800MHz impossibile mission for 3930K is over 1000MHz easy. If stories are true than and for IB-E. And more durable CPU because they are design for 100% load.

If you remember before two years no manipulation with stability test people OC 3930K 3.2GHz on 4.7-4.8GHz hours and hours Prime95 and LinX with AVX instructions. That is 1500M-1600MHz over specification...Only than worth shopping best ROG and other boards and coolers.
And IB-E maybe and 20% worse in OC even that is fantastic looking Haswell and worth 200$ more.
 
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The Haswell refresh that'll come out in may should be exactly my cup of tea - better heat dissipation, and a 4590k model so that I don't have to buy the most expensive I5 to get overclocking capabilities. Also the intel 9-series line-up of mainboards is going to be compatible to broadwell CPUs which is great for a future CPU upgrade because I can keep the board.
 
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Haswell has been a huge disappointment with it's poor overclocking headroom.

It is ok as a platform if you are building from new but not for a upgrade if you already have a fast setup.

I hope no one is getting too excited about Haswell E as I think this will be a huge let down. If 4 cores on mainstream Haswell overclock bad what are 8 cores on Haswell E going to overclock like ?
 
Kaapstad said:
Haswell has been a huge disappointment with it's poor overclocking headroom.

It is ok as a platform if you are building from new but not for a upgrade if you already have a fast setup.

I hope no one is getting too excited about Haswell E as I think this will be a huge let down. If 4 cores on mainstream Haswell overclock bad what are 8 cores on Haswell E going to overclock like ?
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The heat problems with the original Haswell came due to poor appliance of Thermal compount between the internal heat spreader and the CPU itself which caused heat to get trapped.
Intel acknowledged the problem and they pledged to fix it on Haswell Refresh and Haswell E so it should become a pretty good overclocker.
That said I'm REALLY glad I didn't buy an original Haswell and decided to go with my current system a little bit longer.
 
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I don't see why people think Haswell is a poor overclocker. I've have two 4770k's and they both hit 4.7Ghz with safe voltages and no delidding. Now, it does get hot and I definitely could lower my temperatures a lot by delidding, but it isn't necessary.

I think a lot of misinformation has been spread about Haswell since its release and I think that's because of how different it is compared to OCing SB or Ivy. There are quite a few voltages to play with at the same time and it takes a bit more fine tuning compared to SB or Ivy.
 
Captain Shiny said:
The heat problems with the original Haswell came due to poor appliance of Thermal compount between the internal heat spreader and the CPU itself which caused heat to get trapped.
Intel acknowledged the problem and they pledged to fix it on Haswell Refresh and Haswell E so it should become a pretty good overclocker.
That said I'm REALLY glad I didn't buy an original Haswell and decided to go with my current system a little bit longer.
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Don't count on it

Remember IB-E do not have the thermal compound problem under the IHS and they are poor overclockers too.


jameyscott said:
I don't see why people think Haswell is a poor overclocker. I've have two 4770k's and they both hit 4.7Ghz with safe voltages and no delidding. Now, it does get hot and I definitely could lower my temperatures a lot by delidding, but it isn't necessary.

I think a lot of misinformation has been spread about Haswell since its release and I think that's because of how different it is compared to OCing SB or Ivy. There are quite a few voltages to play with at the same time and it takes a bit more fine tuning compared to SB or Ivy.
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The average 2600k or 2700k will run rings around the average 4770k when it comes to overclocking.

As you also point out it is a lot easier to overclock SB.
 
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