ragdollcatman
New member
Hi all.
Now that there are some proper benchmark results for Haswell can I get some advice as to whether it is actually worth buying over Ivy Bridge?
I'm sure if I speak to the e-tailers I might get a bit of a discount now that Ivy Bridge is EoL.
I was looking to get the i7 3770k as an upgrade from my i7 950 system which I will be passing on to my dad.
I notice that due to the i-gpu upgrade Haswell moves up about 20 watts or so an hour especially at load. As I will be using a discrete gpu will that still be the case?
I'm unsure whether to just buy an Ivy Bridge based machine, go Haswell or wait til September and then spend a LOT and go for the top end Ivy Bridge E chip (or the 2nd from top level chip).
I'd like advice from people who understand the architecture and benchmarks more than I do because from what I can see 1 second or so difference doesn't mean anything.
Now that there are some proper benchmark results for Haswell can I get some advice as to whether it is actually worth buying over Ivy Bridge?
I'm sure if I speak to the e-tailers I might get a bit of a discount now that Ivy Bridge is EoL.
I was looking to get the i7 3770k as an upgrade from my i7 950 system which I will be passing on to my dad.
I notice that due to the i-gpu upgrade Haswell moves up about 20 watts or so an hour especially at load. As I will be using a discrete gpu will that still be the case?
I'm unsure whether to just buy an Ivy Bridge based machine, go Haswell or wait til September and then spend a LOT and go for the top end Ivy Bridge E chip (or the 2nd from top level chip).
I'd like advice from people who understand the architecture and benchmarks more than I do because from what I can see 1 second or so difference doesn't mean anything.
