Haswell-E, time to upgrade?

[12thgear]

So my friend and I were talking about the new Haswell-E chipsets and interestingly we both find the "low end" i7-5820K CPU intriguing. Micro Center is selling them for $300 USD which seems like an excellent value for what it is. It gives up raw clock frequency compared to the i7-4790K but has almost double the cache, 2 more cores/4 more threads, and bumps up the PCI lanes from 16 to 28. Granted, that 28 lane (artificial?) limit still prevents dual GPUs at x16, but with the bandwidth of PCIe 3.0 I think 16x/x8 will be fine. I'm still happily using a Sandy Bridge era i7-2600K, but given the affordability of the lowest rung Haswell-E CPU and my frequent use of Handbrake to populate my media server I think it may be time to upgrade. It also seems that given the architecture of the latest consoles, more and more games may be even more heavily threaded (though we're still not really there yet). Anyone else getting the urge to upgrade?

 

[MHPALA]

I've been saving up for a X99 setup (40% saved of goal). The 5930k is definitely on my radar. Flex I/O options this time around make it more ideal than a X79 setup in my case. Most programs I use will utilize GPU computing, but programs that don't support it like Tracepro and virtualization will benefit from what the CPU has to offer.

 

[Carlos]

So my friend and I were talking about the new Haswell-E chipsets and interestingly we both find the "low end" i7-5820K CPU intriguing. Micro Center is selling them for $300 USD which seems like an excellent value for what it is. It gives up raw clock frequency compared to the i7-4790K but has almost double the cache, 2 more cores/4 more threads, and bumps up the PCI lanes from 16 to 28. Granted, that 28 lane (artificial?) limit still prevents dual GPUs at x16, but with the bandwidth of PCIe 3.0 I think 16x/x8 will be fine. I'm still happily using a Sandy Bridge era i7-2600K, but given the affordability of the lowest rung Haswell-E CPU and my frequent use of Handbrake to populate my media server I think it may be time to upgrade. It also seems that given the architecture of the latest consoles, more and more games may be even more heavily threaded (though we're still not really there yet). Anyone else getting the urge to upgrade?

I'm on Ivy Bridge (i7 3770k) so I'll sit this one out but I think for you it may be pretty interesting. What kind of mobo do you have in mind to go with it?

 

[12thgear]

I'd like to wait a bit and see what else ASUS has planned, if anything, but the ASRock X99 Extreme6 and X99M Extreme4 both look quite nice. I'd probably go with one of those.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

I'm personally waiting for Broadwell come out but the Haswell-E CPUs seem priced very competitively compared to Ivy Bridge-E.

 

[sesselpupser]

I'm interested in Haswell-E, but frankly my PC seems to be doing fine since all I use it for is gaming. I'm tempted to upgrade but since Arma and DCS are the only apparently CPU-bound games I play and I don't play them 24/7 it doesn't really seem worth it. As for Broadwell, after reading this I might wait for Skylake. Especially since I've just said I'm in no rush to upgrade. It doesn't really sound like Broadwell will offer much over Haswell anyway, though I guess Broadwell-E may be a different story if that's what you're waiting for.

 

[ShaZZa]

I'd like to wait a bit and see what else ASUS has planned, if anything, but the ASRock X99 Extreme6 and X99M Extreme4 both look quite nice. I'd probably go with one of those.

Hopefully ASRock release an X99 Extreme 11 board. I currently run an X79 one and it has/still is performing flawlessly.
If they do release one I might be tempted but for the time being I'll stick with the X79.

 

[ShaZZa]

Well it looks like ASRock have done it again. X99 Extreme 11 board is a beast.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/X99 Extreme11/

 

[Robin]

Slightly confused, why have they bothered with Haswell-E when Broadwell should already be out by now?

I might be building a new PC towards the end of next year, I guess it will be Skylake by then right? Would prefer Tock over Tick.

 

[12thgear]

Well the current rumor is that Broadwell-E is delayed until 2016.

 

[Robin]

I'm going to have to wait forever then!