PP Mguire
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EOL isn't the end all be all to computers. If he bought a 3570k and it lasted him 5 years, whatever is on the Haswell side will be EOL as well and he would need to fully upgrade anyways. Playing the waiting game doesn't exactly have huge advantages anymore unless there are huge leaps in tech like SATA 2 to 3 or USB2 to 3, which you can purchase add in cards for. (Or PCI-E tech, when it's actually taken advantage of)
Considering my i5 750 backup rig stock can max any game out there with a respectable GPU (no GT640 nonsense), then a 3570k is going to last quite a while. Both setups will be EOL by the time he is ready for an upgrade, much like my i5 and his i7. I agree though, and said the same thing. His CPU is fine, and he was proven this by purchasing the 8320 and got similar performance. I also said he should OC his 930, but some people just don't want to go that route.
Haswell showed roughly a 10% overall increase in performance on the engineering samples over the 3770k. Binning won't help that very much making IPC less than the jump from SB to IB. Sure, the smaller process and less power consumption is fine, but I mean IB already takes a low amount of power as it is. Haswell is going to be what, 55w TDP or somewhere around there? Not much different than IB in terms of total unoverclocked power. With speedstep, I bet both are going to be about the same for browsing. Stock clocks IIRC are about the same, or are the same too. Literally waiting a few months and spending more money on such a small performance gap. That would be like me upgrading to the 4960x. Kind of pointless. It would be more economical to just buy an IB when Haswell drops when the prices are cheaper. Like the people who bought the 2500k after IB was released. Probably score a used 3570k for 150 bucks from an early adopter.
Considering my i5 750 backup rig stock can max any game out there with a respectable GPU (no GT640 nonsense), then a 3570k is going to last quite a while. Both setups will be EOL by the time he is ready for an upgrade, much like my i5 and his i7. I agree though, and said the same thing. His CPU is fine, and he was proven this by purchasing the 8320 and got similar performance. I also said he should OC his 930, but some people just don't want to go that route.
Haswell showed roughly a 10% overall increase in performance on the engineering samples over the 3770k. Binning won't help that very much making IPC less than the jump from SB to IB. Sure, the smaller process and less power consumption is fine, but I mean IB already takes a low amount of power as it is. Haswell is going to be what, 55w TDP or somewhere around there? Not much different than IB in terms of total unoverclocked power. With speedstep, I bet both are going to be about the same for browsing. Stock clocks IIRC are about the same, or are the same too. Literally waiting a few months and spending more money on such a small performance gap. That would be like me upgrading to the 4960x. Kind of pointless. It would be more economical to just buy an IB when Haswell drops when the prices are cheaper. Like the people who bought the 2500k after IB was released. Probably score a used 3570k for 150 bucks from an early adopter.