Haswell Current or Refresh?

[gc_coxen]

Hey everyone,

 

I'm wondering what you guys think about buying a current haswell cpu or waiting for the Q22014 refresh. My main concern is if I buy a haswell now, will the refresh still be on the LGA1150? Any other information would be great thanks.

[tp95112]

It will be on lga 1150

[Guest]

 

Hey everyone,

 

I'm wondering what you guys think about buying a current haswell cpu or waiting for the Q22014 refresh. My main concern is if I buy a haswell now, will the refresh still be on the LGA1150? Any other information would be great thanks.

 

I hope for a new AMD socket 

[PillowSmoke]

Well... you could wait for the refresh and see how much the performance is improved and stuff. And after that, the prices of haswell might drop a little, to the point where you could get a good processor and motherboard combo for a good price.

[JAKEBAB]

if your going to wait masewell wait for broadwell or if u cant get the haswell refresh because they will use the same chipset as broadwell so u could upgrade from haswell refresh to broadwell and use the same board.

[consoleconvergence2pc]

broadwell is on the lga 1150 but weirdly enough is not compatible on the lga 1150 which means a new mobo 

[Faa]

broadwell is on the lga 1150 but weirdly enough is not compatible on the lga 1150 which means a new mobo 

Exactly. Broadwell doesn't work on the current LGA1150 boards but will work with the new upcoming boards and Haswell CPU's will work on the new boards.

[Antistatic12]

Nobody has asked what you currently have??
If you have performance below a 2600K or then upgrade.
But if you are on 2600K or above then maybe put the money towards a better GPU.
just my 2cents

There is always going to be something better around the corner.
I waited for the 4960X and was disappointed, I should have got my 3970X sooner. Hindsight aye.