Haswell or Wait for Haswell-E?

[RelentlessAF]

Hey guys, so I plan on upgrading my CPU soon but I'm having trouble deciding on what to go for. I don't really have a budget I just know I want a new CPU.  I'm mostly looking at current Gen Haswell so an 1150 socket since it's more optimized for gaming and just because it's an upgrade haha (currently have an IVY-Bridge 3570K). however I know Haswell-E has more capabilities like support for 64GB of RAM and more PCI-E bus but would I really use it? I barely do any sort of professional work and probably at most would use 16GB but what about DDR4? I know at first it won't be much better than DDR3 but would it not be more future proof? Does anyone have any ideas?

[SMURG]

If you need to ask, you're better off on Haswell. Haswell-E is for people who need more memory bandwidth and PCIe lanes. By the sounds of it, you need neither (nor do you need an 6 or 8-core CPU, which would be the only other reason to go Haswell-E). If you want to wait though, a Haswell refresh is on the way. DDR3 is gonna be around for a long time yet. By the time you need DDR4 it'll be time to upgrade your whole system anyway.

[RelentlessAF]

If you need to ask, you're better off on Haswell. Haswell-E is for people who need more memory bandwidth and PCIe lanes. By the sounds of it, you need neither (nor do you need an 6 or 8-core CPU, which would be the only other reason to go Haswell-E). If you want to wait though, a Haswell refresh is on the way.

Do you think I should still go with a 2011 socket for DDR4 or just stick with 1150?

[SMURG]

Do you think I should still go with a 2011 socket for DDR4 or just stick with 1150?

I added an answer to that to my original post. DDR3 is gonna be around for a long time yet, so by the time you need DDR4 it'll be time to upgrade your whole system anyway. Like I said, LGA 2011 is for people who need more PCIe lanes and memory bandwidth, or possibly just more than 4 cores/8 threads. You need none of those things from what you've said, so LGA 1150 is probably the way to go

[RelentlessAF]

I added an answer to that to my original post. DDR3 is gonna be around for a long time yet, so by the time you need DDR4 it'll be time to upgrade your whole system anyway. Like I said, LGA 2011 is for people who need more PCIe lanes and memory bandwidth, or possibly just more than 4 cores/8 threads. You need none of those things from what you've said, so LGA 1150 is probably the way to go

Okay thank you very much for the help

[SMURG]

Okay thank you very much for the help

No problem; tackled the dilemma myself when I upgraded from LGA 1366. Couldn't decide between Ivy-E or Haswell. Went with Haswell in the end, and I still miss my triple-channel memory but on the whole my 4770K is an improvement (even if it's a bitch when it comes to overclocking). If you're like me and do a lot of intensive CPU stuff but don't need LGA 2011/aren't willing to pay the premium for it, wait for the Haswell refresh and grab a 4790K. 100Mhz faster than the stock 4770(K) right out of the box, and overclockable beyond that.