Should i wait for broadwell?

[TrxBoy]

As GTX 970 out....is it better to pair with old haswell i5 or new broadwell i5?????????

[TheKDub]

Can you wait for broadwell?

Yes = Wait for it.

No = Don't wait for it.

 

Broadwell will be more powerful than haswell is, though will probably end up costing more.

 

 

Really either one will do fine with a 970, I plan to pair my i5 4690K with a 970 by christmas.

[Shd0w2]

You will be able to use broadwell on a z97 , which is currently out, and the 970 is basically just a gtx 780.

[Geekazoid]

As GTX 970 out....is it better to pair with old haswell i5 or new broadwell i5?????????

It depends on how patient you are. Personally, I'd just go for the Haswell i5. But that's just me.

[simtransporter]

If you are just going to use your PC for gaming I don't think it matters too much.

If you get Z97 board you can get haswell now and then easily upgrade to broadwell later on if you think you need it.

[WereCat]

If you plan on gaming there is no reason to wait.

[Archangel1994]

Broadwell will be more powerful than haswell is, though will probably end up costing more.

It will not. Intel is not one for high entry price on their CPU's. The prices of the current I5's I7's are the same as they were during release and it was the same for Sandy, Ivy, etc. The price is not the issue.

 

@TrxBoy

 

You could wait for it but I doubt the performance difference is worth the wait. If you want to be sure your CPU will be relevant for the coming years (And I'm predicting games will use more than 4 threads in 2015) then you could get either a 4790k if you want to OC or a Xeon E3 1231v3 if you do not want to OC. There will be no bottlenecking with Haswell-R though, so it's your choice. Broadwell's biggest selling point is most likely the lower heat output and lower power draw making for better OC's (and probably slightly higher stock clocks like 4.2-4.3 GHz)

[Dimwitted]

Broadwell is a tock. There's no architectural changes to the chip. It's a die shrink. That makes it more efficient and cooler but otherwise it will work exactly the same as the Haswell Refresh chips. The rumour du jour is that with Skylake being released at the same time Broadwell might not even get to the desktop, that it will be released as a mobile chip only. That makes sense.

 

Annd BTW, the 970 is much more than a 780. It blows a 780 right out of the water.

[BLCT]

Idunno, what i would say is to stick with haswell atm. We dont know anything about broadwell right now.

[BLCT]

If you need it now, get the 4690k. If you can wait toll next summer then wait. If broaderll turns out to be good then vice versa get the 4690k.