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I'm currently running a Intel Core I7 2600K cpu and an Asus P8P67 Deluxe edition motherboard. Should I upgrade to the newer haswell chipset or will it be a waste of money. 

 

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Stick with your current cpu. It's not getting old yet.

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This CPU is still great so I would stick with it. If you want to overclock, get a Z77 board. Haswell performance only has a 10% difference from the previous generation which isn't significant imo.

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Stick with it, Haswell isn't worth the upgrade, you will have to buy a whole new motherboard, and sandy bridge is a great overclocker. So stick with your current CPU. 

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I'm currently running a Intel Core I7 2600K cpu and an Asus P8P67 Deluxe edition motherboard. Should I upgrade to the newer haswell chipset or will it be a waste of money. 

 

P.S - Moving my pc into a corsair 900D.

1. Nope. Wait till Broadwell or anything with a huge performance boost after that.

2. That case would be a waste of money in my opinion.

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Should I rather upgrade to the Z77 Asus Maximus V Formula instead?. I am looking into overclocking. I'm moving into a full liquid cooling setup.

 

I will keep my Sandy ;D

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Should I rather upgrade to the Z77 Asus Maximus V Formula instead?. I am looking into overclocking. I'm moving into a full liquid cooling setup.

I will keep my Sandy ;D

I would get that board since you will be doing high overclocks since you are planning to do some liquid cooling. :) The MSI Z77 Big Bang Mpower board is also a good choice if you want to save some money.

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It's only a 70$ difference between the two and the asus is just better :) I primarily game but starting to do 3d modeling

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Should I buy the board first or my new case ? ( that board won't fit in my current case) I also need another 680 for sli. :(

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Should I buy the board first or my new case ? ( that board won't fit in my current case) I also need another 680 for sli. :(

If your new board can't fit in your case I would just buy the case first before buying another motherboard to not lose some of the warranty period. Get the 680 now if you want and if it fits in your current case.

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How much longer will the z77 boards be on the market ?

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