i7 5770K?

[Jayhawk]

I have started looking into having a major upgrade for my PC, which at this point is just putting my CPU, RAM, HHD, and SSD into a new system, and I was wondering if I should just move from my 4790K to a 5820K, meaning a $365 endeavor. I have since then decided that I'd only really consider remaining on the Z97 chipset if the 5770K would be a six core processor. I vaguely remember reading up on the possibility, but I cannot remember if it was Intel's plans or mere rumor. Can anyone specify if the 5770K will be a six core, or at least give their opinion on the chances of a Z97 six core? 

[Speedbird]

Not happening. And why would you need 6 cores.

[Brandogg255]

the chances are its a quad core but intel can't push much more out of haswell. It has a 3% faster IPC but unless they can get 4.5GHz base and 4.8Ghz boost we might see a 6 core

 

EDIT: Low clocked 6 core

[Deletive]

It will not be a six core and the mainstream line will probably never have more then 4 cores. Mainstream line is mainly made with mobile in mind. Enthusiast Line is made with enthusiasts/professionals in mind. 

[Jerakl]

It will not be a six core and the mainstream line will probably never have more then 4 cores. Mainstream line is mainly made with mobile in mind. Enthusiast Line is made with enthusiasts/professionals in mind. 

New laptops from asus Ft. i7-4770k.

[Geekazoid]

Not happening. And why would you need 6 cores.

Because AMD thinks the more cores you have the better.

[QueenDemetria]

It will not be a six core and the mainstream line will probably never have more then 4 cores. Mainstream line is mainly made with mobile in mind. Enthusiast Line is made with enthusiasts/professionals in mind. 

Someday six cores will become mainstream. I remember when quad cores were "enthusiast" parts(lol, those were the days).

[Deletive]

New laptops from asus Ft. i7-4770k.

Yeah there are those but pretty much it's basically a i7 4910QM

Someday six cores will become mainstream. I remember when quad cores were "enthusiast" parts(lol, those were the days).

@patrickjp93 convinced me otherwise. The Industry is probably going in a Heterogenius direction with the iGPU pretty being able to work like extra cores.

I doubt 6 cores will become mainstream with Intel.

[ROK]

Could be 6 cores without hyper threading. Or only hyper threading on some cores.

[Spev]

I have started looking into having a major upgrade for my PC, which at this point is just putting my CPU, RAM, HHD, and SSD into a new system, and I was wondering if I should just move from my 4790K to a 5820K, meaning a $365 endeavor. I have since then decided that I'd only really consider remaining on the Z97 chipset if the 5770K would be a six core processor. I vaguely remember reading up on the possibility, but I cannot remember if it was Intel's plans or mere rumor. Can anyone specify if the 5770K will be a six core, or at least give their opinion on the chances of a Z97 six core? 

What makes you want to upgrade? What are you doing that you really need 6 cores for? The 4790k is actually what I was thinking about putting in my new rig. I considered the 5820k, but only thing it would benefit are some render times, as 4790k will perform better in gaming. 

[Tedster]

Could be 6 cores without hyper threading. Or only hyper threading on some cores.

Interesting.

 

What about a more advanced version of hyperthreading that does more than 1 extra thread per core?

[The Crazed Child]

Someday six cores will become mainstream. I remember when quad cores were "enthusiast" parts(lol, those were the days).

ninja'ed

 

dammit

[patrickjp93]

It will not be a six core and the mainstream line will probably never have more then 4 cores. Mainstream line is mainly made with mobile in mind. Enthusiast Line is made with enthusiasts/professionals in mind.

I wouldn't say never, especially if you keep up with the Skylake roadmaps.

Heterogeneous designs will allow more work to be spread out, but you do need the serial horsepower. It will be interesting to see how Intel strikes the balance going forward.

[Menzenski]

It will not be a six core and the mainstream line will probably never have more then 4 cores. Mainstream line is mainly made with mobile in mind. Enthusiast Line is made with enthusiasts/professionals in mind. 

 

I agree.  I haven't seen an Intel roadmap in a while, but I have a feeling the "mainstream platform" - whatever that means - will always be limited to quad cores + hyper threading.  At least until we reach a point where there is a fundamental change in how processors are made (materials other than silicon probably), I have a hard time seeing a justification for more than 8 threads for a "mainstream" computer.  

 

We'll see IPC continually increased for the mainstream platform as we have since sandy bridge, leaving the increased core counts to X99 and future X-series platforms.