Sandy VS haswell upgrade

[denestmor3]

Hello guys,

 

I now run a Intel core i5 2500 and I wonder if I will get a big performance improvement if I update to an Intel i7 4770K cpu, or if I could better wait until the next generation of proccesors.  Or if I should upgrade something else?

 

Pc specs;

Cpu:  Intel i5 2500  (3.9 Ghz)

Psu: Coolermaster 550w 

Gpu; Asus 570 (stock clockspeed)

Motherboard: Asus p8p67le

SSD: Samsung 840 120Gb

HDD: 1 TBCaviar black and 2 1 TB Seagate 

Case: Coolermaster HAF XM

Cpu cooler: Coolermaster TX3 evo

RAM: Team Elite DDR3 1600

 

 

[extremescouter]

What do you pan on doing with your PC? For just gaming, I would say stick with your i5, but for video or photo editing and rendering, you will see a massive performance improvement with going to haswell, due to mainly having 4 cores and 8 threads. 

[denestmor3]

I usually game a LOT and every ones in a while I record the content of the game and edit it and then I render.

But will there be a improvement in games?

[WoodenMarker]

 

I usually game a LOT and every ones in a while I record the content of the game and edit it and then I render.

But will there be a improvement in games?

 

Stick with your current cpu. It is still very decent.

If you want better gaming, a gpu upgrade would be nice. A 7950 would wreck if you don't need cuda for editing/rendering.

[Morfy]

Stick with your current cpu. It is still very decent.

If you want better gaming, a gpu upgrade would be nice. A 7950 would wreck if you don't need cuda for editing/rendering.

And even so, Open CL came to Adobe CS6 suite, assuming you are using Premiere to render.

[WoodenMarker]

And even so, Open CL came to Adobe CS6 suite, assuming you are using Premiere to render.

True, but for now, cuda still does it better.

[Willson94]

Yep take the money you would of spent on a board + CPU and buy a new GPU if gaming is your thing.

[Morfy]

True, but for now, cuda still does it better.

Yes, of course.

[denestmor3]

I do usually render with Sony Vegas which only uses cuda. But which Gpu is the best to buy with a 500/600 budget?

[boogschd]

780 ?

[WoodenMarker]

I do usually render with Sony Vegas which only uses cuda. But which Gpu is the best to buy with a 500/600 budget?

Gtx 770/780. 

If you don't want to spend all your money, you might be able to grab a cheap 670 for $300