z97 Mobo

jlyash · March 4, 2015

i Bought a Z97 gigabyte but i still havent got money for an i7 or an i5 high end procesor.

my question is should i buy a 4th gen procesor?

OR just wait for the release of the new broadwell chipset?
and for the meantime buy a pentuim aniv edition and overclock it and wait when the 5th gen comes out?

Thanks

Bittenfleax · March 4, 2015

Broadwell will not have a huge gain in CPU power (I am not sure on the %) because it will focus more on the IGPU. --(Correct me if I am wrong on this)

I think you should save money and get an i5/i7 (4th gen) - it is up to you

Ganz · March 4, 2015

Broadwell will not have a huge gain in CPU power (I am not sure on the %) because it will focus more on the IGPU. --(Correct me if I am wrong on this)

I think you should save money and get an i5/i7 (4th gen) - it is up to you

As far as I can tell you are correct. There are seeing gains of around 4-5% in performance on Broadwall vs Haswell. If this is for gaming (i.e. you are getting a solid discrete gpu) the integrated won't matter much.

The only big change is efficiency and power consumption. Which again usually does not matter too much with gaming in mind. (Except on laptops.)

I don't know what the actual release date of the desktop Broadwell CPUs is, but you are getting a solid chip whether you go Haswell or Broadwell.