Upgrade or wait

[thatguyyouknow75]

So I'm torn. I plan to make the switch to intel, but the matter is when. I can either wait a month or two and buy a 4790k....Or.... Buy a second 970 to keep me occupied, and wait for skylake to drop and buy the i7 then. I'm currently running an 8320 @5.0 ghz with a single 970. Suggestions?

[thekeemo]

dx12 is coming soon so see what that does

[ImBleu]

I'd honestly just hold off until Skylake comes out later this year and then buy into skylake (DDR4 would come in handy )

[TheKDub]

I'd go for the i7 first, or if your just gaming, an i5 4690K is just as good, then you can use the extra money towards a 2nd 970. (most games don't use hyperthreading, very very few actually do, so it makes i7s and xeons perform about equal to i5s.)

 

If you really want to, you could hold off for skylake, though I doubt the performance increase will be too significant.

[thatguyyouknow75]

I'd go for the i7 first, or if your just gaming, an i5 4690K is just as good, then you can use the extra money towards a 2nd 970. (most games don't use hyperthreading, very very few actually do, so it makes i7s and xeons perform about equal to i5s.)

If you really want to, you could hold off for skylake, though I doubt the performance increase will be too significant.

But I plan to not upgrade for a while afterwards (even though I'll probably cave and upgrade again) I figure the new chipset/ddr4 etc will at least keep me relevant for a while

[thatguyyouknow75]

I'd go for the i7 first, or if your just gaming, an i5 4690K is just as good, then you can use the extra money towards a 2nd 970. (most games don't use hyperthreading, very very few actually do, so it makes i7s and xeons perform about equal to i5s.)

If you really want to, you could hold off for skylake, though I doubt the performance increase will be too significant.

Performance isn't really the issue. My 8320 handle everything I use it for with ease. But it gets very hot in my room