Should I hold off?

[Beefjus]

I'm planning on replacing lots of hardware on my current rig within the year, but I'm not sure if I should just go with Haswell or if I should wait for Skylake to come out.

 

Planned changes:

1. FX 8350 to i5 4690K

2. Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 to Asus Z87-Pro

3. Sapphire R9 290 Tri-x to Gigabyte GTX 970 G1

4. Coolermaster Vortex Plus to Noctua NH-D15

 

Any advice would be great. Thanks!

[79wjd]

I wouldn't bother 'upgrading' a 290 to 970 as it's a lateral move at best (the 970 is marginally faster). As for upgrading the CPU....do you need more performance from the CPU? Is it holding you back? If it's not, then wait. If anything, upgrade the CPU cooler first if you'd do that anyway then see if you can overclock your FX chip far enough to hold you over since that CPU cooler will be compatible with any new hardware for years to come. 

[SkywardKkalox]

Only thing I wouldn't change is the 970 instead of a 290x, it's more of a sidegrade than anything.

[Fictionvl]

Get a Z97 motherboard, Z87 may have BIOS issues with Haswell processors and may require a BIOS update, which you can't use your Haswell processor to update  

[Beefjus]

I wouldn't bother 'upgrading' a 290 to 970 as it's a lateral move at best (the 970 is marginally faster). As for upgrading the CPU....do you need more performance from the CPU? Is it holding you back? If it's not, then wait. If anything, upgrade the CPU cooler first if you'd do that anyway then see if you can overclock your FX chip far enough to hold you over since that CPU cooler will be compatible with any new hardware for years to come. 

 

The CPU change is more of a "futureproofing" move, since I plan to SLI when I finally have the money for a second 970. As for the GPU, I want to avoid being on the short end of the stick when nvidia decides to pull it's douchebaggery with the performance of Gameworks games on AMD cards. The parts won't be wasted anyway, cause I'll also be building a Steam Machine as a side project.

 

Only thing I wouldn't change is the 970 instead of a 290x, it's more of a sidegrade than anything.

 

It's a 290. I could OC it to 290x, but my room is really hot w/o the a/c running, and I can't afford to run the a/c all the time.

[79wjd]

The CPU change is more of a "futureproofing" move, since I plan to SLI when I finally have the money for a second 970. As for the GPU, I want to avoid being on the short end of the stick when nvidia decides to pull it's douchebaggery with the performance of Gameworks games on AMD cards. The parts won't be wasted anyway, cause I'll also be building a Steam Machine as a side project.

 

 

It's a 290. I could OC it to 290x, but my room is really hot w/o the a/c running, and I can't afford to run the a/c all the time.

Well, I'd hold off on buying anything until you're ready to throw in a second GPU and/or ready to build the steam machine (assuming you want a dedicated steam machine and not just having Steam OS running on a second drive/partition/VM).

[Beefjus]

But would it be better if I just waited for Skylake + socket 1151 board, or would settling for Haswell be the right move?

[Beefjus]

I'm sort of inclined to just go for Haswell once Skylake pops up, cause I'm anticipating that the prices will drop...but I'm still not 100% convinced... help! i need an adult!