Sandy Bridge-E vs. Haswell

[DoubleNegativeInfinity]

I plan on upgrading soon, and I want to do most of my upgrades at once. This includes switching over to intel for the first time. 

 

I have two options:

 

1) I can buy a Sandy Bridge 3930k off a friend for ~$200

2) I can buy a new a new 4790k for ~$300

 

So, my question is: is it more practical to upgrade to Haswell? I haven't followed cpus closely since the end of the ivy bridge era, so I have no idea how the two cpus compare. The motherboard for the 3930k would probably be more expensive and it would be harder to find, but I don't know if the performance of the 6 cores would exceed that of the 4970. 

 

Any advice? 

 

Also, I plan on upgrading my GPU and PSU so power and bottle-necking won't be a problem. 

 

[Xenift]

Yea it is more practical, as since you are kinda already 2 generations late if you get the Sandy Bridge one.

[failblox]

What are you using your system for?

[Kherm]

The 3930k is still a beast. I'd recommend that, since everything after Sandy Bridge has been incremental improvements. 

[DoubleNegativeInfinity]

What are you using your system for?

General gaming. Mostly csgo which is cpu intensive (idk if it can use more than 4 core though). Some video editing on the side, but nothing too major. 

[PlayStation 2]

3930k ez

aged REALLY well, and is still extremely relevant

[DoubleNegativeInfinity]

Yea it is more practical, as since you are kinda already 2 generations late if you get the Sandy Bridge one.

That's what I was thinking at first, but then I figured if i could possibly find a decent functioning x79 mobo, if the performance would be worth the upgrade

[Kenji the Uke]

Or 3: For a little bit more, you can get Haswell-E and get a 5820k

[DoubleNegativeInfinity]

Or 3: For a little bit more, you can get Haswell-E and get a 5820k

I thought about it but $380 is pushing my comfort zone. 

[Kenji the Uke]

I thought about it but $380 is pushing my comfort zone. 

Thats true 3: But just wanted to be sure it was apart of it~ OR YOU CAN WAIT TILL SPRING! Cannonlake is gonna be sixcores 3:

[Kherm]

Thats true 3: But just wanted to be sure it was apart of it~ OR YOU CAN WAIT TILL SPRING! Cannonlake is gonna be sixcores 3:

We don't know when Cannonlake is coming or how many cores it will have. It's certainly not coming in Q1/Q2 '16

[Kenji the Uke]

We don't know when Cannonlake is coming or how many cores it will have. It's certainly not coming in Q1/Q2 '16

That was a bit of an old quote.. But it is coming and, atleast to me, gives him plenty of time to save up to get it 3:

[failblox]

General gaming. Mostly csgo which is cpu intensive (idk if it can use more than 4 core though). Some video editing on the side, but nothing too major. 

I'd recommend getting the 4790K then. You'll benefit more from the higher IPC (instructions per clock) and new features on the chipset (e.g. I'm pretty sure you can get NVMe drives working on Z97 boards if the vendor issued a BIOS update for it).