Is it worth to go from X 980 @ 3.33GHz to 4770k?

[geoslay]

Hi, i have the following pc:

CPU 980x (six core)

RAM Corsair 24G

VGA 2 x EVGA 480 (sli)

MOBO Asus Rampage III Extreme

Watercooled exept motherboard.

As title say i have some money and i think for upgrade.Is it worth to go to quad CPU(4770k) and 32G RAM? Or should i wait a long time for next 6-8 cores CPU's. The use of my PC is for video/photo editing, music(audiophile) and games.

Thanks in advance.

[Excon]

Be more worth while to upgrade your GPU's instead. An extreme edition is still an extreme edition.

[ooiman92]

Only if you need more single threaded performance. They're pretty even for heavily threaded apps.

[Giddyguy]

as @ said, upgrade your graphics card configuration. Your cpu is still very capable, especially if you do editing. If you wait a few more weeks/a month i believe graphics card prices will fall due to AMD's new lineup. As you said, it would make more sense to wait for the next generation of extreme processors with 8 core.

[qwertywarrior]

upgrade ur GPU

that cpu is good

[nishank93]

A 4770K would only benefit you in single threaded tasks, which doesn't see to be of much use to you.

Since you'd have to upgrade your motherboard, what I'd really do is wait for Haswell-E and save up and upgrade the GPUs as well. If you need the additional CPU performance now, overclock the 980X or get a 4930K.

Regarding RAM, if you need more, get more.

[outofmyheadyo]

As you said you edit videos then stick to your 6 core, if you want to throw money at your pc wait a week or 2 and grab a pair of 290x cards, if they are as good as we expect them to be, then they should give you a decent step forward from your current 480SLI.

[geoslay]

In general the only thing i must upgrade is GPU's and keep the money. 

[blitz7287]

In general the only thing i must upgrade is GPU's and keep the money. 

 

Yeah even though your cpu is a few years old its still a beast of a cpu so just upgrade your graphics or wait for that too and get the new AMD R9 290X card.

[foxhound590]

if it isn't slowing down too much id say wait it out till  broadwell u have the horsepower and 6 cores

logically tho you'd be upgrading even go to haswell E on 2011

i have the 970 and im perfectly happy even without overclocking

tho id upgrade that gpu

[Guest]

I would look more at replacing your 480's unless you like living in an oven with a nuclear generator.. 

[geoslay]

I will stick then with current system,thanx again guys for your replies. A final question, will 6-8 core come on Q3 2014 and with DDR4?

[FellTheSky]

no

[Dravic]

I will stick then with current system,thanx again guys for your replies. A final question, will 6-8 core come on Q3 2014 and with DDR4?

Yes but q4 2014 probably.

[Mooshi]

I will stick then with current system,thanx again guys for your replies. A final question, will 6-8 core come on Q3 2014 and with DDR4?

 

I used to have a first gen i7 so you should know how uber expensive and impractical DDR3 was when it first debuted. DDR4 will be no different until maybe a year or two after it matures. Like the rest said, your system is still more than capable that I wouldn't worry about upgrading anything past the GPU for awhile.

[ltguy]

I'd be interested in that chip in you upgrade lol.

[Ryan Leech]

Don't upgrade, it's not worth the $500 only to lose overall performance.

[Ryan Leech]

And those SLI 480's are pretty good too.

[geoslay]

Thanx again guys,case close till haswell E arrives