Staying with Haswell or go for Skylake /gaming

[davidoiii2000]

So hi guys, i have Z97X MOBO from GIGABYTE and G3258@4.5ghz, RX 470. Should i stay with Haswell, just upgrading CPU or is it worth to go for Skylake? I am seeing some bottlenecking with my G3258. It's also DDR3 vs DDR4. Money is not an issue. Thx

[DXMember]

if money is not an issue get 6950X with titan sli and don't ask questions like do i buy expensive stuff when money is not an issue

[Lehti]

If money is not an issue, you may consider repurposing your current computer as a NAS and go with a brand-new computer with Skylake for gaming and whatnot. Be aware that it's not a far cry from Haswell.

[davidoiii2000]

EDIT: Money is not an issue, because i have 800USD, so i can choose only between upgrading Haswell or go for Skylake, sorry for not writing it in. And my question now is, is it worth for new gen cpu + ddr4.

[ARikozuM]

Get the 4790K so that you'll be at the highest chip for the generation. Past trends indicate that you'll get about 6 years out of it.

[Andrew Storlie]

5 minutes ago, davidoiii2000 said:

So hi guys, i have Z97X MOBO from GIGABYTE and G3258@4.5ghz, RX 470. Should i stay with Haswell, just upgrading CPU or is it worth to go for Skylake? I am seeing some bottlenecking with my G3258. It's also DDR3 vs DDR4. Money is not an issue. Thx

never say money is no issue, give us an actual budget... and 2nd, just get a 4790k... unless your doing video work or serious editing, a 4790k will do plenty fine. 5-10% max faster with the 6700k, but then you have to get new MB, CPU and RAM, where if you get the 4790k thats all you have to buy, and maybe a nice cooler

2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

if money is not an issue get 6950X with titan sli and don't ask questions like do i buy expensive stuff when money is not an issue

yep, basicly what i did. well 6850k as its all ill need

[Andrew Storlie]

2 minutes ago, davidoiii2000 said:

EDIT: Money is not an issue, because i have 800USD, so i can choose only between upgrading Haswell or go for Skylake, sorry for not writing it in. And my question now is, is it worth for new gen cpu + ddr4.

4790k and a nice AIO and use the extra money to take a pretty girl out on a date.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Andrew Storlie said:

4790k and a nice AIO and use the extra money to take a pretty girl out on a date.

I don't think people are accepting of a man dating his computer...

[DXMember]

2 minutes ago, Andrew Storlie said:

yep, basicly what i did. well 6850k as its all ill need

enjoying your 40 PCI-E lanes?

[Andrew Storlie]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

I don't think people are accepting of a man dating his computer...

lol i didnt say take a computer out on a date.... but i shall rephrase it to, take the extra money and take a pretty female (or male if thats what your into) human being from planet earth, out on a date. 

[Andrew Storlie]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

enjoying your 40 PCI-E lanes?

i get the cpu and MB in today which is why im up now getting all my old info off my ssd so im ready for a fresh install. but yes my titan X pscals will play very nicely at 16x/16x lol

[Aereldor]

15 minutes ago, Andrew Storlie said:

4790k and a nice AIO and use the extra money to take a pretty girl out on a date.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($334.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($199.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $534.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 05:10 EDT-0400

 

If he has $800 to spend, that's a very expensive date.

[Andrew Storlie]

6 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($334.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($199.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $534.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 05:10 EDT-0400

 

If he has $800 to spend, that's a very expensive date.

maybe that might just get him past a dinner and movie then  .... but back to tech, for 800 bucks yea id get a 4790k, if you get a 6700k, MB and ram your gonna be right at the tip top of your budget depending on how high end you go on the MB, you already have a nice MB, dont let it go to waste...

 

BUT BUT BUT, on the flip side... if you do get the 6700k set up, you can always just sell the g3258, MB and ddr3 ram on Craigslist, ebay, even here on LTT. will help get some money back.

 

EDIT: i just upgraded to a 6850k, and i have a 4790k... if you have paypal hit me up and im sure we can set up a fair price and ill sell it to you

Edited October 8, 2016 by Andrew Storlie
adding stuff

[Aereldor]

Just now, Andrew Storlie said:

maybe that might just get him past a dinner and movie then  .... but back to tech, for 800 bucks yea id get a 4790k, if you get a 6700k, MB and ram your gonna be right at the tip top of your budget depending on how high end you go on the MB, you already have a nice MB, dont let it go to waste...

 

BUT BUT BUT, on the flip side... if you do get the 6700k set up, you can always just sell the g3258, MB and ddr3 ram on Craigslist, ebay, even here on LTT. will help get some money back.

I disagree. He should bump up to the 4790k so he doesn't have to throw away a good motherboard (selling it won't cover the cost of an equivalent Z170 board), and there isn't much sense in a GPU upgrade at 1080p. I'd recommend investing in a more reasonable (and arguably better) cooler such as the Noctua NH-D15, and maybe a nice FreeSync monitor and peripherals.

 

Alternatively, OP- find a better use for all that extra cash than on a computer.

[Andrew Sh]

32 minutes ago, davidoiii2000 said:

So hi guys, i have Z97X MOBO from GIGABYTE and G3258@4.5ghz, RX 470. Should i stay with Haswell, just upgrading CPU or is it worth to go for Skylake? I am seeing some bottlenecking with my G3258. It's also DDR3 vs DDR4. Money is not an issue. Thx

If you've already got a Z97X and an RX 470, I wouldn't get anything above an i5 4690k processor.
If you go for skylake you gotta change mobo, and then you just have an overkill processor that you spent a tonne of money on for almost no benefit in gaming.

Only get an i7 haswell or skylake if you plan on changing that RX 470 to SLI 1070/1080s.

[danrey84]

1 hour ago, davidoiii2000 said:

So hi guys, i have Z97X MOBO from GIGABYTE and G3258@4.5ghz, RX 470. Should i stay with Haswell, just upgrading CPU or is it worth to go for Skylake? I am seeing some bottlenecking with my G3258. It's also DDR3 vs DDR4. Money is not an issue. Thx

Personally I would go for the 4790k as you already have all the gear i.e Mobo, Ram etc and get a nice AIO as this you can carry over to another build maybe.

[davidoiii2000]

Ok I guess i will go with 4790k.