upgrade from FX6300 - to 6700K or wait for ZEN

[DiceAtlas]

I have an opportunity to move from my AMD 6300 with FXAMD3+ Gigabyte UD3 to     Intel 6700K with Z170 - and yes I know it will be a big jump and one im looking forward to but with ZEN and or Kernel around the corner is it really just me being impatient or do we really see the next to AMD or Intel going to make the next step.

this will be the next move I will be able to make for the next few years.

friends and seller  are 50/50

[tlink]

just get whatever you can afford now if you want to upgrade now. if you don't really need the upgrade and can sit it out then wait a few months.

[Zeko369]

I would go for it, zen is going to be good but we dont know how good and for what price so if you can go for it

[Sintezza]

6700K obviously.

 

As far as we have seen from Zen till now, its most likely not gonne compete with Skylake.

[Floris_Heinen]

If you can afford to wait I'd say wait and see what Zen has to offer. If not, go for the 6700K.

[Simon771]

I will say go for i7 6700k.

Zen will be better than current AMD CPUs, but not that much better to compare with Intel.

 

I do hope AMD pulls it off with Zen and put some competition to Intel, but I don't think that will acctually happen.

 

So my vote goes for i7 6700k.

[DiceAtlas]

thank you - it really seems 50/50, but the trust that intel has done so well for so long will be hard for Zen to compete, even if it may be slightly better, it will take a lot to gain trust - this is where I think most of the other PC component manufactures have placed their research - meaning better outcomes for us, 

 

[DiceAtlas]

so just to add a bit of a twist - I got an existing R9 280X windforce - is it really worth adding to the upgrade mix - i know the RX4s and 1070s are better - but im not running any 4K and 1080 still seems really good .... even on Crisis 3, ( not that i really have the cash for it - it all going towards the i7600K)