How many years you think...?

[JustAnotherIntelFanBoy]

How many years you think... the 2th/3th even 4th Intel generation will last until they are not more efficient?

 

Do you think it's wise to buy a system with those or even upgrade the CPU (going from an I5 3thG. to a i7 3thG.) / MOBO / RAM (maybe 8gb DDR3 to 16gb) right now?

 

 

Give your opinions.-

[PlayStation 2]

Whenever games start using more cores.

[ARikozuM]

Should be two more years on the i5 and i7. At this point we should be moving up in resolution seeing as ultrawide 2560x1080 monitors are available up to the 144Hz range. 

 

@JustAnotherIntelFanBoy I would consider getting the i7 for your platform if CFL isn't within your budget. 

[LienusLateTips]

When games use more cores

[JustAnotherIntelFanBoy]

5 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Should be two more years on the i5 and i7. At this point we should be moving up in resolution seeing as ultrawide 2560x1080 monitors are available up to the 144Hz range. 

 

@JustAnotherIntelFanBoy I would consider getting the i7 for your platform if CFL isn't within your budget. 

Maybe 2/3 years until I change setup .

Is up to whether I need it or not in the future (right now is only gaming).

[Fraser Cow]

I had to upgrade from a 4690k because I was having lots of problems with frame dips at 1440p 160hrz.

[kelvinhall05]

I mean, I still think my i5-750 is perfectly sufficient. I think it'll last a while longer, especially 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen CPUs.

[aisle9]

27 minutes ago, JustAnotherIntelFanBoy said:

How many years you think... the 2th/3th even 4th Intel generation will last until they are not more efficient?

 

Do you think it's wise to buy a system with those or even upgrade the CPU (going from an I5 3thG. to a i7 3thG.) / MOBO / RAM (maybe 8gb DDR3 to 16gb) right now?

 

 

Give your opinions.-

I'll assume you're talking specifically about gaming, in which case I'd say something like the 4790K has a lot of life left in it, but the i5-2400 is rapidly nearing the end. There is still no better way to get a budget gaming system than to buy an old prebuilt with an Ivy or Haswell i5 and pop in a 1050 Ti. Even if Coffee Lake comes out with IPC that revolutionizes the industry (it won't), the relative performance of Covfefe Lake against Sandy Bridge isn't the deciding factor--software requirements are. Food for thought.

 

For general computing tasks, a Sandy Bridge i3 will stop being relevant only when its iGPU can no longer drive web video at an acceptable framerate. Even then, the people still using Windows 98 on a Pentium III today will still be using those i3-2120 CPUs 15 years from now.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Hopefully not soon, my main driver is an i5-2430M

[Hybris5112]

Depends on use. I am giving my own 3970x another 2 years max but I doubt the motherboard will last that long.