CPU/Mobo Is it worth upgrading from Phenom 2 X4 955BE to Ivy bridge?

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Dr.ashish

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I had just one question. Is it worth upgrading from Phenom 2 X4 955Be to Ivy bridge( either i5 or i7 3770k). I have allready ordered EVGA GTX 680 which I wil be getting today. current PC setup is in my sig. XFX 5850 will be replaced by GTX 680 today.

I use it mostly for movies and gaming.

Any suggestions.
 
Dr.ashish said:
I had just one question. Is it worth upgrading from Phenom 2 X4 955Be to Ivy bridge( either i5 or i7 3770k). I have allready ordered EVGA GTX 680 which I wil be getting today. current PC setup is in my sig. XFX 5850 will be replaced by GTX 680 today.

I use it mostly for movies and gaming.

Any suggestions.
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I think in your case it will be wiser to wait for Intel Haswell chips to release in Q1 2013.

But upgrading to Ivy-Bridge is also a good proposal, just wait till August -- September for prices to settle and the initial issues like --
  • overheating,
  • lack of over-clocking potential,
  • confusion pertaining to overall performance gain and power draw improvements over Sandy-Bridge.

Hope this answers your query, Cheers!!
 
A single word reply YES!

As #[member='ALPHA17'] suggested its better to wait for 3more months to get some good stuff and if you can still wait.. You get haswell intel's much Talked procy. I'm excited:)
 
Thanks guys. I will wait a few months tosee if the fix the overheating issues with Ivy bridge. Hopefully its fixed with a new stepping.
 
No point buying SB when Ivy is nearly the same price and will be readily available in 1-2 weeks max.
 
Thanks guys.

I am going to wait a few months and just hope that the temperature issues are resolved with new revisions. there is still time for haswell to release. So, I am gonna buy Ivy bridge in a 1-2 months.

Another question-

IS corsair H50 compatible with Ivy bridge?
 
HI guys,

Sorry for the offtopic but other than reducing bootload times , why is a SSD really needed ? .
 
Dr.ashish said:
IS corsair H50 compatible with Ivy bridge?
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Yes it is. And honestly if you can wait for the next revision of Ivy-Bridge then it will be better you go the whole hog and wait till Q1 2013 when Intel will release Haswell.
 
fLUX said:
HI guys,

Sorry for the offtopic but other than reducing bootload times , why is a SSD really needed ? .
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Along with that, you get faster read and write speeds(by faster I mean ~2x or more) than you average 7200 rpm hdd. Plus, 'sometimes' in games too you must have noticed the graphics load after you reach there especially, when there a large draw distances. SSD can eliminate these.
 
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