Currently have i5-3570k, thinking of upgrade at Black Friday

[squee116]

As the topic says, I'm currently running a 3570k. I don't think I got a great sample, as the overclock became unstable a 4.2 ghz. I'm looking to upgrade, and unsure if I should go to Broadwell or Skylake. I plan OC'ing again, and run fairly cpu-hungry games on the regular, as well as doing workstation stuff on Adobe CC, or programming with visual studio.

Impressions? I'd like the most bang for the buck, and something that could keep me going for another 2 years after purchase.

 

[Hugo Drax]

What's the average CPU consumption during your normal usage patterns of the PC? You are better off saving the money and upgrading 2 years down the line.

The performance increase will be to small to be noticed.

 

[squee116]

At present, when I'm running Dota 2, which I do alot, I'm using up anywhere from 57 to 82% of my cpu. And I do run more cpu-intensive games than that from time to time. It's usually hovering around the 60% area when I'm working on Adobe.

 

[Hugo Drax]

At present, when I'm running Dota 2, which I do alot, I'm using up anywhere from 57 to 82% of my cpu. And I do run more cpu-intensive games than that from time to time. It's usually hovering around the 60% area when I'm working on Adobe.

Those numbers pretty much indicate that you won't see any real difference upgrading.

Skylake is a meh upgrade from what I can tell.

You might see instead of 82 percent peak, a 78% peak.

 

[squee116]

That surprises me. I thought since I was a few generations behind, I'd see more of a boost. I guess my ivy bridge is still serving me well then...

 

[Hugo Drax]

That surprises me. I thought since I was a few generations behind, I'd see more of a boost. I guess my ivy bridge is still serving me well then...

I am still at ivy bridge. It is a good CPU and you can still squeeze 2-3 years out of it. I would save up for a better gPU upgrade in the future.

 

[squee116]

I'm running a 7950, which has only let me down in Star Citizen thus far. But I have been eyeballing the the newest cards...

 

[Hugo Drax]

I'm running a 7950, which has only let me down in Star Citizen thus far. But I have been eyeballing the the newest cards...

I would definitely look at what's coming for video cards and if you don't have an SSD that would make a huge jump I performance especially heavy disk workloads.

 

[squee116]

I have one SSD for the OS. Everything else is on bulk HDDs.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I have one SSD for the OS. Everything else is on bulk HDDs.

Well the majority of disk io is gonna be on that hard drive. Once the OS is loaded not much happens.

Go run performance monitor and look at the disk io activity and you will see how busy the disk is.

I run everything on a 1tb Samsung 850 pro.

 

[Charlie98]

I am still at ivy bridge. It is a good CPU and you can still squeeze 2-3 years out of it. I would save up for a better gPU upgrade in the future.

I'm still on Sandy... and haven't even considered upgrading... just don't see the cost/benefit (in my particular application.) I'm on my 3rd GPU upgrade (560Ti>760SC>970SSC) and I can still play everything I want without problems.

 

[Schmide]

Do you have Intel's Smart Response Technology active?

If not pick up a 30-64gb ssd. I think it makes a world of difference.