Haswell-E buyers: what are you upgrading from?

[Arachnotronic]

Topic says it all -- for those of you lucky ones picking up Haswell-E, what platform are you upgrading from?

 

[Redstorm]

i7 860 for me, has served me well over the last 4 years.

X99 OC Formula for me, 5820k initially and then wait and see what Broadwell-E brings to the table next year.

Single high end GFX plus M.2 hence not wanting to go down the restrictive Z97 path.

Almost forgot, I hate iGPUs and now the only CPU's that intel make without them are the HEDT or XEONs.

 

[Grooveriding]

X79 SB-E to X99 HW-E

 

[Ayah]

i7 920 @ 4.2 for me, though I'm kind of waiting for ddr4 prices to settle for a bit, but I'm definitely getting haswell-e.

 

[njdevilsfan87]

I bought a 5820K, but I'm still not sure if I am going to go through with the upgrade. I'm waiting to see if DDR4 prices come down a bit first, as well as see if there any early X99 bugs that needs to be worked out. But if I do go through with it, then I'll be coming from a 3770K. I don't expect much performance gain but I do like the thought of being able to add a third Titan and not lose any PCIe bandwidth. 28 lanes is enough to run them 8x/8x/8x.

 

[FiLeZz]

3930k to 5960x

 

[DooKey]

Haswell to Haswell-E

Want moar cores

 

[cm123]

Tough upgrade with such low base clocks from the new E's... Of course this is what we get when AMD struggles leaving little in the way of Intel to really put the effort into the desktop market at the far upper end.

I for one would love to see a new E that actually has the performance to put all the lower cost (intel) desktop processors in their place vs. about as fast, or beats its here, maybe there, but as whole can't take other models costing as 1/3 as much...

 

[Grooveriding]

Haswell to Haswell-E

Want moar cores

 

[EvilNodZ]

i7 860 to i7 5820K

 

[Mk pt]

i7 920@ 3.6 GHz to X5650 @ 3.8Ghz.
Cheap 6 core| 12 threads..


DDR4 is too expensive.

 

[palladium]

i7 920 @3.6 to 5960X

When DDR4 prices settle, 4K becomes more user friendly (no more DP1.2 MST bugs; release of HDMI 2.0) and AMD/nV releases new gen of cards. Broadwell E may be on the doorstep when all these conditions are fulfilled...

 

[biostud]

i5-750@3.8Ghz to 5820K, just waiting for DDR4 and motherboards to be available.

 

[Gikaseixas]

5960X
I really, really want those 8 cores

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm still rocking my Q9300 @ 3.0 CPUs, going to have to pass on Haswell-E, unless I win the lotto or something. Might pick up a pair of A8-7600 APUs, those look nice. Or maybe I'll get some 750ti 2GB cards for the Q9300 rigs. I'm not sure. I guess I stick to the kiddy pool CPUs. $1K for a single CPU is way too much for me to stomach. It was bad enough my Q6600 CPUs cost me $200 + tax ea.

 

[RussianSensation]

I'm still rocking my Q9300 @ 3.0 CPUs, going to have to pass on Haswell-E, unless I win the lotto or something. Might pick up a pair of A8-7600 APUs, those look nice. Or maybe I'll get some 750ti 2GB cards for the Q9300 rigs. I'm not sure. I guess I stick to the kiddy pool CPUs. $1K for a single CPU is way too much for me to stomach. It was bad enough my Q6600 CPUs cost me $200 + tax ea.

It's relative because Q6600 @ 3.4ghz G0 could have lasted from August 2007 to January 2011 when 2600K came out, or nearly 3.5 years making it a worthwhile 'investment.' Similarly CPUs such as 2600K are on track to last 4 years+ (!!) from January 2011 to summer/fall 2015 when Broadwell-K/Broadwell-E drop. I think there is no point in buying $150 and below CPUs anymore since in the context of the overall system upgrade costs (mobo+ram+cpu+ssd+videocards) the $100-150 saved on a CPU is a waste of time when CPUs nowadays last 3.5-5 years while a $150 CPU is meh from the start. Also, from a price/performance point of view, it's seriously pointless to compare CPUs on their own without accounting for the cost of all these other components I just listed since neither CPUs nor GPUs operate in a vacuum when we do system upgrades of such large scale every 3-5 years.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Only the highest end sku is 1k.

MC is selling the i7-5820 for $300.

 

[imaheadcase]

If you got a 2600k no reason to upgrade. heh

 

[Arachnotronic]

It's relative because Q6600 @ 3.4ghz G0 could have lasted from August 2007 to January 2011 when 2600K came out, or nearly 3.5 years making it a worthwhile 'investment.' Similarly CPUs such as 2600K are on track to last 4 years+ (!!) from January 2011 to summer/fall 2015 when Broadwell-K/Broadwell-E drop. I think there is no point in buying $150 and below CPUs anymore since in the context of the overall system upgrade costs (mobo+ram+cpu+ssd+videocards) the $100-150 saved on a CPU is a waste of time when CPUs nowadays last 3.5-5 years while a $150 CPU is meh from the start. Also, from a price/performance point of view, it's seriously pointless to compare CPUs on their own without accounting for the cost of all these other components I just listed since neither CPUs nor GPUs operate in a vacuum when we do system upgrades of such large scale every 3-5 years.

Interesting perspective. Reminds me of the saying, "price is what you pay, value is what you get."

 

[Arachnotronic]

If you got a 2600k no reason to upgrade. heh

If you want/need more cores, and also want a newer platform, then it makes sense.

No PCIe 3.0 with a 2600K, right?

 

[Dave3000]

I have an i7-4930k and I'm sticking with it for now. I can't justify upgrading to a 5930k , and the 5820k would be a downgrade for me.

 

[Mand]

Wow, lots of i7-860, like me. Nice little chip, that one.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I have an i7-4930k and I'm sticking with it for now. I can't justify upgrading to a 5930k , and the 5820k would be a downgrade for me.

If you have a 4930K it probably doesn't make sense to upgrade to another 6 core, IMO.

 

[Kenmitch]

The $300 5820k at microcenter is tempting me. The price of DDR4 and the MB selection is currently offsetting the temptation.

 

[Mk pt]

Wow, lots of i7-860, like me. Nice little chip, that one.

i7 920 too.
Nice big chip, this one.

It's relative because Q6600 @ 3.4ghz G0 could have lasted from August 2007 to January 2011 when 2600K came out, or nearly 3.5 years making it a worthwhile 'investment.' Similarly CPUs such as 2600K are on track to last 4 years+ (!!) from January 2011 to summer/fall 2015 when Broadwell-K/Broadwell-E drop. I think there is no point in buying $150 and below CPUs anymore since in the context of the overall system upgrade costs (mobo+ram+cpu+ssd+videocards) the $100-150 saved on a CPU is a waste of time when CPUs nowadays last 3.5-5 years while a $150 CPU is meh from the start. Also, from a price/performance point of view, it's seriously pointless to compare CPUs on their own without accounting for the cost of all these other components I just listed since neither CPUs nor GPUs operate in a vacuum when we do system upgrades of such large scale every 3-5 years.

My i7 920 has 5 years.
It's still a nice cpu, and with oc still is a nice rig to do any job we can ask from a pc, from playing to run heavy software - if we don't demand pro performance for rendering or editing really heavy files/video.

I did upgrade gpu - from the original 4890's crossfire, now I have a r9 290, and I did put an ssd as main disk drive.
But the old ass Bloomfield @3.6/3.8Ghz is still a pretty decent cpu for this days - if you, like I said before - don't demand pro level performance for a few task's - it's still able to equal or beat today Intel competition.


This week, I'll upgrade to X5650/Westmere, to get more performance in multithread software.. and because I like to upgrade too - last year was the r9 290, this year was 6gb to 12gb of ram [at same 1800+/-mhz] and will be this cheap cpu that can keep pace or beat 1150 cpu's in multithread.

I think that x58 started a new era where a major upgrade [cpu+board+mems,..] only justify for pro level work or for persons who like to have all new things.
A nice Core2 quad rig with some upgrades may also last some years but not as many as x58 can live - it have 5 years and one of the best 6 core for this platform [nowadays it's a cheap cpu] can have a decent performance for newest software.

Same will happen with who will buy this new Haswell-E.
Who bought today an i7 5820 can - in 2019 - buy a cheap broadwell-E i7 with 8 cores and have a decent performance.



I'll only upgrade x58 and my new-old westmere to a skylake or skylake-E, if
X5650/i7 920 and P6T Dlx v2 survives until then.

DDR4 has to improve - prices settle and lower cl times or higher mhz
More Mboards with m.2 4x slot
Cheaper m.2 ssd's with 512gb/1TB.