How much longer will this cpu last?

[Ajay]

Mine will be 6 years old by the time I upgrade to Haswell-E.

Same here, though I did go from an i7 920 (D0) to an i7 970 (Westmere). I hope Haswell-E is a keeper, otherwise I'll just go with Skylake.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Same here, though I did go from an i7 920 (D0) to an i7 970 (Westmere). I hope Haswell-E is a keeper, otherwise I'll just go with Skylake.

Gulftown

 

[red_222]

I built my current computer back in 2009, and have been happy with the performance since, but im not sure how long my cpu will last me. What do you guys think? I play most current games.

System:
Intel Core i7 980 6 Core @ 4ghz 1.275v
12gb Corsair DDR3 1600 RAM
Asus P6T Mobo
BFG 1000W PSU (Too bad they went out of business 3 years ago )
Just got a AMD R9 290 Vid card.

take the life of the current 3930/3960 and add those years to your 980 and thats how much longer it will be relevant. I honestly think the i7 980x is a better cpu IMO than the 3930/3960 group.

 

[Ajay]

Gulftown

Gulftown processors use the Westmere architecture.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Gulftown processors use the Westmere architecture.

Why was it named Gulftown then?

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Why was it named Gulftown then?

Gulftown is to Westmere as Bloomfield is to Nehalem.

 

[escrow4]

I'd still take the IPC and architectural improvements of a 4770 over older hexa cores unless you really need those cores. Next gen consoles will use more cores but PC's are not consoles. Standard sloppy coding and ports and I wouldn't be surprised if single threaded grunt will still remain critical.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Gulftown is to Westmere as Bloomfield is to Nehalem.

Ah, thank you

 

[JIM2003]

So I got my CPU to 4.5hz, but if I enable Hyperthreading it will crash occasionally. Do you guys think I should just leave HT off, I don't want to up my vcore past 1.4v. 6 cores without HT should be enough right?

 

[adnank77]

I'm having kinda similar system .. As far as most games you play are GPU dependant and as far as you have a good GPU like R9-290 then no need to upgrade ..

Mostly I'll hold up until I see some benchmarks of Haswell-E when it comes out .. Note that lately focus of intel is not much on increasing perofrmance (due ot lack of serious competition there), instead, they focus on mobile related matters like power consumption and so .. Competition is much higher there ..

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

So I got my CPU to 4.5hz, but if I enable Hyperthreading it will crash occasionally. Do you guys think I should just leave HT off, I don't want to up my vcore past 1.4v. 6 cores without HT should be enough right?

I would back it off to 4.4Ghz and leave HT off to avoid any corrupt files, IF the machine is critical to daily use.

 

[Carson Dyle]

325 years.

 

[Haider]

I think you are barking up the wrong tree. The CPU is fine. I'm running an i-760@3.6GHz and 7950 Vapor-X@1050 with power limit set to +20% in Trixx. As I increase the speed of the GPU the faster games become. I think you want to concentrate on overclocking your graphics card rather than anything else...

 

[Ajay]

So I got my CPU to 4.5hz, but if I enable Hyperthreading it will crash occasionally. Do you guys think I should just leave HT off, I don't want to up my vcore past 1.4v. 6 cores without HT should be enough right?

Very nice OC!

I would back it off to 4.4Ghz and leave HT off to avoid any corrupt files, IF the machine is critical to daily use.

I agree, better safe than sorry. For games and typical desktop use, I don't think there is any need for HT.

 

[soccerballtux]

Turn on hyperthreading and turn off your 4.5ghz overclock. You don't need the overclock. The hyperthreading and 4ghz will keep you running long time.
The CPUs in PS4/XBONE much slower than yours.

 

[eelw]

I'm also happy with my Gulftown. No plans to change it for a while.

 

[tweakboy]

Youll just need video card upgrades. YOur CPU will take you far my friend. Couple more years. gl

 

[Jacky60]

I reckon you could easily get a couple more years out of it. I only just upgraded from my 920 at 4Ghz to 4770K at 4.8. Haswell E does seem promising though and will probably be next worthwhile upgrade for you.