worth my money to go i5?

i was thinking about upgrading to a i5 quad core build, my current rig is AMD Phenom II X4 965, Foxconn destoryer motherboard, 8GB DDR2, 2x sli gtx 460. Would it be worth my money to go i5, or hold out a year for next cpus

i would say hold out because yes the I5 is better but in my oppinion it's not worth the cost of the motherboard and the cpu right now so just wait a year and see what the next range of ivy bridge brings.

I pressume you're building this for gameing as well and cpus factor into gameing but not near as much as a gpu and that is alos another reason i wouldn't upgrade because you allready have a decent one.

i would say hold out because yes the I5 is better but in my oppinion it's not worth the cost of the motherboard and the cpu right now so just wait a year and see what the next range of ivy bridge brings.

I pressume you're building this for gameing as well and cpus factor into gameing but not near as much as a gpu and that is alos another reason i wouldn't upgrade because you allready have a decent one.

TKdreamAge

Eh I would hold out, you already have capable hardware for the time being. I just did a new i5 Build but thats because my old computer was garbage and I didn't want to wait anymore.

99% sure you wouldnt see a difference.

So you'd have to buy and new cpu, ram and mobo, and most games would see next to no difference.

Not worth it.

personally, i wait as long a possible, until the current machine cannot do what i need it to do accpetabley (spelling>?). i went from my P3 700mhz to my AMD 3500+ because the P3 couldnt run HD video. i went from the AMD 3500+ to a core 2 E6400 because the AMD couldnt cope with video editing. i went from the e6400 to an i7 930 because the e6400 would take a week to render HD video edits (the i7 takes onyl a few hours). find a reason=upgrade. no reason to upgrade=better stuff always on the horizon

stick with the cpu unless you have a reason to upgrade. I had a 955 BE as well but upgraded to core i7 because i mainly played RTS games and wanted 100% smooth playback, even in the most hectic battles. Most people who play RTS games though will be happy with the level of performance the 955 gives you, so not really any reason to upgrade, since most games other than RTS depend on the graphics card much more than the cpu. But i will add that encoding videos on a core i7 is blazing fast :D

The performance increase will be significant in general computer use and in any game which makes use of CPU horsepower, such as RTS and Sandbox games. In GPU heavy games such as Crysis2 then the extra CPU power won't matter.

The performance increase will be significant in general computer use and in any game which makes use of CPU horsepower, such as RTS and Sandbox games. In GPU heavy games such as Crysis2 then the extra CPU power won't matter.

ShimmerMan

i was thinking about upgrading to a i5 quad core build, my current rig is AMD Phenom II X4 965, Foxconn destoryer motherboard, 8GB DDR2, 2x sli gtx 460. Would it be worth my money to go i5, or hold out a year for next cpus

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