Anyone Planning to Buy Haswell E?

[escksu]

Hmm...... I very gian......No idea if I should go for it..... Purpose is just for normal usage and play games.....I have never own or use an 8 core CPU before in my life. So its like an experience.

 

[Assault]

I use my 6-core 4930k to surf net and pcw on hwz.. Satki anot feels like 4790k faster tho haha!

 

[ArmedandDamgerous]

You will need to OC the **** out of Haswell-E before it matches any i5/i7 Haswell chips.

 

[escksu]

I use my 6-core 4930k to surf net and pcw on hwz.. Satki anot feels like 4790k faster tho haha!

Hows the feeling? Is it significantly faster than a quad core? cause I am still using 2500K....lol (very old and slow....) Planning to upgrade to either 4790K or perhaps save up more and go for 5960x.....Do you think its worth it?

 

[Yureak]

an experience burning a big hole in your pocket

 

[Ark Law]

cause I am still using 2500K....lol (very old and slow....) Planning to upgrade to either 4790K or perhaps save up more and go for 5960x.....Do you think its worth it?

If 2500K is slow for you, 5960X won't be of any difference

 

[Assault]

Hows the feeling? Is it significantly faster than a quad core? cause I am still using 2500K....lol (very old and slow....) Planning to upgrade to either 4790K or perhaps save up more and go for 5960x.....Do you think its worth it?

Well... ...

The sad truth is that I don't feel the IVB-E is any faster than DC at all.. in day-to-day use it is pretty much exactly the same. Of course the 6-core will thrash the quad-core in CPU benchmarks (like Cinebench) but unless you have a specific use for the extra cores (games don't count) I would say it's a waste of money.

I think that you should only buy Haswell-E if 1) budget is not a concern (ie too much money), 2) you're sure you have a good use for the extra cores, or 3) you intend to SLI more than 2 cards at a time, 4) you just want to look satki and bad-ass with the best gear available I don't think buying it for (4) is a bad idea because that's pretty much what I did myself

 

[yonglong84]

I upgrade from i7-920 to 4790k it was very different indeed

 

[FinalTidus]

Hows the feeling? Is it significantly faster than a quad core? cause I am still using 2500K....lol (very old and slow....) Planning to upgrade to either 4790K or perhaps save up more and go for 5960x.....Do you think its worth it?

i5-2500k slow for you....

You just made me very emo.

Don't insult my precious i5-2500k lei.

 

[CrazyBlue]

Same question actually. 5960k or 4790K. Plan to SLI, but only 2x..really curious how the 8 core will be like. Last time people say 2 core useless, now..? Then came 4 cores, and people say the same thing...now? what about 8 cores?

 

[escksu]

i5-2500k slow for you....

You just made me very emo.

Don't insult my precious i5-2500k lei.

Its like 3 generations behind. already. Now got 5 series.... ours only 2 series.....Even 3 series also no more.

 

[Alternative X]

Same question actually. 5960k or 4790K. Plan to SLI, but only 2x..really curious how the 8 core will be like. Last time people say 2 core useless, now..? Then came 4 cores, and people say the same thing...now? what about 8 cores?

AMD also got 8 core, but not much programs actually completely use its 8 cores. I think that buying Haswell E is a massive waste of $$$ as very few programs are actually written to use 4 cores for maximum performance, let alone 8.

 

[FinalTidus]

Its like 3 generations behind. already. Now got 5 series.... ours only 2 series.....Even 3 series also no more.

The performance improvement between 2,3,4 are not significant lei.

Don't say E series lah. The mainstream CPUs.

 

[Ark Law]

I upgrade from i7-920 to 4790k it was very different indeed

As long as you're coming from before Sandy Bridge, the jump will be significant.

People who truly need LGA2011 will not need to question themselves since cost should be a non-issue anyway and they need the performance pronto