Given the latest news on the Intel road map, I'm scrapping my Ivy-E upgrade plans. That leaves me with either sticking with my current x58 / i930 build, or doing a "bridge/budget" upgrade until Haswell-E is released in 2H2014.
I need to make a decision on this quickly (discounted 2700ks are hard to find and current upgrade price fits my budget). Problem is that I have no idea what kind of performance benefits I might expect inorder to determine whether the upgrade is worth the money.
Questions:
(1) Roughly, what kind of performance gain should I expect assuming at least a 4.6GHz OC (I think that's reasonable)? In particular, any idea for what I might expect in terms of video encoding speed (MeGUI), image editing (Photoshop, et.al.) and/or gaming?
(2) I think my 930 wouldn't limit the GTX780, but I can't say for sure, nor am I certain as to whether going from PCI-E 2.0 to 3.0 will make any difference as well. Any comments?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
- Current system = i7 930 @4GHz | Thermalright Archon Heatsink (2x140mm fans in push/pull) | 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 @1528 (7-8-8-24 1T) | Crucial M4 256GB SSD on SATA 3GB/s native port | GTX580 3GB, but planning to upgrade to GTX780 soon.
- Proposed Upgrade = Z77 chipset MB | Intel i7 2700k (Sandy) | 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC2400 or 2133. Cost = about $600 - whatever I can get for my old MB/DRAM/CPU.
I need to make a decision on this quickly (discounted 2700ks are hard to find and current upgrade price fits my budget). Problem is that I have no idea what kind of performance benefits I might expect inorder to determine whether the upgrade is worth the money.
Questions:
(1) Roughly, what kind of performance gain should I expect assuming at least a 4.6GHz OC (I think that's reasonable)? In particular, any idea for what I might expect in terms of video encoding speed (MeGUI), image editing (Photoshop, et.al.) and/or gaming?
(2) I think my 930 wouldn't limit the GTX780, but I can't say for sure, nor am I certain as to whether going from PCI-E 2.0 to 3.0 will make any difference as well. Any comments?
Any help is greatly appreciated.