I watched my friends get the Rampage II Extreme, was not interested. Then came the Rampage III was slightly interested but the increasing rumors about a new socket made me wait. Then finally came the Rampage IV and I seriously considered upgrading to a LGA2011 system. But figured out that my current system was enough for me so I instead bought a GTX590. I am still satisfied with my gaming performance, but the years have finally started to take their toll on my Rampage I and QX9770 and my RAMs.
Over the years, I gradually reduced my CPU to it's current state at 3.8GHz. Also, no matter what I do, I can't get my OCZs to run at the specified frequency of 1200MHz. They're at 890 now. I was still doing OK until I started to have some serious problems this week. Right now, I'm getting BSODs, I/O read/write errors, input lag, all kinds of annoying things.
And now, there comes Haswell... Totally ruined my plans.
I game mainly on my PC so I'm looking for the ultimate gaming performance. It would be nice for Windows to respond fast and quickly sort out some occasional decoding/encoding, but what's really important for me is longevity. I've been using this system for years and it has served me well. My new upgrade should also provide me that satisfaction.
Go for Haswell? X79? Wait for the next high end X series chipset (I don't have much time left before my MB totally craps out on me) ? What do you think?
Over the years, I gradually reduced my CPU to it's current state at 3.8GHz. Also, no matter what I do, I can't get my OCZs to run at the specified frequency of 1200MHz. They're at 890 now. I was still doing OK until I started to have some serious problems this week. Right now, I'm getting BSODs, I/O read/write errors, input lag, all kinds of annoying things.
And now, there comes Haswell... Totally ruined my plans.
I game mainly on my PC so I'm looking for the ultimate gaming performance. It would be nice for Windows to respond fast and quickly sort out some occasional decoding/encoding, but what's really important for me is longevity. I've been using this system for years and it has served me well. My new upgrade should also provide me that satisfaction.
Go for Haswell? X79? Wait for the next high end X series chipset (I don't have much time left before my MB totally craps out on me) ? What do you think?