Black64 Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) So I havn't been keeping up with the recent advances in CPUs and SSDs. I like to upgrade around this time of year and I was curious if there is any available upgrades that anyone would recommend? Although my current system has not been showing much signs of slowing down. Although I am concerned that my chip set is getting out of date. Below are some parts I am looking to upgrade, if you have any suggestions let me know. Budget is around $1500. CPU - Intel Xeon W3670 (i7-970) to ??? SSD - upgrade to ??? Edited December 8, 2014 by Black64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) You'll have a tough time finding a reasonably priced improvement over a gulftown...maybe overclock it higher? Are you running low on space on your SSD? because once you have an SSD, you won't really see any noticeable difference with a "faster" one unless you like having bigger bar graphs lol Edited December 8, 2014 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 I haven't even OCd it yet, it's just so fast! And nope, SSD space is fine. Well I guess ill wait until next year... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Lol yeah, sounds like it. I'd still have my 920 if it wasn't for my memory causing me to upgrade from it...only to find out it was the damn memory that was bad, not my motherboard or CPU Don't be me, love your socket 1366 machine! (especially with that delicious gulftown) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 You really don't need an upgrade. What do you have your W3670 overclocked to? A used i7-980 I bought for cheap at 4.2GHz is still pretty good, and I still have it around (I refuse to sell it). I wouldn't warrant any upgrade over that. Most SSD's these days are a mixed bag. Samsung and Crucial have gone more towards mainstream TLC-based NAND, which I think is fine since by the time it might run out of writes (like in 10 to 20 years), you'll probably get a 4TB SSD by then for the same price you buy a 480GB one now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Having ran the upgrade path from X58 to Z68 to Z77, I can tell you that there wasn't enough difference to have justified the money I spent on those "upgrades". My decision making processes were flawed I thought I couldn't live without PCIe 3.0, and the native USB3.0, SATA 6Gb/s etc. but in reality there just wasn't that large of a difference in the way the platforms performed on a day to day basis. I know that benchmarks say otherwise, but I'm talking about in real world use. And I was only using the i7 950 when I ditched the X58 platform. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted December 8, 2014 Posted December 8, 2014 Having ran the upgrade path from X58 to Z68 to Z77, I can tell you that there wasn't enough difference to have justified the money I spent on those "upgrades". My decision making processes were flawed I thought I couldn't live without PCIe 3.0, and the native USB3.0, SATA 6Gb/s etc. but in reality there just wasn't that large of a difference in the way the platforms performed on a day to day basis. I know that benchmarks say otherwise, but I'm talking about in real world use. And I was only using the i7 950 when I ditched the X58 platform. Exactly the info I was looking for! Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 I still use a 920 on the x58 platform that does well even thought the chip is a dog. The wife runs a 980x with 12GB of memory as well although I think either the board puked, the card puked or the 3TB storage drive took a dump. Will be looking at that one tomorrow. The X58 platform while aged is still solid. As far as feel goes Z97 or X99 with a decent SSD feel snappier than my X58 rig does. How that relates to your usage model may differ from what my usage is but needless to say I stuck with X79 for my gaming rig due to the higher PCIE lane count offered rather than moving to Z97. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Having ran the upgrade path from X58 to Z68 to Z77, I can tell you that there wasn't enough difference to have justified the money I spent on those "upgrades". My decision making processes were flawed I thought I couldn't live without PCIe 3.0, and the native USB3.0, SATA 6Gb/s etc. but in reality there just wasn't that large of a difference in the way the platforms performed on a day to day basis. I know that benchmarks say otherwise, but I'm talking about in real world use. And I was only using the i7 950 when I ditched the X58 platform. Yeah, that's humorously the best justification I have for my new system. Native USB 3.0! (had just two ports with an add-in card on my X58) But yeah, since I got my 920 system from you, I guess we both abandoned your 1366 systems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 My main rig is x58 x980 I am not upgrading for a long time.. I still run several i7 920s on the folding rigs they do fine to run the 7970s... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 No reason to upgrade unless you lookiing for PCIE-3.0 slots (Tri or Quad needed to use that much bandwidth) or 6/8 cores for video editing. Otherwise save your money! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Biggest bang would be the video cards if you use them for gaming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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