Building a new rig. Haswell or Ivy Bridge

Hi everyone,

I know recently this horse is being flogged a lot all over the web, but I'm not a real computer person when it comes down to the technicalities and all that reading and jargon hurts my brain.

I'm upgrading (if you can call it that) from my very old desktop. (6 years old, running Pentium D 3.4Ghz single core )

Primarily I'll be using it for Photoshop, and gaming, and once in a while, the occasional video editing.

I've been looking into the new Haswell series, and from what I can see, there's really not much difference between the two besides the integrated graphics and the hyper threading. Since I'll be using my own graphics card, the integrated on becomes void. I read on Tom's Hardware somewhere, that the difference in performance is only around 10% different, but with approx $40 difference on the price (taking into account the mobo as well). I'm also assuming that the 1155 is now dead, after the release of the 1150, so should I take that into account as well, or is that irrelevant?

So, as an OzBargainer, I'm thinking wait a month or so for Ivy Bridge prices to drop some more, then build a 3rd Gen rig, or should I stretch the budget a bit and get the Haswell?

Thanks for your help!

Comments

  • +4

    no brainer

    get with the new

    intel will EOL s1155 soon, maybe by the end of the year

    saying that, if you build an Ivy PC of course it will last a good 4,5,6 yrs just like your current PC however its like buying a car, if you pay the same do you want a 2013 or a 2012 model?

    i think prices are decent as they are right now… someone posted a $559 Haswell white box, i doubt they will drop that much leading up to xmas

    if you have to post these questions… there's an old saying, if there's any doubt, there is no doubt

    get haswell

    • Cheers Tonyjzx. Looks like Haswell it is :)

  • Tonyjzx is right, get the newer tech. Depending on the video editing software you use, the improvements to intel quick-sync may speed up the video processing, and hyper-threading will be useful for photoshop and video editing. Though i7's in Ivy Bridge had hyper-threading, I assumed it would be the same for haswell, but maybe not.

    Also, Pentium D by definition was a dual core cpu, there's no such thing as a single core pentium d :-P

    • Yeah that's true. I guess 10% of a lot is a quite a fair bit.
      I'm looking for i5, so the hyperthreading will be a fresh change

      With the Pentium D, I'm not actually sure what it is. It's marketed as a dual core, but there's only one physical core, according to my computer.

  • for that high intensity task i'd go a z87 and a plain i7 4770 myself but then i have advanced tastes

    go at least a gt660/ati7870

    • Heh.. advanced tastes indeed. I'm only going for the i5, it should be alright. i7 and a z87 is a bit out of my budget. I'm using a 5750, and I'll upgrade a little later, because Photoshop isn't as intensive on the graphics as it is on the CPU and RAM.

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