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CGI-Quality said:

JEMC said:

CGI-Quality said:

Relieved? Lulz. You don't know me very well.

I plan for the next build even before my recent one(s) are finished. Broadwell-E is much like IB-E was for me - an exciting, evolutionary step. I don't mind waiting a year for the new chips, but like SB-E to IB-E, this will be a longer wait. Not that it's a huge deal, NVIDIA will have their newest Maxwell top-of-the-line card out soon, but the CPU in my builds is equally, if not more, important, considering my work.

With relieved I meant that at least the last upgrade would have payed off, you'll get more from your money even if after your upgrade you resell the older components. Upgrading is always... not fun but exciting.

And Nvidia, I guess when AMD launches the 3x0 series they will launch the 980Ti or whatever the name they come with.

Upgrading is both fun and exciting for this dude! I will say, I was a tad disappointed with Haswell-E initially (the OC'ing wasn't as good as I hoped - that or I just didn't get a "good" CPU). My guess - Broadwell-E will bring 14nm, higher clocks, and/or better IPC (given the TPD is exactly like Haswell-E), which is where my aniticipation comes from

From the reviews I've read, Haswell-E isn't a good overclocker, at least not the 5960X, but that's not surprising given that the lower s2011-3 CPUs ship with higher frequencies.

Broadwell-E, with the same 6/8 cores and 140W of TDP should be quite a bit faster if done at 14nm.