My current rig (2500k@stock, 8gb ram, gtx460, 128gb SSD) has served me well for over 3 years now. Has anything been released yet that would persuade me to upgrade yet? I went from a Q6600, 4gb, HD4770 to this one, so would ideally be looking for a similar leap in speed difference. I haven't really kept up with the advances over the last couple of years, as they all seemed to be either similar or inferior to what I had, apart from power usage. I'm not much of a gamer (I still play CM01/02 daily) but I am keen on photography, and use CS6 and LR regularly.
Graphics Wise, like e you're 3 generations back and GPU's have moved on so fast its silly. CPU wise it wouldn't be a massive jump, but a worth while one. Unless you want to go X99 which although very good is also going to be expensive. If you had a 3770k and went to the 4770k I would have said for the gains you would get are hardly worth the outlay.
My upgrade litmus test is if something I need my PC to do is too slow or incapable, upgrade. It is usually a game. Currently, I have no issues.
I'd say oc that 2500k, with any decent cooler they'll hit 4.4-4.5ghz without an issue, though you'll have to up the voltage.
Thanks for that. I really don't use the graphics card enough to justify an upgrade. Even if I do update the rest, the gfx card will probably stay in till it dies a natural death. My 2500k is quite happy to sit at 5GHz all day long, with minimal effort. It's possibly the way to go I think, till DDR4 becomes the norm, and CPU's have at least doubled in performance. The Q6600 lasted 5 years before the creaks set in. I think the only benefit to me will be CS6 performance, but to be honest, I rarely wait over a second for it to apply any changes, and I would imagine another 8gb ram would offer some benefit there. Thanks for clarifying the situation though.....I'll go spend all the cash on a nice Sony Full Frame camera instead
^^This^^ Wait to see how Skylake pans out in mid 2015, it's what I'm waiting for. By that time the GPU market will probably look much different as well.
