CPU upgrade advice

PCSharkey

I am considering upgrading from my i5 3330 to one of the new haswell's particularly the i7 5820k but aside from changing the mobo do I need to buy ddr4 ram and change PSU (xfx 750w) because of the new socket. Should I upgrade to the new socket or go with a haswell or ivy bridge, or not upgrade at all. I you could help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

Ninjah Tigah

What's your current full build?
Budget etc.

PCSharkey

Ninjah Tigah wrote: »

What's your current full build?
Budget etc.

Right now I have i5 3330 zotac 780 amp edition 8gbs of ram and a 1tb Hardrive plus the 750w xfx. I'm hoping to spend roughly 500-600 so if you can help me out thank you

Ninjah Tigah

Also what will be the main purpose of the pc? ^^

trapattack

Waste of money, your processor is perfectly fine. Games are more GPU intensive than CPU intensive. You would be spending a fortune for very little gain on frames

Nino Brown

Stick with what you have until skylake comes along next year

PCSharkey

trapattack wrote: »

Waste of money, your processor is perfectly fine. Games are more GPU intensive than CPU intensive. You would be spending a fortune for very little gain on frames

Thanks guys, is there any other other upgrades you would recommend maybe an ssd or a decent fan controller considering my asrock b75 only has I 4pin fan header.

Ninjah Tigah

An ssd will improve startup speeds as well as load times in games, I'd always recommend getting one as they're not as expensive anymore.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/Solid-State-Disk/169180/Crucial+MX100+SSD+128GB+%282%2C5%2C+7mm%29.article

or for just over 50% extra the price you can get around 100% more space;

http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/Solid-State-Disk/169179/Crucial+MX100+SSD+256GB+%282%2C5%2C+7mm%29.article

PCSharkey

Thanks I'll buy an ssd, I know this might be a bight silly but I was considering upgrading my RAM to 16 gb corsair or something because the sticks I have know are just generic kingston 8gbs and I have no clue what speed they are, should I or just stick with the stuff I have now?

PCSharkey

Thanks I'll buy an ssd, I know this might be a bight silly but I was considering upgrading my RAM to 8gb or even 16 gb corsair vengeance or something because the sticks I have know are just generic kingston 8gbs and I have no clue what speed they are, should I or just stick with the stuff I have now?

Ninjah Tigah

PCSharkey wrote: »

Thanks I'll buy an ssd, I know this might be a bight silly but I was considering upgrading my RAM to 16 gb corsair or something because the sticks I have know are just generic kingston 8gbs and I have no clue what speed they are, should I or just stick with the stuff I have now?

Well, if it's just for gaming I wouldn't worry about it at all. Just stick with the kingston 8gb.

PCSharkey

Ninjah Tigah wrote: »

Well, if it's just for gaming I wouldn't worry about it at all. Just stick with the kingston 8gb.

Alright thanks again.

Ninjah Tigah

PCSharkey wrote: »

Alright thanks again.

You're welcome. :P