Haswell-E, DDR4, and X99 OH MY!

**salty99** · 07-05-14, 02:52 PM

Octo-core Intel chips incoming this Autumn, priced at $999 | PC Gamer

Lots of big game changing tech becoming available to consumers later this year. Granted a new CPU, Mobo, RAM upgrade with all of these will cost an arm and a leg, it's great to see the start of another new generation of hardware with so many game changers. DDR4 has been on the horizon for a while now, but that doesn't make the anticipation any less exciting.

The introduction of the X99 chipset which will be the first available to support DDR4 RAM will play a large role in whether early upgraders will go with Haswell-E or Devil's Canyon hardware. I suppose it will be the coming benchmarks which will solidify the purchase for a lot of people, but in any case I'm sure both CPUs will have significant increases over some of the current haswell (non-haswell refesh) chips. Devil's Canyon supposedly fixes a lot of the clock-speed and head concerns current Haswell chips exhibit. I'm excited to see the impact these new parts have on the market.

**HeavyG** · 07-06-14, 10:55 AM

Yes, I will likely upgrade to a new platform next summer when I do my next build.

**Kanati** · 07-06-14, 11:15 AM

Not sure when I'll upgrade my 3930k... it's proven itself to be a lot longer lasting than any other cpu I've ever had and doesn't really show any signs of weakness yet. Right now the only upgrade I have in the pipeline is GPU and likely a replacement for my H100 cooler.

**HeavyG** · 07-06-14, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

Not sure when I'll upgrade my 3930k... it's proven itself to be a lot longer lasting than any other cpu I've ever had and doesn't really show any signs of weakness yet. Right now the only upgrade I have in the pipeline is GPU and likely a replacement for my H100 cooler.

Yea, I want to make it one more year on my 3930k. I will likely keep the CPU/board around as it is just a great platform.

**Rumble** · 07-07-14, 01:34 AM

I think my 4770K is going to hold me over for a very long time. With water cooling, and no game really pushing its limits I am set for the foreseeable future.

**Cybs** · 07-26-14, 04:04 PM

What motherboard are you guys using for your 3930Ks?

**HeavyG** · 07-26-14, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Cybs

What motherboard are you guys using for your 3930Ks?

ASRock X79 Extreme4. It is the same thing as the Extreme 6, but it only has 4 RAM slots compared to the 8 on the Extreme6. I chose the 4 slots because I simply wasn't going to fill all 8, and I didn't want to have open slots on the board.

ASRock X79 Extreme4 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

The ASRock BIOS is pretty nifty, the board is great quality, and it looks pretty slick. I have been overclocking my 3930k to 4.4GHz or higher for the past 2 years, and I have never had any problems with the CPU or board.