![]() I think that if you're on the old 9xx Bloomfield CPU, you may use it for another year or get 4790K now and enjoy it. The CPUs scheduled to launch later this year will be way more expensive for sure, and mobos will cost more, and RAM (DDR4 will be cheaper than DDR3, but not today). Maybe if I bought 120Hz+ monitor, I'd want more CPU power.Īnd to buy or to wait? It's difficult. But there are moments, when frame rate drops and CPU seems to be the bottleneck. It usually hovers around 20-30%, rarely exceeds 50%. Yeah, I launched MSI Afterburner to measure the GPU load. no, BF4 runs fine, the problem is with Diablo 3. To be honest, in terms of pure CPU power, I'm not missing anything except for Visual Studio plugins (yeah, pure VS is snappy even on old computer, but extensions can kill any CPU), and regarding games. At stock 2.66 it wasn't that impressive, but any OC north to 3.5 is really good. well maybe power usage could be lower, as it would result in less heat in summer and less noise. I'm missing SATA 3 and USB 3 a bit, as well as instant UEAF boot times that my laptop (ThinkPad W520 with 2720QM) offers, but the CPU is pretty much ok. Well, I replaced graphics card, added some disks and replaced SSD after the old one died, but the CPU is still alive & kicking. It's one of greater periods that I had between upgrades. Having 920 D myself, I have a feeling that it's old. ![]() Click to expand.Thanks for this great review, Hilbert!
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