Hey guys, looking to pick some brains here.
Short of it: Ivy is coming out, I'm tempted to upgrade.
Current system in sig. I see 2 upgrade paths, and I'm curious which one will net me the best gains in both gaming and folding.
It will cost virtually the same to swap my mobo and processor for IVB as it will to swap my processor for a used 6 core socket 1366. Power consumption and heat don't worry me, and won't factor into this decision.
1. Upgrade to 6 cores on current platform (gulftown/westmere). This means either a 980x, 990x, And speaking of westmere, which one should i be looking at to get at LEAST 3.8ghz?
or
2. complete platform change to a 3770k, and OC it as far as it will go.
So which one do you think will get me better gains in folding (I'm around 15-18k ppd on a good day these days). An overclocked to crap 4 core Ivy? Or an overclocked to crap 6 core gulftown/westmere? I figure both upgrade paths will offer more performance for my SLI, so the defining factor is the folding potential.
Thanks
Short of it: Ivy is coming out, I'm tempted to upgrade.
Current system in sig. I see 2 upgrade paths, and I'm curious which one will net me the best gains in both gaming and folding.
It will cost virtually the same to swap my mobo and processor for IVB as it will to swap my processor for a used 6 core socket 1366. Power consumption and heat don't worry me, and won't factor into this decision.
1. Upgrade to 6 cores on current platform (gulftown/westmere). This means either a 980x, 990x, And speaking of westmere, which one should i be looking at to get at LEAST 3.8ghz?
or
2. complete platform change to a 3770k, and OC it as far as it will go.
So which one do you think will get me better gains in folding (I'm around 15-18k ppd on a good day these days). An overclocked to crap 4 core Ivy? Or an overclocked to crap 6 core gulftown/westmere? I figure both upgrade paths will offer more performance for my SLI, so the defining factor is the folding potential.
Thanks