New motherboard in not too distant future

[Chewie]

So you wouldn't suggest Haswell?

 

[MattW]

So you wouldn't suggest Haswell?

I'd just consider it in terms of the value you get performance wise - I only took a brief glance at some benchmarks of ones at similar prices, and to get one that's Haswell you're probably getting something that's slightly slower overall just because it's newer and the prices are closer to RRP. It's only on laptops where power consumption matters significantly where I'd think of taking a performance hit to get Haswell.

That said, Amazon's search results are pretty terrible and irrelevant, so I might have missed a better price/performance combination.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Ah, turns out that model doesn't have WiFi - basically all the 'P8Z77-V' models do except the one I linked to. This one does but is a bit more expensive, it's might be easier to get a lower spec motherboard and add a PCI-E wireless card.

Yeah, I reckon that's the way to go. That way I can go ahead and get the WiFi card now, and I'll be able to add it to the new mobo when I get that. There are loads of really good looking mobos around for less than ?100; I'll probably just go ahead and stick with Gigabyte as the one I have now has given me no problems at all over the many years I've had it.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

OK; I'm probably going ahead with this some time in the New Year.

Intel Core i5 4670K 3.40GHz Socket 1150 6MB Cache.. | Ebuyer.com

vs

Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache.. | Ebuyer.com

Is the extra ?13 or so worth it?

with

Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Memory Module CL10 | Ebuyer.com

I might go 4gb; I can easily add another 4gb later.

on

Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP Socket 1150 HDMI DVI ATX Motherboard | Ebuyer.com

or

Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 Socket 1150 HDMI DVI ATX Motherboard | Ebuyer.com

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/603583-ga-z87-ds3h-motherboard-ga-z87-ds3h

Total: ?282 if I go 4gb RAM.