What is the main benefit of the Gene V over the Gene IV?

[sean222]

If I'm upgrading my 2600K to a 3770K just cause Would it be beneficial to switch my Gene IV over to the Gene V?

From what I can see it's just mainly the Z77 chipset that is the main difference...will the 3770K work better with the Z77 over the Z68? (I'm not using onboard graphics).

Thanks!

[Spathi]

With a PCIe3 graphics card and Ivy the IV either switches to 8x PCI3 (w. 20% lower latency/same bandwidth) or stays the same PCIe2... I asked but nobody answered.

V has separate VccIO and VccSA

If you are just gaming might as well wait for a few more releases as the 2600K will do for a few years, if not eight to ten years or something (assuming new graphics cards upgrades don't get too incompatible).

[sean222]

No real world performance difference really. More native USB 3.0 Ports...faster memory support (which has no real world performance benefit).

No point in upgrading from Z68 -> Z77.

[HiVizMan]

Get the new Z77 board there are no hassles overclocking with the Gene and the 3770K