Ivy Bridge - to upgrade or not

[NotAnalGrap]

Alright guys, just wanting some opinions here.
I currently have a Sandy Bridge i7 2600k in my current build. I have it overclocked to 4ghz (I've had it at 4.7 stable).
Right now the Ivy Bridge 3570k's are really cheap (169.00 @ microcenter).

My plan in the fall is to be running my two 7950's in crossfire.
Should I upgrade CPU now or wait? Am I really going to see any real performance difference in BF4 (most performance heavy game I plan on running atm)?

I don't care about having the latest and greatest, I just want to make sure I keep up with the times. I don't want to pay fullprice for haswell when they come out.

Of course, if I upgrade now I have to/should upgrade my MOBO. Well, right now I am running a Asus Sabertooth which I love.
I don't want to spend another 230 in addition to upgrading the CPU. If I remember correctly, I CAN technically run the Ivy Bridge on my current MOBO (with bios upgrade) but will I see any real performance increase if I go that route? I know I don't care about PCI-E 3.0.

Kind of a brain vomit, so my apologies.

Any thoughts?

 

[HeatSurge]

I wouldn't. Running i7-920 @ 4.1ghz with no plans to upgrade for at least another year.

 

[Bobsama]

Don't upgrade. The Ivy Bridge chips are relatively poor overclockers and dropping from an i7-2600K to an i5-3570K means no Hyperthreading. Further, the IB generation--while superior--isn't a massive upgrade for gaming. Save your money and see about Haswell or, perhaps, Broadwell. I don't think I'll upgrade my system until then. Nehalem has been rock solid and a 2x increase means about 10% in gaming.

Truth be told, though, I did just build a second rig with an AMD A8-5600K APU.

 

[sixer9682]

Upgrading the cpu won't help with BF3 and the code's the same for BF4 so it shouldn't matter there either. If you want to upgrade I'd do Haswell just because it will run cooler than the 3570-that whole series runs insanely hot. The games these days are more centered on the GPU so you'd be better off buying a new video instead of the CPU.

 

[HeatSurge]

I'm guessing the CPU they put in the "new gen" consoles will be the equivalent of an overclocked core2duo... and you know 90% of games are coded to that lowest denominator.

 

[agriff805]

I wouldn't. I think that the 2600k is still better than the 3570k, plus Haswell is suppose to hit this summer so if you are really want to upgrade wait for that.