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Do you think it makes sense to upgrade from an i7-6800K to the i5-11400F? I currently have a 6800K/GTX 1070 system, which I use for video editing and light gaming (Warzone). If I build a system around the 11400F, I would carry over the 1070 (because I don't really have another choice). I see a big difference in the Cinebench CPU scores between the 6800K and 11400F, so I expect some decent improvement in video editing performance, but are there any reasons why this build doesn't make sense?

Tell me if it makes sense to upgrade from a i7-6800K to the i5-11400F... I have a 6800K/GTX 1070 system, which I use for video editing and light gaming. While I see a big difference between their Cinebench scores, I would just transfer the 1070 over to a new system, for now...

Hi guys, two days ago my computer was working fine, since yesterday it decided not to post. Think its playing dead on me, but for so long, its not funny anymore. A power goes to the system, LEDs on the motherboard light up when I just plug-in PSU just like before. After pressing start button on a case or motherboard, fans spin once and everything turns back to previous state. I hear a noticable click in PSU, possibly a protection inside the unit itself? Tried taking it apart, removed GPU, RAM and kept it to PSU, MB and CPU. Still nothing. Just 00 q code pops and turns off right away. Got a new PSU, same result. The situation is very similar to this previous post. Do you think there might be a chance to save the system? The system is 3 years old, so no warranty. The build wasn`t cheap and would like to find a way to get it back working without a need to buy a new motherboard and CPU, because the ones I have aren`t supported anymore and investing into an old system without warranty doesn`t seem to me as the brightest idea. Specs: Asus x99-A II Motherboard Intel Core i7-6800k Zotac GTX 1070 6GB NZXT X52 Kraken AIO cooler Kingstom HyperX Fury DDR4 2133MHz, 32GB (8GB x 4 sticks) PSU EVGA G2 750W

Heya! It seems like my mainboard has quit working at this point. My System shut down yesterday and wont turn on anymore. THe power supply clicks on and then off again. By unplugging the GPU or other "unnecessary" things it stays the same. If i unplugg the mainboard and short the pins to start the psu for like filling the loop and turning the pump, it works fine. For me it seems like my X99 board has quit working. If you have any other suggestions, please tell me. I looked for a replacement for my: Asus X99 Strix i7-6800K 32GB Corsair Vengance LPX 2600MHz (8 Sticks) and came to a replacement with: Asus rog Strix X570-E AMD Ryzen7 3800XX 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz (4 Stick) The rest of the system doesnt change: Asus 1080Ti 2 SSD's 1 NVME Would that be a good replacement or should i change something? I use my system more for productivity then gaming though. Thanks! K~

I'm trying to OC my I7 6800k, but I'm having some issues, I got it "stable" at 4.0Ghz using IntelBurn TestV2 and prime96 as stability test, but when i tried to run Cinebench R15 it froze once or twise everytime i ran it. I read on some forums that this cpu should easely OC further. Im a doing something wrong? or dod i lose the silicone lottery?

Literally my first post in any forum, ever... lucky you. I'm planning out my first serious build and I'm not sure how many PCIE Lanes I'm going to need for my usage. I've decided on the parts I'm going to use (admittedly some of my choices are a bit 'because I can', but if you have any feedback on my choices, I'd be keen to hear them!), other than of course for the CPU; I'm not sure whether I need the 40 PCIE Lanes that the 6850k offers, or whether I can get away with the poultry 28 that you get from the 6800k. Here's my build https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/harpersneil/saved/jfRvK8 Will I have enough PCIE Lanes to have the NVME M.2 Storage, a second 1080 in the future AND be able to use the included (with the Asus X99 Deluxe Mobo) Thunderbolt 3 Card? Although for now I've got enough (at least I think so!?!) in the future I'm looking to build my own NAS (currently using a Synology DS414), and I'd like to set it up with Thunderbolt 3 so I can get massively improved transfer speeds - the Asus X99 Deluxe board has a add-in card with TB3 on it - presumably I can use this?? Any help/advice that anyone is able to offer is very much appreciated! Seems a bit obvious, but this really helped!! -

I want a new pc for Gaming and Streaming at the same time on one single pc and im not sure what cpu i should get i want to be able to take this pc to the max im thinking of going with the ryzen 7 1800x but i have a little bit older amd cpu right now and i hate it i have a amd fx 8320 btw anyways if anyone could help me that would be awesome

Stuck and confused on PCI-e lane counting, as some forums seem to have misleading info for other builders. (I got a little concerned when mention of sata ports will no longer be usable - so I thought I'd ask some experts for my case) I am building an X99 i7-6800k rig for video editing (no gaming). Gigabyte Phoenix SLI mobo Samsung 960 EVO NVME on m.2 GTX 1070 Maybe Sata 3 - SSD, like 850 evo Maybe Sata 3 - HDD, WD black --- maybe even 2 of them -- and occasionally an external esata or USB 3.0 drive (even a flash drive here and there) x1 card from motu maybe a firewire card Gigabyte Phoenix comes packed with a lot of stuff - like 2 NICs, Wireless, USB 3.1, etc, etc. I will initially disable what i don't need from the bios - but at some point, it may get used -- but I guess need to understand limits here. my guess is 16 lanes to GPU, 4 lanes to SSD, 1 lane for MOTU card, 1 lane to Firewire, and 4 lanes to DMI x99? that puts it 26 lanes out of 28. Am I counting that correctly or am I way off? (sorry can't find any reliable info or articles in my searches) I am assuming Sata 3 is all off of x99, so I don't need to count that separately - and but i don't even know if you could it as a lane or what? Sounds like I should be operational and there is no need to go to 6850k, just for more lanes. Looking forward to some input (sorry if this is a dumb question, but i just became confused - i've not worked Nvme before and z170 it seems chipset offers more lanes) Thanks

Im running a 6800k at 4.3ghz on 1.390 volt, temps are good, never over 70. but i wanna clock it Harder so was wondering if anyone has any experience running 6800k on 1.450 volt or higher?

About a month ago I built my first PC with an i7 6800K and a Corsair H115i. I knew a powerful CPU would need a hefty cooler, so I thought I was good, but the CPU idles (0-3% usage) between 48-58 degrees Celsius, average is around 53-56. Under heavy load (rendering 4K color graded footage in Premiere, 85-100% usage), temps reach upwards of 90-100 degrees, average 96-98. It has yet to shut down on me due to overheating, but this still seems insane to me. I don't understand why it gets so hot under load with such a hefty cooler, and why it idles so high as well. Does this CPU just run really hot, or am I missing something? Also - sometimes when I start up, it freezes on a screen that says overclocking has failed, even though I have yet to try overclocking this processor. I have to go into the BIOS and then exit for it to finally boot up. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi, this is my first topic on this forum. I have been doing some digging around and have not found a precise answer to my questions, so I have decided to start a new tread. I have a 6800K on the Asus Maximus V Edition 10 motherboard. The system has an open loop water cooling setup. I have it overclocked to 4.2Ghz with 1.410v stable. Is this overclock too high for the chip??? It's not stable with anything less than 1.410v at 4.2Ghz, not even 1.405v. Dropping it down to 4.0Ghz it takes 1.380v for it to be stable. Should I drop the overclock back down to 4.0Ghz or is 4.2Ghz alright??? Is my chip a bad overclocking chip??? Temps at 4.2Ghz is around high 60s to low 70s. Thank You in advance for any advice.

With all the new Ryzen benchmarks and the overall performance being better for production than gaming, I decided to check out Intel's X99 low end CPUs. After digging online I found the 6800K for 599$ CANADIAN (that's a normal price for that chip in Canada) OR the 5820K for 519,99$... is the Broadwell-e dye shrink worth the 80$ extra? I also heard that the 6800K is a worst overclocker than the 5820K... is that true? finally, is there any rumor online about Skylake-e? if it's coming soon I'll just wait for that instead...

Do you guys think you could explain the differences between the i7 5820k and the 6800k? I intend to do some overclocking but I'm not going to be doing anything extreme and pushing it to its limits. Still I would be nice to know more details because if the 5820k can get away with a lower voltage at the same clock speed then I might look into it for longevity reasons. The again the broadwell e chips are newer and would be easier to sell later on. Which one do you think has a better value?

I built a computer last October. PC full specs here bit.ly/earvinpiamonte_pc_desk_setup. On the span of how many months from last October to December 2016, my (2) Intel Core i7 6800k died. The motherboard which is ASUS X99-A II returned "00" Q-Code which means that the CPU is not used. For a week it will be stable after overclocking it to 4.2Ghz, then after a few days, system will always crash then will return "00" code again. I run benchmarks like 3dmark - Firestrike 1.1 and everything was stable after a few days. I don't know why my CPUs die. Some people say that the motherboard is bad. Recently, JayzTwoCents uploaded a video on how he blew up a CPU. Here's what he should have done as he said.

I've been messing with OCing my system for the past few hours and I have hit a wall. I'm stable at 4.2 ghz as low as 1.25v, but the second I crank it up to 4.3ghz, I cant get it stable even at 1.4v. Is 4.2ghz a bad OC on air for a 6800k?

I decided to start tweaking my newly built X99 build -- while waiting for EK's Gen-2 Predator coolers to release in Q2 2017 (the current Predators got discontinued before NCIX re-stocked; been keeping in touch with EK's Affiliate here on LTT). After a bit of frustration, it seemed like Broadwell-E chips needed to have XMP enabled before your overclock settings -- more particularly, the CPU Core Ratio -- apply, or I am doing something wrong. I did not have this issue with my i5-4690K on my ASUS Maximus VII Hero. At. All. Before I begin, system specs: i7-6800K ASUS X99 Deluxe II 16GB (8GB X 2) G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3000 MHz 14-14-14-32-2T 1.35V Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (temporary CPU cooler) 1x Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury (my 2nd one is still in my 990FX system) EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W (80 PLUS Platinum) Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Tempered Glass Edition Case fans: the stock ones that come with the Enthoo Luxe for now (200mm front intake, 140mm rear exhuast, 140mm top exhaust) Essentially, if I DO NOT enabled XMP mode for the 'Ai Overclock Tweaker' setting, my Core Ratio won't take into effect -- Setting it to EVEN [Manual] will not work. From what I can see, everything does take into, including voltages, and Ring Ratio -- just not CPU Core Ratio. Things I tried: Essentially, even if I set 'Ai Overclock Tuner' to [Manual], choose 'CPU Core Ratio' to [Sync All Cores], manually key in the ratio...while leaving DRAM frequency on either [Auto] or [DDR4-2133]...the CPU will never actually apply the ratio. Up at the top, Target CPU Frequency will be what it is (e.g. 3800 MHz), but the chip will really be running at stock 3.4 GHz. Of course, I had saved settings and restarted -- many times going back into the BIOS to confirm, and waiting until it loads into Windows and checking with CPU-Z, HWMonitor, and AIDA64. I then looked up some i7-6800K / i7-6950X / i7-6850K reviews...and the article from Guru3D caught my attention. Their 'Ai Overclock Tuner' setting was put to [XMP] https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/core_i7_6950x_6900k_6850k_and_6800k_processor_review,21.html For me, setting XMP results in my BCLK frequency to run at 125 MHz, BUT the CPU Core Ratio works. As soon as I enabled XMP, the settings made the CPU run at 3875 MHz (31 x 125), and the Cache ran at 4000 MHz (125 x 32). Dropped the CPU to 3.5 GHz (125 x 28), and Cache to 3.0 GHz (125 x 24) -- freakin' works. Brought the CPU up to 3.875 GHz (125 x 31) and cacheto 3.25 GHz (125 x 26) -- it works. Upping the CPU to 4.00 GHz (125 x 32) and upping cache to 3.5 GHz *125 x 28) -- also works. What?

Hey, I'd like to know if these temps are safe? Screenshot attached.

There are a ton of options and idk where to start at least with mobo and ram selection. -Budget is $1800 -60% gaming 40% video and rendering work, at least based on my recent usage -Dont need a lot of storage (thinking of a 500gb 960evo as boot). My 2TB drive from my old rig will be moved into the new rig since it houses my steam games. The rest is stored on a local NAS -Don't know if I should replace my 980ti with a 1080 and throw the 980ti in my wifes rig -I would like a smaller tower than my define r5 (love how silent it is, but its massive). Suggestions for a build? Sorry for not asking in my previous thread.

Ok, I know this has probably been discussed to death and if you're thinking right now "Holy sh*t. Not another "What CPU" post" .... then sorry I'm sure I can't really make a bad decision with any of the choices, but here's where I am right now. So, I'm looking to retire my old editing/gaming laptop (ASUS G750JZ) with a new desktop... cos the laptop is too frikkin heavy to take anywhere The new machine will be used for both gaming, streaming and editing with CS6 Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and Lightroom I used to pretty much only use the laptop for editing, but I've recently come back to gaming and streaming and I'm spending a lot more time with that at the moment. But I imagine I'll turn my head back to heavy editing again in the future, so I'm looking to build a new machine that can do both well I know editing and gaming machines are pretty close in spec, but was looking for advise in which direction to go. The system will be build around a 1080Ti and 32-64Gb memory and SSD storage (archive footage is moved externally once completed) But it's the chip that I'm a bit hung up on. From the LTT 2K buyers guide the recommendation was for an i7 6800K for the extra cores, but the i7 7700K is a bit cheaper and looks to have better gaming performance (possibly due to the faster single thread performance?). However the 6 cores "should" be better for rendering footage and is benchmarked higher in comparison tests that way. Then there's Ryzen. Thinking about the 1700x which is closer on price than the 1800x It looks to have all the cores and oomph needed for even better performance in rendering out video footage, but my concern is more around it being new tech. The perception I have is that there have been some teething problems with it, less 3rd party compatibility and some of the performance can be dulled unless you have the right spec memory. It just feels like AMD have rushed the release a bit early following the stock drop and it needs to mature a bit. So ... i7 6800, 7700 or Ryzen 1700x (or 1800x) ? I'll happily trade stability and compatibility over bleeding edge tech all day every day. Footnote: I'll be streaming sometimes too, but I don't need CPU horsepower for that. I use NGinx to an external PC to re-encode and stream from there. I sometimes NVENC from the laptop when I can't be bothered with the external PC ... and I'm alright with that

Hey, I'm currently planning my build for a workstation to edit videos and photos, mainly on adobe creative cloud. I thought the 6800k was a good option, but is it worth its cost in comparison to the 7700k?

Since the news came out of the brand new Intel chips, the Broadwell-E 6800K is now down to about $340, which is were Kaby Lake was at the beginning of the year. With that price drop, and the fact that x99 already supports quad-channel ram for those that would use it. Would people think the 6800K has become a viable option once again?

Hey guys, I'm looking to build a new PC very soon and have come to a little detour. I was set on getting the NZXT 440 case...and here's the rest. MOBO - Asus Deluxe II CPU - 6850K RAM - Corsair Dom. Plat. PSU - EVGA 750 Supernova Here is where I'm stuck.. I noticed that there is a combo deal on newegg for the Asus Rampage V Edition 10 with the 6850k for less money than my current MOBO and CPU combo. Unfortunately, that motherboard is extended atx and the case is not. I know some people have made the Rampage IV fit into that case, but I hadn't seen many with the Rampage V. So, is it worth ordering and trying to modify? Should I get a different case or just spend more on a lesser motherboard? Or..just wait for another combo deal? What cases are similar to 440? I haven't seen many. Budget is around 1,500 give or take, and I already a GPU with later upgrade plans. Build purpose is 4k raw video, 3d modeling & animation, VR, and gaming. Thanks, Billy

So I'm not a pro at overcooking and I don't really fancy frying my CPU . So my CPU runs stable at 4.3Ghz 1.425 V I tried 1.4 V and crash after 22 seconds . The CPU runs at 75/90 C and I know this is capable of 105 C . I tried 1.5 V and 4.4 GHz but it crash . What should I do to get it up to 4.4 + GHz and is it safe to go above 1.5V ? Also they are so many options there. So I heave 2 questions . 1 is it safe for me to go above 1.5v . 2 what I can do apart from increasing vcore voltage to get my CPU above 4.3+ GHz

I've used one or two AIO's in the past (I just threw a NZXT X61 in for my i5-4690K not too long ago and pushed it up to 4.8 GHz), and but the expandable AIO's really tickles my fancy. That said, with two Swiftech H220's suffering from pre-mature failure within 24 ~ 48 hours, that has kind of pushed me away from expandable liquid cooling kits for a few years...until now. Initially, I had planned to grab myself a 240 mm EK Predator, but they ran out of stock at NCIX. They then become End-of-Life before re-stock, and projected to be replaced by the upcoming EK-MLC line-up in Q2 2017...as confirmed by our @EK Luc. I really want to get a better cooler so I could push my i7-6800K a bit more. The idea was to get a Hyper 212 EVO as short-term (e.g. one month), and get hold of a EK Predator...but as mentioned above, things changed. In the heat of things, I began looking at the NZXT X61, and X62...hoping to possibly use that as substitute until the EK-MLC's come out.... The NZXT X62 is already going to cost me ~$200+ Canadian Pesos (yes, cuz craptacular USD exchange rate), so might as well spend a little more, and get a full custom liquid cooling kit. I'd have to buy a X61 / X62, then grab a EK-MLC cooler when THAT becomes available. Why not just get a full water cooling kit at that point? I am looking at the 240 / 280 / 360 kits from the Slim (S), Liquid (L), and Performance (P) series. The clear tubing, higher-end CPU block, and more importantly, the better pump is making me lean towards the P-series kits. Unfortunately, there seems to be a significant price jump going from the L-series up to the P-series, and I am wondering if the extra cost is worthwhile. For an example: The S240 goes for $243.99, and the S360 for $268.39 EK L240 is $292.79 USD and the EK P240 goes for $426.99. THEN a step up, the 'Extreme Series' X240 is $439.19 -- but the thicker radiator may be a problem. For now, I plan to JUST cool my i7-6800K...my two Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury's are still doing okay on air. 240 mm, 280 mm, and 360 mm radiators shouldn't be too much of a problem since I am using a Phanteks Enthoo Pro LUXE Tempered Glass case. I feel like 240 or 360 is the way to go, as 120 mm fans are more widely available (IMO). LTT community, what is your take on this ??

Hello everyone! Current Setup: H115I w/ 2 noctua nf-a14 ippc 3000rpm fans on radiator mounted to top of case Bottom intake fans: 2 Corsair ML-140 blue Front intake: 2 Corsair SP-140 blue Rear: noctua IPPC 3000 on EVGA 1080 ftw hybrid rad So... I'm having some inner conflicts when it comes to my cooling setup on my 6800k build. I'm replacing my h115i with noctua dh-15, I'm in an air 740 case, usually I'd go for straight performance, but people have been telling me the ml-40 perform on the same level as noctuas, so I ordered 2 more of those to go on the top of my case as exhaust (currently using 2 as intake on bottom and I love the way it looks). And I was gonna put the 2 ippc 3000 fans from my old radiator on the cpu cooler, however after reading more on the DH-15 it seems like it comes with some pretty custom fans (NF-a15). So part of my question is should I use stock fans that come with noctua cooler or the ippc 3000 editions? Priority number one is performance, but I care a lot more about looks on this build then I normally would, and I think the black of IPPC fans would look a lot better, but if I'm throwing away performance, then not worth it. Also, anyone have any concrete thoughts on the ml-140? When I was handling them they seemed very high quality, but I haven't done any real testing, and all the "benchmarks" I can find on the web contradict each other, one will say the ml-140 is better than noctuas and the next says the opposite. Part of me is thinking about ditching all of the LED fans and just running a blue led strip around the window and getting noctua IPPC fans everywhere, god I love those things. But man are the LEDs sexy.... Heres a useless link to an incomplete statistical comparison https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/ycH48d,ntXfrH,znPfrH/ I'll also slap a horrible pic I just took of my PC. In the picture I have (2) SP-140s on the bottom and (1) ML-140 up front because amazon shorted me an ml-140, but once I get it in the ml-140s are going down low and sp's up front. (Looks 10x better in person lol...) TLDR: Noctua dh-15: NF-15 or NF-A14 IPPC 3000? Case fans: Stick with corsair ML-140 blue led fans or swap all to noctua and use blue LED strip to make up for it? Note: Price isn't really an issue, I want to get this PC just right. If I have any criteria other then a blend of looks/performance favoring performance, it would be that I want the fans to move as much air as possible around ~1200rpm so I don't have to deal with tons of noise unless I'm stress testing. Thanks! UPDATE: Some good discussions going on but there are some great minds on LTT so I would appreciate you guys leave your opinions on what you would choose along with explaining why if possible. Example: I would use IPPC fans on cooler because " ". Thanks again to everyone helping me make this decision! Idk why I'm having such a hard time making my mind up. My most recent logic was I'm going to use IPPC on cooler because if the CPU does happen to be pushed a bit harder they can ramp up to 2000+ rpm if necessary, but I really am not sure how they compare overall to NF-a15s, and like I've mentioned the internet is being pretty useless, so hopefully some of you have some experience between the two. UPDATE 11/1: So I've decided beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm putting NF-a14 ipc 3000 fans everywhere (they will be at my door tomorrow), 2 bottom, 2 top, 2 on cpu cooler, and one of the 120mm variants on gpu radiator, keeping ML-140s in front b/c I want those fans to be weaker anyway to not blow the updraft out the back of case. Basically I did some more googling and I guess I wasn't specific enough because I found a good bit of data comparing the fans, and the IPPCs basically outperform across the board while being water and dust resistant. They MIGHT be louder then non industrial noctuas but in my own testing and research I couldn't confirm it, and its definitely not enough of a difference to be worth the trade offs to me. I will try and update this with more resources if/when I get time. But I will definitely be updating with some pics and before and after temps. Cosmetically speaking, I talked myself into thinking that the IPPC will look just as good on the bottom as ML-140s thanks to their sexy grill... But I am still doing a blue LED strip around inside of window as well. I'll be stacking references here, but so far all I've got is this, I looked at more reviews and benches then just this one but I don't remember exactly where... http://www.relaxedtech.com/reviews/noctua/nf-a14-industrialppc/7