5960x

[LiamApex]

Hi there,

 

I have a 6800k,  

 

I have found a good deal where I can get a i7 5960x for £100

 

is it worth the upgrade ?

 

thanks 

[Jurrunio]

for multicore work, yes. Two cores, more PCIe lanes and ability to overclock, I dont see why not.

[ACV]

I've been running the 5960x since they were new, got a decent overclock to 4.5Ghz to all cores and tbh short of an a 3950x or one of the new HEDT i9s I dont feel particularly compelled to upgrade.

 

Bear in mind you will need an expensive motherboard (2011-v3) & quad channel memory ideally -To run that overclock a decent cooler too! Might not be a cheap upgrade.

 

If you get stuck trying to find a mobo I've got a spare Rampage V you can have for free (I make no guarantees, but it worked when I replaced it with the edition 10 of the same board).

 

Also think carefully that you're investing an end of life socket / cpu etc. That said my PC in gaming is only ever GPU limited with 1080Tis (at least in the games I'm playing).