X99 upgrade path?

[sinspiren]

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Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: general gaming, multi tasking

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Hi guys, 

 

I built  my current X99 system 4 years ago, currently with 6800k OCed to 4.3ghz all core.  I know its kind of niche platform but really don't want to ditch my current quad channel 128gb memory, I am wondering any viable options with lets say Xeon out there that are a big enough performance boost in terms of gaming, multitasking and light video editing?

 

Also the ryzen is getting tempting every year, but wondering if there is any known news or plan where the AM4 socket will be retired? don't want jump on a "dead" platform like I did with the x99 lol

 

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, sinspiren said:

Also the ryzen is getting tempting every year, but wondering if there is any known news or plan where the AM4 socket will be retired? don't want jump on a "dead" platform like I did with the x99 lol

 

we're expecting the successor to AM4 in 2021, be that AM4+ or AM5

[porina]

Haven't looked at Xeons of that era in a while, but the general problem is that for gaming the higher core count Xeons really start to drop clock, which can hurt gaming performance.

 

AM4 should be nearing the end of its life. DDR5 will likely be the next big thing and require a new socket, although it is possible AMD may choose to make both DDR4 and DDR5 versions of the CPU beyond Zen 3 to aid in the transition.

 

Presuming 32GB modules weren't a thing when you built that system, that implies you have 8x16GB modules. Is that correct? If you have to use all that ram, that implies you either go X299 which I wouldn't recommend for gaming, or Threadripper.

 

Obviously if you go consumer platform instead, you can only use 4 modules.

[Skiiwee29]

The current gen, launched today for Ryzen, should be the last one on the AM4 socket. AMD has held up there promise to support AM4 for 5 years, which means this should be the last launch on the AM4 platform. 

 

X99 is a dead platform, has been for many years now... since before Ryzen's original launch back in 2017 in fact. There is no upgrade path that would be worthy of really recommending on that platform honestly. 

[RAM555789]

10 minutes ago, sinspiren said:

my current quad channel 128gb memory

Most X570 boards should be able to support this much RAM without major issues, and its looking like you'll at least get 1 generation upgrade out of this.

[Jurrunio]

25 minutes ago, sinspiren said:

but wondering if there is any known news or plan where the AM4 socket will be retired?

next year or two, current estimates put the freshly launched 5000 series as the last of AM4. So yeah, might as well stick to this dead platform for longer.

 

25 minutes ago, sinspiren said:

I am wondering any viable options with lets say Xeon out there that are a big enough performance boost in terms of gaming, multitasking and light video editing?

Multitasking maybe, but Xeons are hold back by the fact that the more cores you get, the lower their frequency, hence bad for gaming and video editing.