Should I REALLY go X99 or should I go for Z97?

[Trik'Stari]

X99

[MeesterJackson]

People tend to drastically overestimate the toll video editing takes on your system. 

 

I did complex, multi-layered video with effects just fine on an i5 on Z68 and 16GB of RAM. While not ideal, and lagged horribly compared to my current 64GB, 2400Mhz RAM on a 6-core-CPU setup, it worked and wasn't unbearable.

 

For video editing, a high end Z97 build with an i7 will do everything you need to. X99 will be a clear performance boost when used side by side, but unless you're directly comparing, it's unlikely you'll find the Z97 board unsatisfactory.

 

Whether the performance gain is worth it is up to you, but I find the enthusiast platform is better due to features and PCI-E lanes rather than raw performance, the performance just removes any tedium when you're doing professional work.

So....you'd still overall recommend X99 then? Lol 

[Dredgy]

So....you'd still overall recommend X99 then? Lol

Only if a bit of lag every now and then bothers you. Unless you are a professional video editor, I'd take the Z97 with a high end I7. And use the savings to get a high capacity, fast kit of RAM and a hard drive for backups.

[MeesterJackson]

Only if a bit of lag every now and then bothers you. Unless you are a professional video editor, I'd take the Z97 with a high end I7. And use the savings to get a high capacity, fast kit of RAM and a hard drive for backups.

Hmm...well wouldn't an SLI config fix that? 

[Dredgy]

Hmm...well wouldn't an SLI config fix that?

Could, it will certainly help. You can't encode everything using a GPU though.

[Faa]

I don't like the Green Drives. I've experienced 5400RPM and don't like it. I honestly find stacking Blue drives (because WD is stupid and wont release at least a 2TB Blue) is a great option. 

Probably the drives that have 250GB platters. The newer ones with 1TB platters are freaking fast. Check uk.hardware.info for hdd benchmarks, the greens are significantly quieter and sometimes even faster than the WD10EZEX or slightly slower.

[MeesterJackson]

Probably the drives that have 250GB platters. The newer ones with 1TB platters are freaking fast. Check uk.hardware.info for hdd benchmarks, the greens are significantly quieter and sometimes even faster than the WD10EZEX or slightly slower.

What model of the green drive is that? 

[MeesterJackson]

Could, it will certainly help. You can't encode everything using a GPU though.

Well I meant just generally gameplay wise while playing, streaming, doing multitasking in general, etc. 

[NeatSquidYT]

X99, even just the 5820K would be much better.

Could you please change your sig, it makes my page huge on Safari

[-TesseracT-]

Could you please change your sig, it makes my page huge on Safari

But I like it so much...

[MeesterJackson]

Could you please change your sig, it makes my page huge on Safari

That's what you get for using Safari. LOL

 

But I like it so much...

It IS kinda random lol. 

[-TesseracT-]

That's what you get for using Safari. LOL

 

It IS kinda random lol. 

Yes well you have to understand what it means to know

[TheProfosist]

Me personally I would say x99 but I have reasons behind that and have been using enthusiast chippers since X38.

[Cl2G]

Just run it at 1.31 gigawatts. 

[NeatSquidYT]

That's what you get for using Safari. LOL

 

It IS kinda random lol.

It's the only decent iPad browser

[MeesterJackson]

Me personally I would say x99 but I have reasons behind that and have been using enthusiast chippers since X38.

Once you go Extreme you never go back? LOL 

[MeesterJackson]

It's the only decent iPad browser 

Do you have CM Browser? 

[Faa]

What model of the green drive is that? 

WD10EZRX for example

[NeatSquidYT]

Do you have CM Browser? 

Nope, I'll try it out

 

Edit: can't find it

[MeesterJackson]

Nope, I'll try it out

 

Edit: can't find it

Uhh...Dolphin? 

[NeatSquidYT]

Uhh...Dolphin? 

I'll try it out later.

[adnank77]

Z97 Will Do the Job .. 

 

X99 Will Do the Job Better .. 

 

If your budget allows better .. go better..

[MeesterJackson]

I'll try it out later.

It's similar to Chrome. 

[TheProfosist]

Once you go Extreme you never go back? LOL

That's not the only reason but yes I'm used to a platform that can take whatever I throw at it be it software or hardware.

[Metrize]

Go for Xeon's if you really are rendering and stuffs