x99 or Z170?

[cluelessgenius]

soo... yeah im more and more coming to the conclusion that its time to throw my 40 bucks mobo into the bin and upgrade.

 

so now the question is should i go with x99 or z170 as the 6700k and the 5820k are nearly the same price here.

 

seeing as im not just gonna game every now and again but also do some programming, emulating and virtualisation id really prefer those extra cores but i just wanted to hear the pros and contras of the plattforms from someone who knows it.

 

i didnt have much time to keep up and just wanted to ask around what the huge differences are and peoples opinions on it obviously.

[Nacho Marco Segui]

If both are the same price,x99 all the way

[Br3tt96]

I'd go for x99. I'd love those extra cores/threads.

[Morgan MLGman]

X99

[vpavlicevic]

For me personaly X99

[mata-pombos]

for the same price it´s a no brainer - x99

[TheCaptain53]

X99 is the way forward in this case if gaming isn't the main purpose of your rig. If you were gaming I'd be a little hesitant as you usually get more overclocking headroom from the consumer class chips rather than the enthusiast grade ones. You also get the ability to upgrade to Intel's next generation of CPUs (something that's not likely to happen for LGA 2011-3). But, for your scenario, definitely X99.

[Kirky2k15]

x99 more pcie lanes means better upgradability (notice I didn't say future-proof)

[Enderman]

x99 will perform better in multithreaded tasks using over 8 threads

 

z170 will perform better in tasks that use 8 threads or less, and you have more upgrade options because there are still many CPUs to come out on that platform

 

x99 is not going to have any new CPUs, so when the next enthusiasts CPUs come out you wont be able to upgrade unless you also change your motherboard

[cluelessgenius]

X99 is the way forward in this case if gaming isn't the main purpose of your rig. If you were gaming I'd be a little hesitant as you usually get more overclocking headroom from the consumer class chips rather than the enthusiast grade ones. You also get the ability to upgrade to Intel's next generation of CPUs (something that's not likely to happen for LGA 2011-3). But, for your scenario, definitely X99.

 

x99 will perform better in multithreaded tasks using over 8 threads

 

z170 will perform better in tasks that use 8 threads or less, and you have more upgrade options because there are still many CPUs to come out on that platform

 

x99 is not going to have any new CPUs, so when the next enthusiasts CPUs come out you wont be able to upgrade unless you also change your motherboard

 

seeing as i got a pretty slow upgrade cycle i think that`ll be ok

[JustCallMeVlad]

Have X99, still bought a Z170 setup. X99 is great but I like playing with the latest and greatest. If its just a gaming rig a 6600K is plenty

[cluelessgenius]

Have X99, still bought a Z170 setup. X99 is great but I like playing with the latest and greatest. If its just a gaming rig a 6600K is plenty

well not to repeat myself but its not only gaming its about 25% gaming / 25%browsing/idleing / 50%programming/rendering/virtualization and other crap

 

if you want i can draw you a pie chart

[JustCallMeVlad]

well not to repeat myself but its not only gaming its about 25% gaming / 25%browsing/idleing / 50%programming/rendering/virtualization and other crap

if you want i can draw you a pie chart

Oh I love pie charts.. Do blueberry

[cluelessgenius]

Oh I love pie charts.. Do blueberry

im just joking here ofcourse but i do have a reason why i broke it down to those two processors

 

https://www.meta-chart.com/share/cluelesss-usual-system-usage

[OSBK]

the x99 would be better for all kind of stuff (gaming/editing/programming/browsing/blablabla). the Z170 maybe newer but when it's about performance the x99 is just greater. from another side the x99 gots more extension (ram slots,pci-e,.......) and 6/8 cores abillity is quite cool either.

take a look at this it will show you the way  http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/x99-vs-z170-which-to-prefer.215569/

[App4that]

Have X99, still bought a Z170 setup. X99 is great but I like playing with the latest and greatest. If its just a gaming rig a 6600K is plenty

Latest =/= greatest. No one gets that