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Samarth
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Well, quite the processor choice, but i7 5960x

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5 minutes ago, Samarth said:

Hi forum,

 

I am thinking of building my dream gaming rig, can you please recommend which processor should i stick with for my build the Intel i7 5960x or the Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3? 

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Sam

Honestly, unless your dream gaming rig includes 3 980 TIs you should just stick with the 5820k.

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Whats the usage though.. cause more than 6 cores is crazy for anything that isn't going to be used in either extreme multi-tasking / vm's / editing / rendering.

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24 minutes ago, Samarth said:

I am thinking of 2 titan x's or 2 980 ti's with the processor

 

5820k or 6700k. Will OC higher than the 5960X, Skylake has better IPC, and you won't be leaving half your cores idle while gaming.

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