5960x vs 6700k

[Bajantechnician]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

6700K offers nothing over the 5960X.

What ever Skylake brings, Haswell-E already has it.

Both supports nvme, sata express, and m.2

Skylake's chipset has been updated to run at gen 3, while x99 is still stuck at gen 2. But on the x99 the cpu itself handles majority of the lanes and it runs at gen 3 too. The chipset just handles stuffs that don't need gen 3, like sata ports or ethernet. A 5960X has more pcie lanes than 6700K+Z170 combined. 40 gen 3 lanes in a 5960X vs 36 gen 3 lanes in 6700K+Z170.

Alright.

So I will keep my 5960x then

Thanks

[NumLock21]

8 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

Alright.

So I will keep my 5960x then

Thanks

Yes, keep your 5960X. Going from 5960X to 6700K offer no benefits, and all your doing is downgrading instead of upgrading.

Quad channel down to dual channel. 8-18 cores, down to only 4 cores maximum. 3-4 way SLI/CFX down to only 2 way SLI/CFX.

[Bajantechnician]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Yes, keep your 5960X. Going from 5960X to 6700K offer no benefits, and all your doing is downgrading instead of upgrading.

Quad channel down to dual channel. 8-18 cores, down to only 4 cores maximum. 3-4 way SLI/CFX down to only 2 way SLI/CFX.

Should I trade my 5960x for a 5830k +cash?

[NumLock21]

Just now, Bajantechnician said:

Should I trade my 5960x for a 5830k +cash?

Only if you don't see the need for extra core and L3 Cache. Actually just 2 extra cores and 5MB L3 between 5930K and 5960X

[brob]

3 hours ago, Bajantechnician said:

What should I get between a 6700k and a 6700k

I have dual 390x cards. 

 

Thanks 

Which should I get between a Jaguar XE or Formula-e? I have two feet.

[Bajantechnician]

54 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Only if you don't see the need for extra core and L3 Cache. Actually just 2 extra cores and 5MB L3 between 5930K and 5960X

what's the l3 for?

44 minutes ago, brob said:

Which should I get between a Jaguar XE or Formula-e? I have two feet.

Tarans electric bike

[NumLock21]

35 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

what's the l3 for?

 

Just another set of built in ram that temporary stores data so your cpu can use it later on. Larger cache = more data can be stored for faster access by the cpu. L3 is the largest and slowest out of L1 and L2. L1 is the fastest, but with the least amount. L2 is in the middle, follow by L3. Even though L3 is the slowest, it's still faster than system ram. L1 and L2 cache is not shared and each core gets their own equal amount. L3 is shared between all cpu cores.

On a 5960X

L1 = 512KB (8 x 32KB for data + 8 x 32KB for instruction) that's 64KB of L1 cache per core.

L2 = 2048KB (8 x 256KB) per core

L3 = 20MB shared between the cores. If 1 core is doing all the work, then it can access to the full 20MB. If it wasn't shared, then it will have a very small amount of just 2.5MB.