4 Core, 8 Core, 10 Core?

[WilliamGamez]

I'm looking at building a new PC. I will use it for gaming, video recording, video editing, photo editing, school work and and some random internet browsing and such. I'm looking at the 6700k, 6900k, or the 6950x. I'm wanting it future proofed and I heard that DX12 will need at least 8 cores for gaming...Which CPU should I get? I understand that they need different sockets but I can handle that.

[alexhelvetica]

6600k or 6700k.

[AresKrieger]

4 minutes ago, WilliamGamez said:

I heard that DX12 will need at least 8 cores for gaming.

No that is a stupid rumor, and the person who told you this is an idiot

6700k is what I'd recommend due to the others being overpriced

[Guest]

Well, whats your budget?

[Morgan MLGman]

5820k.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

2 minutes ago, Ronnie76 said:

Well, whats your budget?

Yeah, before we start recommending CPU's what's your budget?

[WilliamGamez]

I have a very large budget...I can afford any of them as well as all the other computer parts.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

3 minutes ago, WilliamGamez said:

I have a very large budget...I can afford any of them as well as all the other computer parts.

How big is very large? 2k, 4k, 8k? Specifics are very useful. Also if you have essentially no budget and you need many fast cores go with the i7-6960x

[WilliamGamez]

I have even more then those...I'm not gonna say the exact amount because I don't want people to think I'm bragging but easily i have over 15k...I will use as much money as needed also but I'd like to keep the cost down if somewhat possible...So basically best CPU and if possible a little cheaper, but like i said ill use as much as needed to get a quote on quote god pc...

Edited July 1, 2016 by WilliamGamez

[aisle9]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor  ($1649.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE/U3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($545.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($388.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($119.98 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($85.95 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($92.96 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Samsung U32E850R 31.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($929.00 @ Adorama) 
Monitor: Samsung U32E850R 31.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($929.00 @ Adorama) 
Monitor: Samsung U32E850R 31.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($929.00 @ Adorama) 
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($199.00 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Speakers: Bose Acoustimass 10 Series V 0W 5.1ch Speakers  ($999.00 @ Adorama) 
Total: $12862.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-30 20:50 EDT-0400

 

Still failed to blow $15k, but this gives you an idea of what a computer that costs as much as a car looks like.

[WilliamGamez]

Thanks, my PC was nearly that exact one just a few different things...

[PCDC650]

The best x99 motherboard would be the brand new Asus Rampage V Edition 10. It's a limited edition board from Asus and their very best for x99. Why cheat yourself at this point? As for memory, go for some 32GB/64GB of 3200Mhz CAS 14. Best combo of speed and low latency. Buy a 4x8GB kit or 8 x 8GB kit. Don't buy seperate kits. Last of all, switch your monitors either the 34" 100Hz G-Sync Asus Rog PG348Q or the 34" 100Hz G-Sync Acer Predator. 

[Purgent]

Get the 6950x if money doesn't matter.  

 

5820k if it does. 

[maxtch]

3 hours ago, aisle9 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor  ($1649.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE/U3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($545.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($918.32 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($388.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($119.98 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($85.95 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($92.96 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Samsung U32E850R 31.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($929.00 @ Adorama) 
Monitor: Samsung U32E850R 31.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($929.00 @ Adorama) 
Monitor: Samsung U32E850R 31.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($929.00 @ Adorama) 
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($199.00 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Speakers: Bose Acoustimass 10 Series V 0W 5.1ch Speakers  ($999.00 @ Adorama) 
Total: $12862.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-30 20:50 EDT-0400

 

Still failed to blow $15k, but this gives you an idea of what a computer that costs as much as a car looks like.

You are not even trying. For a powerful jack-of-all-trades rig that blows $15K, use a dual Xeon system with crazy core count and a high turbo clock, max out RAM, use hardware RAID controllers to manage storage, and throw in a 10GbE port or two. If you have the cash, try this. I scaled my usual jack-of-all-trades balanced configuration up to the max for this.

 

• CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2699v4 (Broadwell, 22C/44T, 2.2/3.6GHz, $4115) = 44C/88T $8230,
• MoBo: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS (~$400)
• RAM: 16x Samsung 32GB DDR4-2133 Registered ECC SDRAM ($165) = 512GB $5280,
• GPU: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (SLI, $700) = $1400
• RAID controller: LSI MegaRAID 9271-8iCC (CacheCadet, $800)
• SSD: 2x Intel SSD Pro 5400s 1TB ($354) = $708
• HDD: 6x WD Red 8TB (He-filled, $320) = $1920

Up to this point, you already have $18738 worth of components. Throw in your fancy multi-display setup you will pop the $20k threshold easily. It also gives you a lot of CPU cores to distribute if you want to virtualise it, plenty of RAM at your disposal, lots of fast storage (the 6 HDDs are arranged into a RAID-50 and the 2 SSDs provide caching in RAID-1, you get an effective capacity of 32TB, and thanks to the SSD caching you will almost never see the slow RAID-5 writes.) Since most components are server-grade parts, you cal also get a lot of milage out of it: if you source the components from reliable vendors it will last you years, and ECC memory can prevent a lot of system random crash scenarios.

[EvilNeo]

Just now, maxtch said:

-snip-

also if you're willing to spend that much of money why not go with a fancy watercooled custom loop
not only will it make the rig looks awesome but also would give you great overall temps

[maxtch]

1 minute ago, EvilNeo said:

also if you're willing to spend that much of money why not go with a fancy watercooled custom loop
not only will it make the rig looks awesome but also would give you great overall temps

That is why I did not specify the cooling system. The liquid cooling loop can string together the two processors, the two GPUs and the RAID card (that thing runs HOT!!! I always strap a fan at it.) HOWEVER I am not a fan of water cooling systems.

[aisle9]

11 minutes ago, maxtch said:

snip

I yield.

[maxtch]

8 minutes ago, maxtch said:

You are not even trying. For a powerful jack-of-all-trades rig that blows $15K, use a dual Xeon system with crazy core count and a high turbo clock, max out RAM, use hardware RAID controllers to manage storage, and throw in a 10GbE port or two. If you have the cash, try this. I scaled my usual jack-of-all-trades balanced configuration up to the max for this.

 

• CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2699v4 (Broadwell, 22C/44T, 2.2/3.6GHz, $4115) = 44C/88T $8230,
• MoBo: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS (~$400)
• RAM: 16x Samsung 32GB DDR4-2133 Registered ECC SDRAM ($165) = 512GB $5280,
• GPU: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (SLI, $700) = $1400
• GPU: GeForce GT 610 ($20)
• RAID controller: LSI MegaRAID 9271-8iCC (CacheCadet, $800)
• SSD: 2x Intel SSD Pro 5400s 1TB ($354) = $708
• HDD: 6x WD Red 8TB (He-filled, $320) = $1920

Up to this point, you already have $18758 worth of components. Throw in your fancy multi-display setup you will pop the $20k threshold easily. It also gives you a lot of CPU cores to distribute if you want to virtualise it, plenty of RAM at your disposal, lots of fast storage (the 6 HDDs are arranged into a RAID-50 and the 2 SSDs provide caching in RAID-1, you get an effective capacity of 32TB, and thanks to the SSD caching you will almost never see the slow RAID-5 writes.) Since most components are server-grade parts, you cal also get a lot of milage out of it: if you source the components from reliable vendors it will last you years, and ECC memory can prevent a lot of system random crash scenarios. The GT 610 in there allows you to directly attach the pair of GTX 1080s to a VM (as the hypervisor takes the GT 610 for its own console) so you can have an easier life setting up VMs with GPU.

 

[maxtch]

3 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

I yield.

I always have an eye in workstation stuff as that is my primary use case. That configuration is just an updated, blown up version of my own $5k Battleship (2x E5-2680 + 128GB ECC RAM + R9 380) rig.

[aisle9]

1 minute ago, maxtch said:

I always have an eye in workstation stuff as that is my primary use case. That configuration is just an updated, blown up version of my own $5k Battleship (2x E5-2680 + 128GB ECC RAM + R9 380) rig.

More often than not lately, my eye has been towards, "What $15 PC at the local second hand shop can I buy and turn into a capable specialized workhorse for under $100?".

 

My wife might divorce me if I bring home any more projects. I think if I blew $15K on a PC, she'd at least be excited at the prospect of coming out of the divorce with full custody of it.

[maxtch]

3 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

More often than not lately, my eye has been towards, "What $15 PC at the local second hand shop can I buy and turn into a capable specialized workhorse for under $100?".

 

My wife might divorce me if I bring home any more projects. I think if I blew $15K on a PC, she'd at least be excited at the prospect of coming out of the divorce with full custody of it.

Asus P5BV-C + Xeon X3330. Core 2 Quad generation stuff, but works like a charm.