Cpu upgrade or not?

rockon5622 · July 5, 2016

I have been rocking a 3930k for 4-5 years now. I do rendering, heavy multitasking, and I host a modded minecraft server occationally.

I was thinking if I should upgrade to x99.

Should I? Should I weight?

Do I go for the 10 core (assume it costs 900 as I can sell my current stuff)

I also have to upgrade the gpus(680s) at some point as I do game and plan to get into vr

21rkosta · July 5, 2016

honestly you mine as well go xeon if you want more than 6 cores nowadays and you should definitly upgrade gpus

Shulgin's Potion · July 5, 2016

Now is a fantastic time to ditch Johannes Kepler in favour of Blaise Pascal. The 680's are great cards, but their time has come with the release of the 1070/1080 platform.

rockon5622 · July 5, 2016

1 minute ago, Shulgin's Potion said:

Now is a fantastic time to ditch Johannes Kepler in favour of Blaise Pascal. The 680's are great cards, but their time has come with the release of the 1070/1080 platform.

Do I wait for the ti?

Shulgin's Potion · July 5, 2016

1 minute ago, rockon5622 said:

Do I wait for the ti?

The issue with waiting is you will always be able to find a time and place to wait for new silicon. If you have the cash, get in now. You will see astronomical gains in performance over your old GPU setup. Wait for the Ti, or wait for the 1090 (or what have you..). It is a tough call, but IMHO I would buy into pascal now.

incarnate · July 5, 2016

1 hour ago, rockon5622 said:

Do I wait for the ti?

Personally I would, considering the last two ti release prices. While shulgin has a point, the fact that the tis are usually just under the titan for significantly less should factor in. It's not like you don't have a decent gpu setup. Waiting 6-8 months might be your best bet. Unless you're fine with a gpu being released in about 6 months (or however long) that is a significant step up for just a bit more than what you paid. (Or the same if it happens like the 980ti)