Enthustast Grade CPU SHOWDOWN!

[JGalsky]

Hello! I have a quick question about the hexa-core and up i7s intel offers.  I'm a new content creator and gamer trying to get into a youtube "carrer".  It's just something i've always wanted to do because I find it fun, but I don't really plan on making MONEY off of it as it's not a necessity for me.  I game, record my gameplay, use a browser at the same time, so I decided to look into an enthusiast grade CPU because I know that the 6700k isin't really for that.  My question is, is it worth it to go for the 5960X, 6900k, or 6950X for what I'm trying to do? 

So far I have bought:

2 x GTX 1080s

64GB 3200 MHz RAM

1000W Corsair PSU

(I have lots of fittings and hardline tubing, you know where I am going with this)

 

 

Thanks!

[GDRRiley]

a  6900k should be fine. 

[ImperialSteele]

6950X is the current best of the best. For content creation it is very, very good but worth it would be based on personal opinion.

[JGalsky]

Just now, ImperialSteele said:

6950X is the current best of the best. For content creation it is very, very good but worth it would be based on personal opinion.

I'm here to look at different opinions, do you recommend it even though it sometimes decreases gaming performance?

[done12many2]

6950x > 5960x > 6900k.

 

The 6950x is a beast for sure, but you're going to have to overclock it high to get it's 3 GHz baseclock up high enough for decent gaming.  The problem with that is 10 cores is a lot to cool.  You'll need a custom loop if you plan to get clock speeds high enough to come close to a 6700k in most games.  Truthfully, what the 6950x costs by itself combined with the additional overclocking cooling costs, I can't recommended it.

 

I put the 5960x over the 6900k because at peak overclocks, you'll get more out of a 5960x than a 6900k.  Not to mention you'll save a few bucks while you're at it.

[ImperialSteele]

If you have the money, yes. It won't decreases gaming performance, it is still better than a 6700k at gaming (when OCed), but the price/game performance (for gaming) is wayyy low because it was not made for gaming. You will also have to find a way to keep it cool, which again with the money isn't to hard.

[JGalsky]

20 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

6950x > 5960x > 6900k.

 

The 6950x is a beast for sure, but you're going to have to overclock it high to get it's 3 GHz baseclock up high enough for decent gaming.  The problem with that is 10 cores is a lot to cool.  You'll need a custom loop if you plan to get clock speeds high enough to come close to a 6700k in most games.  Truthfully, what the 6950x runs by itself combined with the additional overclocking cooling costs, I can't recommended it.

 

I put the 5960x over the 6900k because at peak overclocks, you'll get more out of a 5960x than a 6900k.  Not to mention you'll save a few bucks while you're at it.

I remember you! You helped me OC my 5930k! I'm planning to upgrade it as I find it to taking very long times to render videos...

 

18 minutes ago, ImperialSteele said:

If you have the money, yes. It won't decreases gaming performance, it is still better than a 6700k at gaming (when OCed), but the price/game performance (for gaming) is wayyy low because it was not made for gaming. You will also have to find a way to keep it cool, which again with the money isn't to hard.

The cooling I find it not to be a HUGE problem as I have custom loop cooling ATM

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, JGalsky said:

I remember you! You helped me OC my 5930k! I'm planning to upgrade it as I find it to taking very long times to render videos...

 

Oh yeah, hey man!  Get the 6950x then, but be prepared to tame the thermal load on that beast once you start increasing the clocks for better gaming.  Look at the loop in my signature and I'll tell you that the 6950x that I had still gave it one hell of a workout.

[CAPCOM UK]

V7 XEON's = rekt go home.

[Spork829]

Like others have said it depends on if you care about the cost or not. If you're really open to spending a hell of a lot (which based on the 2 1080's it seems like you are), then the 6950X is probably the best choice, since you're going to have some serious cooling so you can get a nice OC out of it. But a 5960X or 6900K will certainly still hold up, and if you were on a tight budget even a 6700K would be fine honestly (though you would probably have to cut the recording quality down to 720p). 

[JGalsky]

1 minute ago, Spork829 said:

Like others have said it depends on if you care about the cost or not. If you're really open to spending a hell of a lot (which based on the 2 1080's it seems like you are), then the 6950X is probably the best choice, since you're going to have some serious cooling so you can get a nice OC out of it. But a 5960X or 6900K will certainly still hold up, and if you were on a tight budget even a 6700K would be fine honestly (though you would probably have to cut the recording quality down to 720p). 

I never really considered the 6700k for it's low core count, but none the less thanks for your opinion

[CAPCOM UK]

http://ark.intel.com/products/84685/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-8890-v3-45M-Cache-2_50-GHz

 

Recommended Customer Price                       $7174.00

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, JGalsky said:

I never really considered the 6700k for it's low core count, but none the less thanks for your opinion

Yeah there are better options since you are willing to spend more, all I'm saying is that if you were in a pinch it would still do fine for recording. And really it's not even necessary to use your CPU for recording. I livestream at 60FPS to Twitch, which my CPU could never really do with higher end games but I just encode with my GPU. Combine that with using CUDA acceleration for rendering and it just about stops mattering what CPU you have if it's at least an i5. Though h.264 encoding does look a little better, especially at lower bitrates, than NVENC (Nvidia GPU encoding).

[JGalsky]

1 minute ago, CAPCOM UK said:

http://ark.intel.com/products/84685/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-8890-v3-45M-Cache-2_50-GHz

 

Recommended Customer Price                       $7174.00

Is there a 4 CPU motherboard for these guys? I'll take 4

[CAPCOM UK]

Just now, JGalsky said:

Is there a 4 CPU motherboard for these guys? I'll take 4

Yes.

 

1.54TB memory support from each CPU @ DDR4 1866.

[JGalsky]

1 minute ago, Spork829 said:

Yeah there are better options since you are willing to spend more, all I'm saying is that if you were in a pinch it would still do fine for recording. And really it's not even necessary to use your CPU for recording. I livestream at 60FPS to Twitch, which my CPU could never really do with higher end games but I just encode with my GPU. Combine that with using CUDA acceleration for rendering and it just about stops mattering what CPU you have if it's at least an i5. Though h.264 encoding does look a little better, especially at lower bitrates, than NVENC (Nvidia GPU encoding).

How to I enable the CUDA acceleration? I've heard of it, but now that you mention it, I don't know if it automatically enables itself or if I have to do something?

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, JGalsky said:

Is there a 4 CPU motherboard for these guys? I'll take 4

Was going to mark funny, but with how much you're already spending I'm afraid you could be serious.

[JGalsky]

7 minutes ago, CAPCOM UK said:

Yes.

 

1.54TB memory support from each CPU @ DDR4 1866.

Only 1866MHz? That's crap... I NEED 4million GHZ!

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Was going to mark funny, but with how much you're already spending I'm afraid you could be serious.

Lol

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, JGalsky said:

How to I enable the CUDA acceleration? I've heard of it, but now that you mention it, I don't know if it automatically enables itself or if I have to do something?

Assuming you're using Premiere: