6950x vs 6900k

[Llamakarnage]

which is the best out of the 6950x or 6900k for editing and gaming

[Zyndo]

4 minutes ago, Llamakarnage said:

which is the best out of the 6950x or 6900k for editing and gaming

the short answer is that the 6950x is better  than the 6900k. its like asking if the 6600k or the 6700k is better.... it comes with more threads, therefore its better. but the 6950x is hella expensive, and way beyond the realm of what most people need or want in their system. even the 6900k might fall into that category for a lot of people.

[WereCat]

For editing the 6950x is obviously better.

However for gaming the 6700k is better than 6900k and 6950x due to higher clocks and better OC potential and also because games dont really benefit from more than 4cores + HT.

 

6950x is really just waste of money TBH and 6800k is max what you should go for. If you are serious with editing then you want 12 or 14 core Xeon for the same price as 6900k or 6950x.

[johnny5c]

The 6950x is definitely better with two more cores but those two cores cost a additional $600...

[faziten]

13 minutes ago, Llamakarnage said:

which is the best out of the 6950x or 6900k for editing and gaming

Gaming = no difference (today, and no i'm not saying DX 12 will make any). 

Editing = (WHAT?) 0% in most programs to 20% of maximum theoretical extra performance, assuming lineal scaling in the algorithm used and same clockspeeds in both units, nothing much to add just good luck overclocking the 6950X to 4.3Ghz, maybe?

[Llamakarnage]

1 hour ago, WereCat said:

For editing the 6950x is obviously better.

However for gaming the 6700k is better than 6900k and 6950x due to higher clocks and better OC potential and also because games dont really benefit from more than 4cores + HT.

 

6950x is really just waste of money TBH and 6800k is max what you should go for. If you are serious with editing then you want 12 or 14 core Xeon for the same price as 6900k or 6950x.

but at this time what is the best cpu for gaming and editing , and also what is the best gtx 1080 or should i wait for the 1080 ti 

[WereCat]

1 hour ago, Llamakarnage said:

but at this time what is the best cpu for gaming and editing , and also what is the best gtx 1080 or should i wait for the 1080 ti 

How much editing you do? If you do a LOT of editing then go for 6900k otherwise pickup 6800k.

[DunePilot]

Most anyone will make due with a 6800k that is the perfect content creator and gamer CPU. The others just aren't justified by their cost unless you just feel like having it. No doubt the 6950X is better if you do tons of rendering and youtube videos for instance but I still wouldn't justify the cost, that extra $1200 could be spent on a nice monitor or on another GPU, or on an extremely nice fully custom water loop (maybe ALONG with a second GPU). I make youtube videos and make good money too but it still is a waste to me, I spent the extra $1200 on a custom water loop.

[Sintezza]

If you render allot of professional content in 4K.

Then the 6950X could definitely be worth it.

But if you do mainly gaming, then it wont realy be worth it.

If you do some render work in less then 4K res then a 6800K would also be more then fine.

But if you render allot of stuff in 4K then the 6950X or 6900K definitely.