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mbryant
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I know that I know the answer already... but I just want to ask

I have a 4790K and 1070 SC. I'm anticipating that my computer will be used for post production on a show I'm working on with my co-workers.

When I built the system I intended on getting a 5820K but at the time going with the 4790K and DDR3 RAM was cheaper.

I'm considering getting a new CPU which I'm sure won't benefit me much if at all. However if I was to get one, what should I get?

 

EDIT: No extreme edition's 

System: i7 4790K, Hyper 212 EVO, 16 GB Crucial Ballistix, GTX 1070 Super clocked, MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition, Corsair RM 750, Corsair 750D (with 2 additional 140mm NZXT fans up top for exhaust.) 

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Budget? I wound't really bother, the performance jump to Skylake will be minimal. You could look at Kabylake when that launches early next year, but even then it wouldn't be necessary to upgrade.

Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
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Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
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Just now, rn8686 said:

Budget? I wound't really bother, the performance jump to Skylake will be minimal. You could look at Kabylake when that launches early next year, but even then it wouldn't be necessary to upgrade.

I figured as much, we will be well into post production at that point. I honestly don't know what I have for budget. I could always save lol. I could probably go up to $600 for CPU haha. I haven't kept up on Kaby Lake news and rumors, is there going to be an 8 core at an affordable price?

ALSO: I don't keep up much with CPU's in general, I have a basic knowledge but that's it. All the newer CPU's are slower than my 4790K's 4Ghz, why make them slower?

System: i7 4790K, Hyper 212 EVO, 16 GB Crucial Ballistix, GTX 1070 Super clocked, MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition, Corsair RM 750, Corsair 750D (with 2 additional 140mm NZXT fans up top for exhaust.) 

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Rendering video for said show? Maybe a couple more cores in the form of a Xeon?

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Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

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7 minutes ago, mbryant said:

I figured as much, we will be well into post production at that point. I honestly don't know what I have for budget. I could always save lol. I could probably go up to $600 for CPU haha. I haven't kept up on Kaby Lake news and rumors, is there going to be an 8 core at an affordable price?

ALSO: I don't keep up much with CPU's in general, I have a basic knowledge but that's it. All the newer CPU's are slower than my 4790K's 4Ghz, why make them slower?

$500-$600 for a 8 core i7? I wish. Seeing as a 6900K goes for just over $1000 USD on Newegg, Skylake X certainly isnt going to get any cheaper, especially when new. Your only hope is to look for a Xeon, but dont get your hopes up too much. You're not going to be able to find one that performs significantly better within that budget, especially when including cost of new motherboard. 

Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. 

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My specs

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PC:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 
Motherboard:  ASUS Maximus VIII Hero 
GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2

 

Peripherals 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns
Mouse: Logitech G502 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver 

Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz

 

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$500-$600 for a 8 core i7? I wish. Seeing as a 5930K goes for just over $1000 USD on Newegg, Skylake X certainly isnt going to get any cheaper, especially when new. Your only hope is to look for a Xeon, but dont get your hopes up too much. You're not going to be able to find one that performs significantly better within that budget, especially when including cost of new motherboard. 

Yeah I knew I wouldn't get a current gen 8 core for that haha, I was hopeful for Kaby though. Ugh I should have just gotten the 5820K last year

System: i7 4790K, Hyper 212 EVO, 16 GB Crucial Ballistix, GTX 1070 Super clocked, MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition, Corsair RM 750, Corsair 750D (with 2 additional 140mm NZXT fans up top for exhaust.) 

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8 minutes ago, asand1 said:

Rendering video for said show? Maybe a couple more cores in the form of a Xeon?

Which model though? I thought about actually building a NEW system from the ground up strictly for editing and keep my current system just for gaming but honestly I can't justify the cost. Do all xeons at least recent xeons perform well in games?I know you CAN game on a xeon but I don't want to compromise on editing or gaming performance 

System: i7 4790K, Hyper 212 EVO, 16 GB Crucial Ballistix, GTX 1070 Super clocked, MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition, Corsair RM 750, Corsair 750D (with 2 additional 140mm NZXT fans up top for exhaust.) 

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28 minutes ago, mbryant said:

I figured as much, we will be well into post production at that point. I honestly don't know what I have for budget. I could always save lol. I could probably go up to $600 for CPU haha. I haven't kept up on Kaby Lake news and rumors, is there going to be an 8 core at an affordable price?

ALSO: I don't keep up much with CPU's in general, I have a basic knowledge but that's it. All the newer CPU's are slower than my 4790K's 4Ghz, why make them slower?

Wait for Skylake-X and LGA 2066 socket, it's gonna replace current X99 chipset and LGA 2011v3 socket. Kaby lake won't bring almost any performance improvement CPU-wise over Skylake.

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9 hours ago, mbryant said:

Which model though? I thought about actually building a NEW system from the ground up strictly for editing and keep my current system just for gaming but honestly I can't justify the cost. Do all xeons at least recent xeons perform well in games?I know you CAN game on a xeon but I don't want to compromise on editing or gaming performance 

Most Xeons have low core clocks, and few are good for gaming. If you can check Intel's ARK site, you can search server processors by socket type.

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Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

Daughter's Rig;

MSI B450 A Pro, Ryzen 5 3600x, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Silicon Power A55 512GB SSD, Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC, Corsair CX430

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Or Google Xeon processors for your socket. They may still be expensive in your case.

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Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

Daughter's Rig;

MSI B450 A Pro, Ryzen 5 3600x, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Silicon Power A55 512GB SSD, Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC, Corsair CX430

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7 hours ago, asand1 said:

Or Google Xeon processors for your socket. They may still be expensive in your case.

dumb question, is E7 the i7 equivalent 

System: i7 4790K, Hyper 212 EVO, 16 GB Crucial Ballistix, GTX 1070 Super clocked, MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition, Corsair RM 750, Corsair 750D (with 2 additional 140mm NZXT fans up top for exhaust.) 

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1 hour ago, mbryant said:

dumb question, is E7 the i7 equivalent 

No, E7 would be the generation I believe. If you look at the ARK website it would tell you how many cores/thread/MHz the processors are.

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Ryzen 5 5600, GIGABYTE B550M DS3H, 16Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Asrock RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming,

Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

Daughter's Rig;

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