2658 v3 or 3930k

[Ashiella]

I have a 6600k, I like cores, I will oc, purely for gaming, maybe like adobe after effects.

[Morgan MLGman]

If "purely for gaming" then don't switch your CPU or get a 6700K.

[pwn_intended]

11 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

I have a 6600k, I like cores, I will oc, purely for gaming, maybe like adobe after effects.

I don't get the question.

Your 6600k should be better than either of those 2 for purely gaming.

Either of the 2 cpu's you mention would also involve buying a "new" old mobo.

 

The 3930k is 6 years old and the 2658 v3 is 2+ years old and clocked very low.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, pwn_intended said:

I don't get the question.

Your 6600k should be better than either of those 2 for purely gaming.

 

The 3930k is 6 years old and the 2658 v3 is 2+ years old and clocked very low.

I love my cores, I usually have a bunch of stuff open and I want to use rain meter but the CPU usage is a bit too high for me. (Alrdy at idle with just chrome, steam, origin, uplay, and discord open its at 30% CPU usage, and my game like to use 80-90% CPU [They only can when I have nothing open] ) The lack of single-core performance doesn't really bother me all that much, I even tested the clock speed with the Xeon on my 6600k, in games like siege and Gta 5 the fps hit isn't that big Imo, not to mention, I'd oc them so I'd get some of the performance back, in Passmark, the 6600k was like 2142, 3930k was 1941, 2658 v3 was like 1641, If you have other suggestions (Below 300$ for the mobo and CPU, x99 is 120$ x79 is 150$)

[Ashiella]

7 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

If "purely for gaming" then don't switch your CPU or get a 6700K.

Can't afford the 6700k, I want more cores, fuk threads

[pwn_intended]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

I love my cores, I usually have a bunch of stuff open and I want to use rain meter but the CPU usage is a bit too high for me. (Alrdy at idle with just chrome, steam, origin, uplay, and discord open its at 30% CPU usage, and my game like to use 80-90% CPU [They only can when I have nothing open] ) The lack of single-core performance doesn't really bother me all that much, I even tested the clock speed with the Xeon on my 6600k, in games like siege and Gta 5 the fps hit isn't that big Imo, not to mention, I'd oc them so I'd get some of the performance back, in Passmark, the 6600k was like 2142, 3930k was 1941, 2658 v3 was like 1641, If you have other suggestions (Below 300$ for the mobo and CPU, x99 is 120$ x79 is 150$)

As said earlier by me and others, "purely for gaming" the 6600K should be outperforming the 2 older CPUs. The only thing that the Xeon may be better for would be video rendering or something. You also wouldn't be overclocking that anywhere near the levels that you can get your 6600K. The Xeon is 2.2 (I think) GHz stock, on a locked multiplier, compared to your i5 running at 3.9 or 4 before you apply any oc to it.

 

IMHO, either of those CPU's would be a serious downgrade.

 

 

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, pwn_intended said:

As said earlier by me and others, "purely for gaming" the 6600K should be outperforming the 2 older CPUs. The only thing that the Xeon may be better for would be video rendering or something. You also wouldn't be overclocking that anywhere near the levels that you can get your 6600K. The Xeon is 2.2 (I think) GHz stock, on a locked multiplier, compared to your i5 running at 3.9 or 4 before you apply any oc to it.

 

IMHO, either of those CPU's would be a serious downgrade.

 

 

I don't have an OC board, and I like my cores, I could run more things, not just a single game and that's all, not sure about "Serious downgrade" suppose I should rephrase, A game that likes 4 cores, and 200+ chrome tabs, Rainmeter that already uses 16% CPU idle, along with steam, uplay, origin, discord, and other stuff running as well, which isn't great for games, it causes stutters.