i7 5820k + 2x gtx 1070's vs i7 6900k + 1x gtx 1070

[Coaxialgamer]

2 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

 

 

 

 

Well, I guess now its between the 6900k and the 5820k. Thoughts?

Imo , i wouldn't a 5820k considering the 6800k is out . 6900k is a bit more powerful ( 8 cores , 40 pcie lanes ) , but it's nearly 3 times as expensive . On the other hand , that might not be such an issue considering you wanted to go 6950x . It's up to you .

[ARikozuM]

4 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

 

 

 

 

Well, I guess now its between the 6900k and the 5820k. Thoughts?

Whichever gets the best performane.

[VirusStorm]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Imo , i wouldn't a 5820k considering the 6800k is out . 6900k is a bit more powerful ( 8 cores , 40 pcie lanes ) , but it's nearly 3 times as expensive . On the other hand , that might not be such an issue considering you wanted to go 6950x . It's up to you .

but the 5820k is $70 cheaper in my country and overclocks better

[Fluffinator]

4 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

 

 

 

 

Well, I guess now its between the 6900k and the 5820k. Thoughts?

The 7700k and 7900k are literally around the corner, if you go for the 6900k there would be a new model that comes out right when you buy it, I would go for the 5820k or wait.

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor  ($1579.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1959.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 15:49 EST-0500

 

so lets say a 2k budget:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($1041.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ B&H)
Monitor: Dell S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($619.00 @ B&H)
Total: $2040.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 15:50 EST-0500

[VirusStorm]

1 minute ago, Fluffinator said:

The 7700k and 7900k are literally around the corner, if you go for the 6900k there would be a new model that comes out right when you buy it, I would go for the 5820k or wait.

isnt the 7900k skylake x? Skylake x is coming out 2nd half of 2017

[VirusStorm]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor  ($1579.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1959.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 15:49 EST-0500

 

so lets say a 2k budget:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($1041.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ B&H)
Monitor: Dell S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($619.00 @ B&H)
Total: $2040.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 15:50 EST-0500

but I live in canada....

 

+ 300 for motherboard

+ 200 for ram

[Fluffinator]

1 minute ago, VirusStorm said:

isnt the 7900k skylake x? Skylake x is coming out 2nd half of 2017

Yeah but... you waited this long new CPU's don't come out that often if you want it now then just get what's out there now.

[Coaxialgamer]

1 minute ago, VirusStorm said:

but the 5820k is $70 cheaper in my country and overclocks better

oh . In that case it might be worthwhile considering the 6800k is at best 5% faster clock for clock and overclocks worse than the 5820k.

But Ryzen is coming out in ~february , so if you can , wait . I wouldn't recommend buying a new cpu atm.

 

1 minute ago, Fluffinator said:

The 7700k and 7900k are literally around the corner, if you go for the 6900k there would be a new model that comes out right when you buy it, I would go for the 5820k or wait.

Any source . As far as intel is concerned , skylake X is scheduled for 2H 2017 , that's 6+ months away , for minimal performance enhancements over BDW-E

[Enderman]

Xeon.

[stealth80]

5 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

but I live in canada....

 

+ 300 for motherboard

+ 200 for ram

That's all irrelevant, If you buy a 5820k you will still need that board and that ram, the difference in price remains the same, as for currency again, the difference between the 2 builds should be same

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, Enderman said:

Xeon.

he's also gaming on it though . xeon might be ... sub optimal 

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

he's also gaming on it though . xeon might be ... sub optimal 

It performs fine for gaming, go look at all the comparisons. Even linus did a comparison and it's very close to an i7.

Obviously it performs worse, but is cheaper and you can get more cores for less money which is more important for rendering.

[VirusStorm]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

That's all irrelevant, If you buy a 5820k you will still need that board and that ram, the difference in price remains the same, as for currency again, the difference between the 2 builds should be same

yeah, but its over my budget  thanks for the list though!

[VirusStorm]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

It performs fine for gaming, go look at all the comparisons. Even linus did a comparison and it's very close to an i7.

Obviously it performs worse, but is cheaper and you can get more cores for less money which is more important for rendering.

for RENDERING. Modelling requires single core performance

[done12many2]

When are you purchasing whatever you're going to get?

[stealth80]

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($1394.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($289.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($279.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($519.99 @ NCIX)
Monitor: Dell S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($864.99 @ PC Canada)
Total: $3349.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 15:57 EST-0500

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor  ($2195.94 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($289.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($279.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($519.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $3285.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 15:58 EST-0500

 

 

[VirusStorm]

My budget in usd is about $2110

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, VirusStorm said:

My budget in usd is about $2110

 

When are you purchasing whatever you're going to get?

[VirusStorm]

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

 

When are you purchasing whatever you're going to get?

january 21st

[Coaxialgamer]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

It performs fine for gaming, go look at all the comparisons. Even linus did a comparison and it's very close to an i7.

Obviously it performs worse, but is cheaper and you can get more cores for less money which is more important for rendering.

linus did a comparison of a xeon vs an i7 at the same clock speed though ( i7 4790 vs e3 1276v3 ) . the high core count xeons all have fairly low frequencies in the 2ghz range , with single core boost in the low to mid 3ghz range . and that's not counting on overclocking , which any X99 owner should be doing anyway

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, VirusStorm said:

for RENDERING. Modelling requires single core performance

Modelling is multithreaded. I use sketchup and solidworks, they are using 4-8 cores constantly.

[VirusStorm]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Modelling is multithreaded. I use sketchup and solidworks, they are using 4-8 cores constantly.

I use modo

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

linus did a comparison of a xeon vs an i7 at the same clock speed though ( i7 4790 vs e3 1276v3 ) . the high core count xeons all have fairly low frequencies in the 2ghz range , with single core boost in the low to mid 3ghz range . and that's not counting on overclocking , which any X99 owner should be doing anyway

Almost all Xeons are base over 3GHz and there are many that boost to 4GHz or more. Go look at ARK, you might learn something.

Oh, and the performance is very close if you look at benchmarks, which is why so many people use xeons for gaming.

Xeons will allow you to get more than 10 cores per CPU, at less money than the ridiculous $1500 for the 6950x.

I think you have a lot to learn about xeons... please do more research.

[Coaxialgamer]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Almost all Xeons are base over 3GHz and there are many that boost to 4GHz or more. Go look at ARK, you might learn something.

Oh, and the performance is very close if you look at benchmarks, which is why so many people use xeons for gaming.

Xeons will allow you to get more than 10 cores per CPU, at less money than the ridiculous $1500 for the 6950x.

I think you have a lot to learn about xeons... please do more research.

show me a 6-10 core xeon with a base frequency of over 3ghz which is cheaper than it's i7 counterpart. Obviously , there is the e3 line , but those are all quad cores . Plus they are locked . Don't get me wrong , i'm not defending the 6950x , and i don't recommend anyone get one . but the 6800k or 6900k ( or haswell e equivalents) are still good values