Is the i7-6950x worth it?

[Microsoft Master]

Im helping a friend decide on his beast machine and he said he wanted a 10 core cpu so should i reccomend the i7-6950x to him?

[Oshino Shinobu]

....For what purpose? 

[Microsoft Master]

He wants to impress everyone with tests and crap but he has a ton of money i told him that 10 cores are really overkill unless your running a setup like linus'es 2 cpu's 10 gamers build.

[The Sloth]

depends  if you want a x99 high-end cpu get a 6800k or if you love overclocking 5820k. 

[deleted_member_030719]

It's worth it if you're going to use it. Getting it to edit a video every once and a while or just play games is a complete waste of it.

[ARikozuM]

3 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

He wants to impress everyone with tests and crap

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Oh, wait, PC Master Race...

 

[malon]

If it is pure for gaming, no

if it is pure for productivity, no get a xeon

if it is for gaming and streaming or recording at the same time and lots of rendering and he thinks  a 6800 or 6900 would not do it then maybe an it depends if he wants to spend that much money on a single part

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

He wants to impress everyone with tests and crap but he has a ton of money i told him that 10 cores are really overkill unless your running a setup like linus'es 2 cpu's 10 gamers build.

Well, I wouldn't recommend it if that's the purpose. 

 

If he wants to impress people with benchmarks, then it will depend what kind of benchmarks he's doing. In most games it's actually more likely to get less performance than something like a 7700K due to the slower individual cores. If he wants high Cinebench scores, tell him to go all out and pick up an Asus Z10PE-D16 WS and a pair of Xeon E5-2699 V4 CPUs. 

[Megah3rtz]

7 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

He wants to impress everyone with tests and crap but he has a ton of money i told him that 10 cores are really overkill unless your running a setup like linus'es 2 cpu's 10 gamers build.

Tell him to buy a car

 

[AniJan]

21 hours ago, Microsoft Master said:

He wants to impress everyone with tests and crap but he has a ton of money i told him that 10 cores are really overkill unless your running a setup like linus'es 2 cpu's 10 gamers build.

He wants to do it for publicity? Waste tons of money for fucking publicity?

This 'friend' of yours is a spoiled brat.

 

 

[cpuwaiy]

Even if you do get it, You'll need dual GTX 1080s with overclocking to get "close" to the top of 3DMark charts.

[pyrojoe34]

22 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

Im helping a friend decide on his beast machine and he said he wanted a 10 core cpu so should i reccomend the i7-6950x to him?

If he uses it for gaming it will perform WORSE than an i7-6700k or 7700k. He'd even be better off with an i7-6800k (or 6850k) since they have higher clocks, if he's completely set on X99 for some reason.

 

Seriously, the BEST gaming build would be an i7-7700k and a couple 1080s (or Titan XPs if you hate money).

 

For gaming faster cores > more cores and the 7700k has the fastest cores.

 

Your friend sounds like a douche with more money than sense.

[HelplmChoking]

Well, it might be worth it. How much is tons of money? If I had a million dollars lying around, I'd have a 6050x. If I had $5000, I would not.

[IHirs]

unless he already has titan x/quadro sli then no

[Microsoft Master]

13 hours ago, pyrojoe34 said:

If he uses it for gaming it will perform WORSE than an i7-6700k or 7700k. He'd even be better off with an i7-6800k (or 6850k) since they have higher clocks, if he's completely set on X99 for some reason.

 

Seriously, the BEST gaming build would be an i7-7700k and a couple 1080s (or Titan XPs if you hate money).

 

For gaming faster cores > more cores and the 7700k has the fastest cores.

 

Your friend sounds like a douche with more money than sense.

He is

[AniJan]

7 hours ago, Microsoft Master said:

He is

Then tell this 'friend' of yours to: