6950X vs 6900K

[andrewn2468]

Hey guys,

I've tracked down two potential CPUs for a 4K editing workstation/gaming build and I was hoping for some insight from those who have tried them. On one hand I've found a 6950X for $1100, and 6900K for $700. I know I definitely don't need the 6950X, but for as good of a deal as it is should I snatch it? In other words, is it worth it at that price? Also, I don't love the X99 Deluxe-II but I want to do an Aura RGB build so can anyone recommend a good Asus x99 board with Broadwell-E support? Thanks!

[rn8686]

Xeons will proabbaly be better for you if you really need 10 cores, but otherwise just get R7, faster than the 6900K (Unless you really need the PCI-E lanes)

[RadiatingLight]

Bad time to buy X99 now

X299 is RIGHT around the corner.

AMD Threadripper is coming very soon.

 

pick which one you want when they both release.

I speculate (no source, just guessing) that AMD's 16-core threadripper will cost the same as intel's 12-core Skylake-x CPU, maybe a bit less.

You could probably snatch up a 12-core threadripper for a pretty good price when it comes out.

[HKZeroFive]

When the R7 1700 is $300 and can keep up with the i7-6900K in heavily multithreaded tasks... neither is a good deal at all.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

1 hour ago, andrewn2468 said:

Hey guys,

I've tracked down two potential CPUs for a 4K editing workstation/gaming build and I was hoping for some insight from those who have tried them. On one hand I've found a 6950X for $1100, and 6900K for $700. I know I definitely don't need the 6950X, but for as good of a deal as it is should I snatch it? In other words, is it worth it at that price? Also, I don't love the X99 Deluxe-II but I want to do an Aura RGB build so can anyone recommend a good Asus x99 board with Broadwell-E support? Thanks!

X99 Deluxe is as good as X79 Deluxe, I think.

 

6950X is the extreme processor (you know that) and the 6900K is less great than the extreme one, you can save $400 if you go to the 6900K and snatch GTX 1070 and above