6800k or R5 1600x

[Napalm360]

Hey there,

 

Since the announcement of ryzen, I have been contemplating about selling my intel parts (note: when I say parts I'm meaning cpu, mobo and ram)

for the same'ish price I bought them for (so £550) and going ryzen. now what really made me think about this was the announcement of X299.

So Theoretically if I were to be able to sell my intel parts for £550 which is similar (give or take £10) to what I bought them for, add an extra £30-50

and I could get a really nice ryzen system (R5 1600x, ax370 gaming k7 and 16gb corsair vengeance rgb @3ghz ).

 

However there's a caveat in that imo, with ryzen, your not getting much expandability as pcie lanes are limited, and that means not much room for 

stuff like m.2 drives or gpus and nics etc.

 

However, another thought that crossed my mind was going x99, as I want an upgradeable platform that will last me 5yrs I guess idk

(ik I hate using the term futureproofing)

with decent upgradeability. as I do not have the money to go with threadripper, which would ultimately be the best choice so having a decent cpu on a good board

with the upgradeability to say go for a 6900k in 3yrs when I may need more pcie lanes is an option as my board would support it would be cheaper for me as I'm

only 15 so I cant exactly drop £800 on threadripper so the expandability is great as it means I can buy the stuff I need when I need it

and have it work for me great.

not to mention that if I where to get a 6900k for £220ish (there's a lot of them going for £260-280 where I can also offer a price)

and that the two boards I'm looking at (ASUS x99 deluxe or x99 strix gaming) is around £220 + £130 for 16gb ram (which I can upgrade to 128gb in the future I guess)

and that this platform should last a while for me if people rocking 2700k's where fine until now. that its the same price as the ryzen alt

and I have a lot more freedom in the future compared to being locked into a mainstream platform.

 

Lastly I would like to give a brief explanation on my workload and my current specs.

Spoiler

CPU: i5 7600k 5ghz @1.3v 

Mobo: msi z270 gaming m5

Ram: corsair vengeance lpx 2x8gb 3000mhz

Cooling: noctua u14s

Storage: 250gb intel 600p + 400gb worth of laptop hdds

GPU: HD7850 2gb

Case: define s

PSU: EVGA supernova 750 g2

Spoiler

Workload:

Gaming

content creation 

(video editing, coding html and learning other languages, creating graphics and animations using blender)

when I get more gpu's ill be dabbling into UN-raid.

So thoughts?

 

many thanks

Napalm

[PCGuy_5960]

The 5820K is better than the 1600X in everything but I don't think it's worth the price premium.

[Napalm360]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

The 5820K is better than the 1600X in everything but I don't think it's worth the price premium.

on ebay (forgot to mention that I'm talking bout ebay listings fgor the x99 gear) theyre same priceish as a 1600x 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, Napalm360 said:

on ebay (forgot to mention that I'm talking bout ebay listings fgor the x99 gear) theyre same priceish as a 1600x 

Then get the 5820K/6900K both are better than the 1600X

[Damascus]

I would go with ryzen, promised support until 2020 means you could get any mainstream cpu AMD releases for the next 3 years without getting rid of mobo/RAM

[MorganO]

why are you comparing the 1600x with a 6900k? they arent even competitors  unfair comparison imo

[Napalm360]

16 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

why are you comparing the 1600x with a 6900k? they arent even competitors  unfair comparison imo

my bad, meant to write 6800k not 6900k, ahh need more coffee

27 minutes ago, Damascus said:

I would go with ryzen, promised support until 2020 means you could get any mainstream cpu AMD releases for the next 3 years without getting rid of mobo/RAM

but would that also mean more pcie lanes?

 

[Jurrunio]

I suggest waiting for low end threadripper, i.e. the 10c/20t 1955. Just see if its performance is any good.

 

Meanwhile, I think you should upgrade the hd7850 first. Seems so out of place with other parts

[MorganO]

Just now, Napalm360 said:

my bad, meant to write 6800k not 6900k, ahh need more coffee

still the R7 series should be compared the the 68xxK/69xxK/X?

[Napalm360]

11 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I suggest waiting for low end threadripper, i.e. the 10c/20t 1955. Just see if its performance is any good.

 

Meanwhile, I think you should upgrade the hd7850 first. Seems so out of place with other parts

yea, I'm trying to sell the old system that the 7850 was apart of so I can buy a gtx 970 or maybe  580 if I can afford, tbh the 7850 plays all my games fine so not too big of an issue

11 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

still the R7 series should be compared the the 68xxK/69xxK/X?

looking at some benchmarks they are neck on neck and remember theyre both 6c/12t

[PCGuy_5960]

Get a 5820K, the 6800K sucks because it doesn't overclock well

[MorganO]

Just now, Napalm360 said:

looking at some benchmarks they are neck on neck and remember theyre both 6c/12t

the r5 series is targeted at the i7-6x/7x and i5-6x/7x

 

[Napalm360]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Get a 5820K, the 6800K sucks because it doesn't overclock well

ok, also I think I have a better chance at getting a 5820k for £200 than a 6800k

How is x99, any cons? that makes it a deabreaker

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, Napalm360 said:

ok, also I think I have a better chance at getting a 5820k for £200 than a 6800k

How is x99, any cons? that makes it a deabreaker

The only con is that you won't be able to upgrade to newer CPUs  (Skylake-X is LGA 2066)

[Napalm360]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

The only con is that you won't be able to upgrade to newer CPUs  (Skylake-X is LGA 2066)

ehh that stuff I don't care about as I can easily go for a 6950x or 5930k in 3yr

and by the time that id need more cores, Ill probably be able to afford threadripper

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, Napalm360 said:

ehh that stuff I don't care about as I can easily go for a 6950x or 5930k in 3yr

and by the time that id need more cores, Ill probably be able to afford threadripper

Get the 5820K and overclock it to 4.5-4.6GHz then

[Napalm360]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Get the 5820K and overclock it to 4.5-4.6GHz then

I think I will thank you all

how long you have been on x99 - gaming performance good with that 1080?

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, Napalm360 said:

how long you have been on x99 - gaming performance good with that 1080?

1 year.  I upgraded to the 1080 a few months ago, performance is just amazing! Here is my Superposition  if you are interested

[Napalm360]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

1 year.  I upgraded to the 1080 a few months ago, performance is just amazing! Here is my Superposition  if you are interested

sweet, lol my card  scores 4250 on 1080p med, you mind doing a test on medium?

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Napalm360 said:

sweet, lol my card  scores 4250 on 1080p med, you mind doing a test on medium?

Currently on mobile  Can you run 1080p Extreme?

[Napalm360]

41 minutes ago, Damascus said:

I would go with ryzen, promised support until 2020 means you could get any mainstream cpu AMD releases for the next 3 years without getting rid of mobo/RAM

I thought that the current ryzen lineup (including ryzen 3 when that comes)

would be it?

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Currently on mobile  Can you run 1080p Extreme?

920

though for some reason when running benchmark it shows stock clocks whereas gpu-z shows oc clocks 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Napalm360 said:

920

I think it's time to upgrade your GPU bud  A GTX 1070 will be a huge upgrade and you can find 1070s for as low as $350!

[Napalm360]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

I think it's time to upgrade your GPU bud  A GTX 1070 will be a huge upgrade and you can find 1070s for as low as $350!

fuck that, I'm looking at 980tis as they oc better than pascal and are cheaper than 1070s not to mention I'm @1080p

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Napalm360 said:

fuck that, I'm looking at 980tis as they oc better than pascal and are cheaper than 1070s not to mention I'm @1080p

Yeah 980 Ti OC is quite a bit better than a 1070  I'm at 1080p too

(I really need a new monitor)

[Napalm360]

5 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah 980 Ti OC is quite a bit better than a 1070  I'm at 1080p too

(I really need a new monitor)

have you thought bout this?:

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-VX24AH-23-8-2560x1440-Monitor/dp/B01D4TCCZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497103895&sr=8-1&keywords=Asus+VX24AH

I think that's the one I seen, got the 1080p model and its brill,

great for ppl on budget