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danrey84
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I'm currently running a 5960x @4.5ghz and not really seeing any problems when gaming and streaming. I also run a 1080Ti with it. Is it actually worth moving too x299 now or waiting maybe another year?? 

 

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13 minutes ago, danrey84 said:

I'm currently running a 5960x @4.5ghz and not really seeing any problems when gaming and streaming. I also run a 1080Ti with it. Is it actually worth moving too x299 now or waiting maybe another year?? 

 

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I'd wait for the platform to mature a bit. X299 was a rushed response by Intel last year, and it has some teething issues.

 

Beyond that, if you're not seeing any issues with Haswell-E, I wouldn't bother spending the money to move up.

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3 minutes ago, danrey84 said:

I'm currently running a 5960x @4.5ghz and not really seeing any problems when gaming and streaming. I also run a 1080Ti with it. Is it actually worth moving too x299 now or waiting maybe another year?? 

 

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Nah stick with what you got. The only 44 lane CPUs are the 7900X and higher. Although the prices for some of the 12 and 14 core variants aren't too bad if you look around. You can even benefit from even fast memory in quad channel. Pretty much a workstation powerhouse.

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Yea my screen I use is 1440p 165hz. Think I'm just going to stick with what I got. 

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no reason for you to upgrade now at all, plus threadripper 2 and new x299 cpu will come out late in the year (probably December for x299,and around june for threadripper)

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Haswell-E is a really good platform and honestly with the setup you have now I wouldn't bother.  I really do wish I could have kept my x99 setup longer.  I'm more than happy with my current one but it was a good chunk of change I'd rather have kept.

 

 

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No need of course, but you could do it nonetheless.

x99 rigs were never needed for gaming, but there we are enthusiast buying them haha.

 

 

 

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