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Want to upgrade from 6900k

DemiSLayer
By DemiSLayer
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Hi,

 

I am looking for recommendations for upgrading from my current Rampage V extreme mother board with 6900k and G-Skill tridentZ 3200mhz ddr4.

I cannot utilize my current ram at 3200mhz only 3000mhz.   My Cpu is overclocked to 4.5ghz.   I have been considering upgrading to 6950x or upgrading to x299 with 7900x

I currently have 2 TitanXp in SLI.

 

Is there anything serious coming out soon or does it make sense to upgrade now? 

This is a gaming Rig.

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For gaming I'd look at the upcoming 9900k.

You don't need the platform you're on for gaming, it's kind of a waste of money.

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If this is a gaming rig than you don't need any upgrades. It is fine for at least a couple more years. 

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New Nvidia's GPUs might be able to surpass those TitanXps in SLI finally but honestly you should be pretty good for another few years till you need to upgrade.

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The only thing worth upgrading from the 6900K is potentially a new HEDT refresh that might be coming in the future and even then I'd be carefully monitoring the changes in architecture.

 

Moving to x299 if you don't need more cores is a lateral move and potentially even a backwards one for gaming. Due to change from ringbus to mesh you'd need something like a 4.8-5GHz CPU with fast RAM and OC'ed mesh in order to beat yours 4.5GHz B-E. 

 

Moving to i7 6950X is not worth it at all at this point if you don't need those extra 2 cores (you don't). 

 

You have a good CPU with 40 PCIE-Lanes that is able to school mainstream CPU's especially in SLI.

 

My advice is sit tight and enjoy the ride.

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The only problem with my setup is im stuck at 3000mhz when my ram supports 3200. its driving me crazy lol.  

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23 minutes ago, DemiSLayer said:

The only problem with my setup is im stuck at 3000mhz when my ram supports 3200. its driving me crazy lol.

Have you tried not doing it via XMP but with manual OC? Tried getting a bit more voltage through RAM? I think it can safely handle something like 1.38-1.4v 

CPU: i7 6950X  |  Motherboard: Asus Rampage V ed. 10  |  RAM: 32 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum Special Edition 3200 MHz (CL14)  |  GPUs: 2x Asus GTX 1080ti SLI 

Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1 TB M.2 NVME  |  PSU: In Win SIV 1065W 

Cooling: Custom LC 2 x 360mm EK Radiators | EK D5 Pump | EK 250 Reservoir | EK RVE10 Monoblock | EK GPU Blocks & Backplates | Alphacool Fittings & Connectors | Alphacool Glass Tubing

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1 minute ago, Lathlaer said:

Have you tried not doing it via XMP but with manual OC? Tried getting a bit more voltage through RAM? I think it can safely handle something like 1.38-1.4v 

Yes sir.  I have tried both XMP and manual. along with higher dram volts SA Core etc etc.  i am not super familiar with manual mode so maybe there is something there that can be tweaked. 

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5 minutes ago, DemiSLayer said:

i am not super familiar with manual mode so maybe there is something there that can be tweaked. 

If you tried to relax the timings a bit and still a no go then well, out of luck. OC'ing RAM is much more complicated than OC'ing CPU or GPU and it takes a lot of time.

 

 

You might find something useful here.

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Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1 TB M.2 NVME  |  PSU: In Win SIV 1065W 

Cooling: Custom LC 2 x 360mm EK Radiators | EK D5 Pump | EK 250 Reservoir | EK RVE10 Monoblock | EK GPU Blocks & Backplates | Alphacool Fittings & Connectors | Alphacool Glass Tubing

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Does anything you do care about 3000 vs 3200 MHz ram? Chances are it's an entirely negligible difference.

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I see about a 10-15fps difference in Fallout 4. thats about it. 

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