i've got a 5820k in an evga micro 2 at the moment and I want to futureproof my rig, ideally to a 6950x.

is this a bad idea, i.e will it be bottlenecked or not work at all?

i'm not up to speed on the compatibility of haswell-e focused x99 motherboards like mine. is it a case of a bios upgrade or something similar?

cheers

you could put it in the board with a bios update but it would be a waste on money and quite pointless. anything that uses that number of threads would be better off with a xeon and for gaming a 5820k is already overkill.

Jumper118 said:

you could put it in the board with a bios update but it would be a waste on money and quite pointless. anything that uses that number of threads would be better off with a xeon and for gaming a 5820k is already overkill.

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I do game on it, along with the odd bit of video work and streaming around the house which my current chip is fine for, but I built my pc primarily as an audio workstation and anything beyond 60 channels in my daw usually taxes my 5820k considerably. More cores is the way to go and the 6950x looks like the fastest chip available at the moment.

I'm not sure how i'd be better off with a xeon as it would mean selling my entire pc and building a new one....

You could build a second full system for the cost of just the CPU upgrade.

jigger said:

You could build a second full system for the cost of just the CPU upgrade.

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and why would I want to do that?

I want to to be able to use 10 cores if possible, and to not have to worry about upgrading my cpu in the next 5-7 years, not to build a second system with the same components I have now...

Because the cost of the upgrade is daft?

I don't think the guy cares about the cost he just wants to know if it will work with his motherboard

The guy wants a 6950x

Loads of people buy them, 8pack bathes in them and no one says a word

he knows what he wants.

Unfortunately I don't know the answer to the Op question but can't you help him out

jigger said:

Because the cost of the upgrade is daft?

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as daft as your opinions are unhelpful? looking forward to this getting back on topic...

What sort of stuff are you doing that requires so much power?


Also what else have you got in your pc? Gpu etc

southernorth said:

What sort of stuff are you doing that requires so much power?

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spulse said:

I built my pc primarily as an audio workstation and anything beyond 60 channels in my daw usually taxes my 5820k considerably

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According to this http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/ bios 2.01.

Millwall.FC said:

According to this http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/ bios 2.01.

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thanks very much, that table's exactly what I was looking for! Didn't see it when I was looking at the bios downloads earlier

If you look at that cpu compatibility list you will see that your board does take Xeons should you be interested in going down that route.

Yes it does I have one in a micro 2 in matx system I am building.
Just make sure bios is 2.01, it detected my M2 drive no trouble too.