Skylake or X99 for a gaming build

mikep- · 6 Feb 2016 at 12:25

Hello I currently have a x99 build for gaming and a very old secondary pc that is 6 years old. So I am aiming to buy a new system to replace the secondary pc, and use the current one as the secondary.

I have approx 2k to spend on a pc, but I am undecided between another X99 and a skylake based system. I aim to get a M2 drive and nvidia gtx 980ti and 16gb ram (I have read that 32 is pointless).

I mainly game on the PC (Diablo 3, Everquest etc etc), but do a bit programming on it too. I don't do any graphics rendering or anything like that.

Any suggestions on which platform to go with?

mickyflinn · 6 Feb 2016 at 21:36

I would say that x99 with 5820k 6 cores would be futurproofing but when you say skylake do you mean I 7 or I 5 ?

mikep- · 7 Feb 2016 at 11:15

it would be either a Intel Core i7 5930K or a Intel Core i7 6700K

Padraig · 7 Feb 2016 at 11:35

5930k then would be much better skylake is epic if you want a i5 though which is all you really need for high end gaming. But the 5930k will be good if you capture gameplay aswell as you have the extra cores.

mickyflinn · 7 Feb 2016 at 11:38

Padraig said:
5930k then would be much better skylake is epic if you want a i5 though which is all you really need for high end gaming. But the 5930k will be good if you capture gameplay aswell as you have the extra cores.

Would the 5820k not do the job just as well ?

~>Dg<~ · 7 Feb 2016 at 12:00

in similar thing to you at moment bundle im looking at is this one

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/defc...z-overclocked-haswell-e-bundle-bu-061-og.html

if you not struggling at moment though might be worth waiting for the newer revision of stuff which we should know about soon.rumored to be q2.

mikep- · 7 Feb 2016 at 19:55

ok i think i wait a bit.