i7 980 Upgrade

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For the last 5 years I've been running an i7 980 (non x) currently running at 4.1 Ghz with 24GB of DDR3 1600Mhz ram.

I'm thinking of upgrading to a 5960x or 6900k but was wondering if the performance gain is worth it? I do a bit of everything with this PC (Gaming, VMs etc).

Also considering waiting a bit as zen isn't to far off to spice things up a bit.

Really on the fence at the moment so any opinions please?

 

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Thanks for your input.

Had a quick shop, prefer air cooling so have the D15 but will I see much better results from a AIO water cooler? Having looked around a bit seems theres only a few degrees in it? May add a few extra case fans and already have a 1080 GPU. Thoughts?

Sorry this is creeping into a general hardware thread

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX432C16PB= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair HX1000i 1000W '80 Plus Platinum Digital Modular Power Supply (CP-9020074-UK)= £199.99
• 1 x Asus Strix X99 Gaming Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £279.95
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Blackout Edition Window= £102.95
• 1 x Intel i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X)= £949.99
• 1 x Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans= £82.99
• 1 x Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £299.99

Total: £2,129.95
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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Thanks Caracus.

Made some changes (PSU, RAM and cooler). That AIO cooler ok? The trigger finger is getting itchy

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus Strix X99 Gaming Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £279.95
• 1 x Intel i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X)= £949.99
• 1 x Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £299.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £189.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000Mhz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX430C15P= £189.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £112.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Blackout Edition Window= £102.95

Total: £2,139.87
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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