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Has anyone gone x99 ?

ALXAndy said:
Thing is people like Mark (Tipes) are the exception to the rule here. Most of these people getting itchy saying they're going to upgrade to X99 would upgrade to a wet tissue if Intel sneezed in one !

It's the same with Nvidia. The amount of people I've seen replacing 780s and 290s with 970s.. Madness.

If you're going to hang onto this rig and keep it for four or five years then sure ! by all means go with X99. It's like X58 was and X79, a lot of investment so you really need to hold onto it to get the most out of it. But most won't. Give them six months and they'll sell it at a loss to buy whatever crap Intel decide to release next.

The last time I invested more than a grand in a rig was 2001. I bought a dual P3 Xeon rig on a Marlinspike board running Windows 2000. It was an epic rig and I had it for three years before upgrading the board and CPUs to 2mb 866 Xeons.

Since then ? I've gone with mid range CPUs so I've had plenty of Intel and AMD. It was only because I had a bit of a windfall that I decided to invest in Titan Blacks and a 3970x and I fully expect that rig to last me for years and years before I even think about changing anything in it.

It's a bit of a nightmare trying to talk sense on a forum like this, given sense was chucked out of the window the day the place opened lol.
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I broadly agree with your sentiments. I only upgraded to x99 simply because I had a bit of a windfall too, but I certainly agonised over whether I should spend such a sum of money on a whim !! Having done so I am not overall disappointed in any way, but in truth was it necessary for me to upgrade? The honest answer would be no. As I said in my earlier post - this current rig will have to last me if I am in any way to get some moneys worth out of it. For the same reason I am reluctant to push it to the extreme for benching - bit of fun, but at what cost if I blow my components - despite appearances I am not well heeled at all, so will have to look after what I have.

As I said earlier too - each to their own. It is not for me to dictate what others should or should not buy for whatever reason, it is always a personal decision, and I don't believe right or wrong comes in to it.

Mark
 
easyrider said:
I'll like the build...getting new shiney etc...but once the dust settles I'll doubt I will notice any improvement in games or video editing...but that's the nature of the beast....

I'll be sat in front of the pc ...wallet lighter with not a lot to show off it...

But I fully understand that....this is what pc hardware does....it's addictive and expensive lol
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Then find something else to do? :D

I recently built a top spec BMX bike and have been riding, and, built an amazing cinema rig also.

TBH? I recase my daily rig about every six months to a year, nice cheap way to change things up a bit :) Or I just get out my Dremel and a couple of sheets of acrylic costing a fiver or so and get creative :)
 
easyrider said:
I'll like the build...getting new shiney etc...but once the dust settles I'll doubt I will notice any improvement in games or video editing...but that's the nature of the beast....

I'll be sat in front of the pc ...wallet lighter with not a lot to show off it...

But I fully understand that....this is what pc hardware does....it's addictive and expensive lol
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You wouldn't notice a big gain in gaming, maybe a bit more in encoding etc, but of course as ever it is horses for courses. I think everybody has their own ideas on what constitutes value for money/performance ratio. and that is the whole point really. Everybody should be able to make their own choice without unnecessary ridicule - whether they are seen as right or wrong.

It was/is always a personal decision.

Mark
 
ALXAndy said:
Then find something else to do? :D

I recently built a top spec BMX bike and have been riding, and, built an amazing cinema rig also.

TBH? I recase my daily rig about every six months to a year, nice cheap way to change things up a bit :) Or I just get out my Dremel and a couple of sheets of acrylic costing a fiver or so and get creative :)
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Start a thread on that bmx
Thread mate woul love to see it:cool:

Link to your cinema?
 
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18643588

That's the cinema rig. 65" UHD and lots of valve amps and odd shaped speakers :D It's going to double as my 4k gaming screen but there's only one 4k HDMI port and it's busted and won't display anything even though the PC picks it up. Hisense do onsite and I phoned them just before Christmas and they wanted to come out, but I didn't want to be stuck without a TV over the Xmas period. Now? I've been procrastinating but yeah, that's what my Titan Black SLI rig was built for :) I suppose when GTAV comes out I'll force myself to get it fixed :D

The bike is a 2013 PK Ripper with orange repro Skyways and lots of very expensive parts :) Took it out a few times now, it weighs about the same as a ham sandwich :D Will try and get some pics soon as it's locked up in the hall way to the flat.
 
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Be very interested to see how your rig copes with GTA V at 4k.

My dream rig is one of those Sony 4k projectors that run about £6k but just look completely awesome. GTA V in 4k on that at 60hz would be... insane...

Back on topic ish... my x58 Xeon is 1002 on Cinebench. Would love to go x99 but it's just not affordable for me and the 4790k value proposition doesn't stack up great against the Xeon now it's at 4.5ghz.
 
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