X99 mobo is dead, where to now?

faxfan · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:24

So my X99 mobo is dead, though hopefully the 5930k is fine.

I've moved from workstation (VM's) / gaming to pure gaming with light office duties (word, excel etc.). So I have two options at this point in time as I see it -

1. Z270 platform with a high performance / overclocked 7700k (~£730)
2. Replace X99 mobo (hoping the CPU is ok) (~£250)

I've currently got 8 x 8GB of Corsair dominator plantinum RAM of which I can use 4 sticks on a Z270 and recoup some cost along with the 5930k and maybe the mobo post RMA.

It's not something that can wait a few weeks, I really need to get to my data and have the rig back for light office duties.

What do you reckon chaps / chapesess?

edit: budget isn't really an issue

EsaT · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:40

That Kaby Lake isn't that much of upgrade for future with just four cores and upgradeability wise its dead end.
With new motherboards for coming Coffee Lake being made obsolete by new motherboards for Cannon Lake some half year later pretty much tells the name of Intel's game.

If putting more money into it would be good to look for how well platforms holds performance 3-4 years to future or at least has upgrade path.

mistersprinkles · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:36

Ryzen bro. Ryzen. Get an 8 core.

Minstadave · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:51

Cheap X99 board:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ket-2011-ddr4-eatx-motherboard-mb-520-gi.html

Only 4 RAM slots but if you're not running VMs anymore you don't need the full 64GB

Disco_P · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:52

I'd personally buy one of these if you want to stick with what you have:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ket-2011-ddr4-eatx-motherboard-mb-520-gi.html

faxfan · 14 Aug 2017 at 11:03

The interweb suggests the move from 5930k to 7700k just isn't work it. I've ordered:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-2011-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-68b-as.html

Minstadave · 14 Aug 2017 at 11:30

That's an eye watering price!

bimbleuk · 14 Aug 2017 at 11:55

X99 still a good platform I picked up 3 boards over the last few months all for ~£100 each and stuck Xeon 8C/16T CPUs in them.

Last board is going today but unfortunately my post count is too low to use the market place on here I believe.

Those SOC boards at £139.99 are a bargain IMHO especially being new.

Minstadave · 14 Aug 2017 at 12:57

Are there any unlocked 8c/16t Xeons?

Disco_P · 14 Aug 2017 at 13:11

Minstadave said:
Are there any unlocked 8c/16t Xeons?

it seems to be very wish washy with which xeons overclock and which do not. For the most part the 5960x/6900k seem to be cheaper.

faxfan · 14 Aug 2017 at 16:56

I like my systems to be pleasing to the eye (Lian Li O11 case) and the SOC board is anything but - to me anyway. Great help and suggestions as usual everyone

Kurgen · 14 Aug 2017 at 22:19

bimbleuk said:
X99 still a good platform I picked up 3 boards over the last few months all for ~£100 each and stuck Xeon 8C/16T CPUs in them.

Last board is going today but unfortunately my post count is too low to use the market place on here I believe.

Those SOC boards at £139.99 are a bargain IMHO especially being new.

I got mine on ocuk 2 for a bargain of £99 I think it was one day only and popped in a free Xeon E5-2643 3.4ghz 6 core, flies.. shame it couldn't use the 64gb ECC kit I had too, so I had to put in the DDR4 16gb quad channel kit bough on offer here to at £68 before memory went mental

bimbleuk · 15 Aug 2017 at 08:45

I was lucky enough to get a couple of the 16GB DDR4 kits for £49.95 and the 3rd for £79.95 they're £129.49!

3 x Xeon E5 2630L v3 sample processors as well for ~£85.00 each and I had some well specc'd general purpose systems which I put to good use over the last year.