7820x vs 5960x

[killswitch73]

At the moment im using a J batch 5960x at stable 4.5ghz @1.19v i have had it at 5ghz at 1.35v stable also .but for only 2 benches . i have also ran it gaming at 4.75ghz at 1.30v stable . all under custom water cooler with 2x 480 rads with 8 fans . 32gb 3000mhz ram

I'm looking to upgrade/downgrade as not really needing the Extreme CPU and would the 7820X be an upgrade and be cost effective .I.E selling the 5960x and getting the 7820x and having change .

the 5960x is retail and still under warranty for about 18 months left .

Thanks

 

[killswitch73]

At the moment im using a J batch 5960x at stable 4.5ghz @1.19v i have had it at 5ghz at 1.35v stable also .but for only 2 benches . i have also ran it gaming at 4.75ghz at 1.30v stable . all under custom water cooler with 2x 480 rads with 8 fans . 32gb 3000mhz ram

I'm looking to upgrade/downgrade as not really needing the Extreme CPU and would the 7820X be an upgrade and be cost effective .I.E selling the 5960x and getting the 7820x and having change .

the 5960x is retail and still under warranty for about 18 months left .

Thanks

Oh and im purley gaming with the ODD 4K video edit and photo editing will be future use .

or would the 7800x be even more cost effect and get a motherboard with sale of 5960x J batch . ?

 

[Caracus2k]

I would stay stick with what you have got.....

You'll struggle to clear much more than £400 after postage and any fees be it on the mm or bay now for your CPU (judging by completed prices for used CPU's on the bay)

The 5960x may have commanded an 'extreme' price point in its time but skylake x has been one of the biggest jumps forward for the HEDT platform and the 7820k with comparable core count to your CPU is fairly low down the pricing stack now especially if you discount the silly kabylake-parts.

You'll end up losing money to pay for what is largely a side grade with less pci-e lanes.

Can't see the point given your stated aims

 

[Panos]

At the moment im using a J batch 5960x at stable 4.5ghz @1.19v i have had it at 5ghz at 1.35v stable also .but for only 2 benches . i have also ran it gaming at 4.75ghz at 1.30v stable . all under custom water cooler with 2x 480 rads with 8 fans . 32gb 3000mhz ram

I'm looking to upgrade/downgrade as not really needing the Extreme CPU and would the 7820X be an upgrade and be cost effective .I.E selling the 5960x and getting the 7820x and having change .

the 5960x is retail and still under warranty for about 18 months left .

Thanks

Gaming.
7820X is a sidegrade at best if not a clear downgrade, because the Mesh topology requires game optimisations which ain't going to happen for existing games. and requires high speed ram (4000+) to stretch it's legs.

7900X again Mesh topology and possibly a side grade also.

8700K overclocked to 5ghz might worth only as upgrade, even of oxymoron.

Non-gaming needs.
7820X is sidegrade. 7900X a mediocre upgrade. 1920X/1950X a huge upgrade.

 

[darket]

At the moment im using a J batch 5960x at stable 4.5ghz @1.19v i have had it at 5ghz at 1.35v stable also .but for only 2 benches . i have also ran it gaming at 4.75ghz at 1.30v stable . all under custom water cooler with 2x 480 rads with 8 fans . 32gb 3000mhz ram

I'm looking to upgrade/downgrade as not really needing the Extreme CPU and would the 7820X be an upgrade and be cost effective .I.E selling the 5960x and getting the 7820x and having change .

the 5960x is retail and still under warranty for about 18 months left .

Thanks

I'm in a similar boat and have made a pledge to myself to wait until this time next year. Nothing you buy/trade/swap to right now would give you any tangible benefit or performance especially in gaming. I suppose you could swap out for a 6800k/6850k and bank the difference but ultimately it would have to be a golden cpu to match the 5960x you currently have.

This year Intel were caught with their trousers down and their latest platforms/cpus seem rushed and half arsed and not worth it in terms of cost or performance gain if your currently on x99 with a good clocking chip.

 

[killswitch73]

Cheers lads . I do have a good binned cpu . Just maybe fancied a change but might wait to next year now and just use what I have .

My motherboard is the MSI godlike (none carbon) with bitspower full cover block .

 

[RSR]

I'd personally avoid all 6800K/6850K recommendations as they don't really clock that well without a lot of extra voltage, also you will be dropping 2 cores which will be noticeable performance loss.

If you was looking to upgrade, i'd be looking at ether a i9-7900X or better or a AMD Threadripper depending on use case.

I wouldn't class the 7820X as a upgrade, as its more of a side step.

 

[killswitch73]

I'd personally avoid all 6800K/6850K recommendations as they don't really clock that well without a lot of extra voltage, also you will be dropping 2 cores which will be noticeable performance loss.

If you was looking to upgrade, i'd be looking at ether a i9-7900X or better or a AMD Threadripper depending on use case.

I wouldn't class the 7820X as a upgrade, as its more of a side step.

I wouldn't touch those CPUs anyway .. time will tell . might just get an extra 1080ti lol

 

[Zeed]

With good clocker like ypurs nothing is upgrade wish my 5820k clocked so good i had to run 1.32 vcore for pathetic 4.5... And that was runni g from day 1 of x99 till i swaped for ryzen. So id run it at max u can do with 1.3 till whenever