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3930K vs 2600k

sunny007

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Looking to get my new build ordered and is it worth getting the 3930k over the 2600k?

Will be doing video editing, after effects, Photoshop and games !
 
If you have the budget, then the extra 4 threads on the 3930K will help with video editing etc...

But a decent clock on a 2600K is still going to give an excellent performance reward for its price.

Depends on your needs and budget, if you feel that you would reep the benefits of 12 threads over 8, and quad over dual channel memory then take the 2011 route, if you'd rather save £100's go 1155.
 
Depends on the encoding you do and software you use, quicksync, afaik, is really not widely supported which is a shame as technically its awesome, Intel really don't seem to be pushing the heavy use of the IGP though :(


In terms of if you should spend the extra, be honest with yourself first, do you use photoshop for work, or just playing around at home, do you encode video 24 hours a day, or you transcode a few files to play on other devices, are you transcoding a few 1gb files or 20gb files several times a day.

Basically if you're a home or light user in terms of encoding/photoshop, I absolutely wouldn't spend the extra on a SB-E setup, you'll see next to no difference with 99% of your usage. A 2500/2600k are very good chips and far better value for money.

If you're a gamer, 2x 7990's in a couple months will give you VASTLY better performance than a £800 cpu the rest of your right, and 2x 7950's type situation.

It depends entirely on your use, if gaming is 99% of your workload and you encode a couple files a week, save your money for something else, if you do serious encoding/photo editing work...... I'd still have a look at benchies and see if you'd be saving that much time in applications you use(not all scale well to 6 cores), if you do actual work, for a job, and time is basically money, there isn't any real reason not to go the whole hog.
 
I would do a lot of HD video encoding and have a 2700K although not put to use yet.
I have a Q9550 CPU in my current PC and am happy with it BTW but wanted to upgrade so I went for the 2700K.
 
sunny007 said:
Looking to get my new build ordered and is it worth getting the 3930k over the 2600k?

Will be doing video editing, after effects, Photoshop and games !
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You may want to look at the charts in this article.

Photoshop only can use 4 threads ;) not sure about after effects, but adobes site states it uses multiple threads in certain situations...i'm taking a jab at 4 threads too ;).

Why Ivy Bridge Is Still Quad-Core

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5174/why-ivy-bridge-is-still-quad-core


Memory (RAM) usage in 64-bit After Effects

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS9F936D13-E76A-41e4-BF8F-577132AB4723a.html


Just get a 2600k or 2700k mate and add 16GB of ram and with the extra money use it on a better graphics card and maybe even a new monitor/speakers things that will make you enjoy using the system more and you actually see a real world benefit from them.
 
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Purgatory said:
You may want to look at the charts in this article.

Photoshop only can use 4 threads ;) not sure about after effects, but adobes site states it uses multiple threads in certain situations...i'm taking a jab at 4 threads too ;).

Why Ivy Bridge Is Still Quad-Core

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5174/why-ivy-bridge-is-still-quad-core


Memory (RAM) usage in 64-bit After Effects

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS9F936D13-E76A-41e4-BF8F-577132AB4723a.html


Just get a 2600k or 2700k mate and add 16GB of ram and with the extra money use it on a better graphics card and maybe even a new monitor/speakers things that will make you enjoy using the system more and you actually see a real world benefit from them.
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Thanks for the info guys.

I've decided to get the 2700k as its on offer !
 
The Slayer_UK said:
thats roughly my budget and im going sandy bridge e not because i need to but because i want to :D
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Same here, for a new build the difference between SB-E and high end SB is 400 quid, for that I get an additional 16Gb RAM, and 2 cores and a platform that will be current for another couple of years

But mostly it is because I want.. :D
 
edgedemon said:
Same here, for a new build the difference between SB-E and high end SB is 400 quid, for that I get an additional 16Gb RAM, and 2 cores and a platform that will be current for another couple of years

But mostly it is because I want.. :D
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Well in June 2012 my build will turn 6 years ... The only waiting I'm doing is January sales ... (if any) definitely jumping onboard SB-E (3930K). Although my budget is around 2K I'm always out for a bargain ... :)
 
Same here, for a new build the difference between SB-E and high end SB is 400 quid, for that I get an additional 16Gb RAM, and 2 cores and a platform that will be current for another couple of years
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my thoughts exactly id rather pay extra few hundred nw and get another 2 years out of it i really dont understand why people are complainging about sandybridge E that its not worth it because for me it is i know its over kill for a gaming rig but it will last a good few years

Well in June 2012 my build will turn 6 years ... The only waiting I'm doing is January sales ... (if any) definitely jumping onboard SB-E (3930K). Although my budget is around 2K I'm always out for a bargain ...
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yes im waiting for january sales as well its killing me though i want a new rig now lol but i will wait till january :D
 
While a SB-E will last a little longer than a normal SB, it won't last as long as buying a 2500k, and a similarly priced £150 Haswell, and a similarly priced £150 2 gen later chip......... and you still won't have spent more than on a SB-E, nor paid an extortionate price for a mobo and for probably all but the first year, you'd have a faster computer than the SB-E for LESS money.

You should NEVER buy now to avoid upgrading later, you end up spending 3 times as much for a faster computer for a year, but after a year, maybe 2, you then have a slower computer for the next several years as a much cheaper chip will be faster soon enough.

If you don't need the 6 core power now, but might need it in 2-3 years, then, use a quad core £150 now, and in a year or two, get a hugely faster quad core which will be faster than the older more expensive chip, etc, etc.

Really the only time you should pay through the teeth for the high end, is if you NEED that power right then.

Small, cheap, frequent upgrades almost exclusively works out cheaper, not least because the resale value of parts is far higher the newer they are. You'd get more for selling a 2500k next year for an Ivy, than you would for selling that £500 SB-E in 3 years when no one wants one at all. Lose maybe £50 on a 2500k selling next year, lose £450 selling that £500 SB-E in 3-4 years.
 
drunkenmaster said:
While a SB-E will last a little longer than a normal SB, it won't last as long as buying a 2500k, and a similarly priced £150 Haswell, and a similarly priced £150 2 gen later chip......... and you still won't have spent more than on a SB-E, nor paid an extortionate price for a mobo and for probably all but the first year, you'd have a faster computer than the SB-E for LESS money.

You should NEVER buy now to avoid upgrading later, you end up spending 3 times as much for a faster computer for a year, but after a year, maybe 2, you then have a slower computer for the next several years as a much cheaper chip will be faster soon enough.

If you don't need the 6 core power now, but might need it in 2-3 years, then, use a quad core £150 now, and in a year or two, get a hugely faster quad core which will be faster than the older more expensive chip, etc, etc.

Really the only time you should pay through the teeth for the high end, is if you NEED that power right then.

Small, cheap, frequent upgrades almost exclusively works out cheaper, not least because the resale value of parts is far higher the newer they are. You'd get more for selling a 2500k next year for an Ivy, than you would for selling that £500 SB-E in 3 years when no one wants one at all. Lose maybe £50 on a 2500k selling next year, lose £450 selling that £500 SB-E in 3-4 years.
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i see your point but i have had my rig for about 5 years i could still probly get away with using it for another year but i want to upgrade now it doesnt bother me that in a years time somthing will be faster than a sandybridge E but my rig will last for another good few years i have always done it this way.

the way i look at it i spend quite a bit of money for a new build this time around im looking to spend about 1800 but that also includes a new case (130ish) as mine is outdated and not big enough for the new gfx cards and a new monitor (250ish) so my sandy bridge E build is costing me about 1400ish to build a really good sandybridge i would be looking at around 1000 so in the next year 2 years of a sandybridge build you would upgrade to somthing else which will cost another few hundred buy that time thats my sandybridge E build which i will not upgrade for a good 4-5years if this all makes sense lol
 
so from my point of view it equalys its self out really i just prefer to do a massive upgrade every 5 years or so that way im getting the money out of my rig the only thing i probly will upgrade is the gfx card
 
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