3930K vs 2600k

[mothermachine]

if you have to ask if you need 6 cores then you don't need 6 cores. sounds a bit patronising but it's true. if you need it you buy it. the 2700k or similar will be much better value for money for you given your requirements.

 

[edgedemon]

The cost difference isn't that great and a decent SB mobo is a similar price as a SB-E x79 mobo depending on which you get..


Machine 1 - SB-E loveliness

Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz
Asus P9X79 PRO
G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz
2 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB in raid 0 303.98
Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler

total cost = £1314.93


Machine 2 SB

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge)
Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 Intel Z68
G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz
2 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB in raid 0
Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler

total cost = £915.93

so pretty much 400 quid or so...

MAke it last a year and then flog the CPU and buy an ivybridge-E

 

[wam7]

Using the Quicksync (onboard iGPU) is 3x faster than just CPU only for my x264 encodes. The downside is that at the moment the quality is not quite as good. The software I've tried does not do 2-pass encode so you will need higher bitrate to achieve the same quality. It may be introduced later and more and more software is using iGPU encoding.

 

[Jmcqos]

Hm....I guess you should go for the 3930K since you will be doing video editing.Gaming is also good with this processor.Don't forget though that you can get a 2600k with a good cooler(H100 or custom water cooling)and clock it to 4.5+ which will have pretty much the same performance with the 3930K,just to save some money

 

[Pottsey]

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....

Never is a bit of a strong word. Many people don’t want the hassle of upgrading every year or 2. I work in IT and the last thing I want to do when I get home is mess around with hardware so I buy top of the range CPU’s and keep then for 5+ years.

I had a quad core back when most software was dual and single core. As the years went on more software came out that supported dual and quad and so my CPU effectively got faster and faster as time went on. Due to this I didn’t need to upgrade for years. Sure upgrading every year would have made an overall faster computer but I didn’t need to get a new CPU for 5+ years.

I can see the same thing happening with the 6 core chips. Sure there isn’t much difference right now between 3930K vs 2600k but as more games and apps come out that support 6 core the 3930k will effectively get faster while the 2600k stays the same speed. A 3930K should last a year or 2 longer perhaps more then a 2600k or similar CPU’s.

So buying now can be better than upgrading later. For many people one massive upgrade every 5 or 6 years is better than upgrading ever year or two. Although for games you most likely want to upgrade the GPU once every year or two.

 

[The Slayer_UK]

Never is a bit of a strong word. Many people don’t want the hassle of upgrading every year or 2. I work in IT and the last thing I want to do when I get home is mess around with hardware so I buy top of the range CPU’s and keep then for 5+ years.

I had a quad core back when most software was dual and single core. As the years went on more software came out that supported dual and quad and so my CPU effectively got faster and faster as time went on. Due to this I didn’t need to upgrade for years. Sure upgrading every year would have made an overall faster computer but I didn’t need to get a new CPU for 5+ years.

I can see the same thing happening with the 6 core chips. Sure there isn’t much difference right now between 3930K vs 2600k but as more games and apps come out that support 6 core the 3930k will effectively get faster while the 2600k stays the same speed. A 3930K should last a year or 2 longer perhaps more then a 2600k or similar CPU’s.

So buying now can be better than upgrading later. For many people one massive upgrade every 5 or 6 years is better than upgrading ever year or two. Although for games you most likely want to upgrade the GPU once every year or two.

Exactly my thoughts id rather do a big upgrade every 5 years than loads os smaller ones

 

[sunny007]

Exactly my thoughts id rather do a big upgrade every 5 years than loads os smaller ones

I'm upgrading after 5 years !

Got a Core 2 duo !

Ran's most of the apps !

only reason i need to upgrade now is because editing HD video is a bit of a struggle !

 

[sxndy]

Thanks for the info guys.

I've decided to get the 2700k as its on offer !

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