5820k or something else?

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Edit whoops too late ^^^^, mind you for free can't complain

If you are going Intel i would hold off because as a result of this Meltdown thing its becoming apparent that Intel CPU's may see performance slowdowns, especially 4'th and 5'th gen ones which is what the 5820k is.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16868290/microsoft-meltdown-spectre-firmware-updates-pc-slowdown

Windows 10 running on Skylake, Kaby Lake or newer CPU show benchmarks show “single-digit slowdowns”, but most users shouldn’t expect to see noticeable slowdowns
Windows 10 running on Haswell or older CPUs “show more significant slowdowns” and “some users will notice a decrease in system performance”

 

[~>Dg<~]

amd cpus are effeted aswell.forget mr scaremonger.it will be patched.

 

[jigger]

amd cpus are effeted aswell.forget mr scaremonger.it will be patched.

One A6 APU might be vunrable, and it's possible under Very specfic Linux situations you could have a problem. Everything else is secure. So no AMD are not effected. It's just Intel.....

 

[LeMson]

I'm a 5820k owner too, if buying today I would go with a ryzen 1700 and oc, wouldnt touch intel and there confusing number of cpu's, ram prices suck from when i bought too

 

[geordiejc]

5820k is still a beast! but only if you can buy cpu mobo ram cheap ! otherwise invest in an i7 8700k. as your gpu is weak i'd also upgrade that.

 

[Minstadave]

I’d go for a 8400k looking at that. Performs better at 65w compared with a 5820k at 140w stock or almost 250w OC’d.

 

[~>Dg<~]

as said before it basically like a stock 8700k if you get a good clocker.but buying 2nd hand now you would want to be getting the mobo for a good price and the ram.

dave for games what you say is not a bad choice in games like bf1 and pubg i think the 5820k will be better.

 

[Minstadave]

8400 is neck and neck with an OC’d 5820K in BF1 in the above video. PUBG I can’t find any comparisons in but I doubt there’d be much in it.

I think the 5820k has largely had its day for gaming (and I own one) the 8400 gives the same gaming performance as an OC’d 5820K for £200 and uses probably a quarter of the power doing it. The 5820K will still tackle multithreaded workloads better.

 

[shamus21]

I’d go for a 8400k looking at that. Performs better at 65w compared with a 5820k at 140w stock or almost 250w OC’d.

Yes the power consumption on the old X99 setups is a bit on the high side compared to days newer cpu`s when overclocked. It will be interesting to see how much the new 8 core will use when overclocked.

 

[koooowweeee]

I've got the 5930k now. Just eating n a few parts then I'll have it under water. Because I got the computer for free I treated myself to a Titan X (Maxwell) that will be need water too

 

[LeMson]

8400 is neck and neck with an OC’d 5820K in BF1 in the above video. PUBG I can’t find any comparisons in but I doubt there’d be much in it.

I think the 5820k has largely had its day for gaming (and I own one) the 8400 gives the same gaming performance as an OC’d 5820K for £200 and uses probably a quarter of the power doing it. The 5820K will still tackle multithreaded workloads better.

5820K owner here, that's the problem, moving you save on power, it's a what 3+ year old chip? I want double the performance by now at this price point! lol

 

[~>Dg<~]

yes thats why you good for a few years yet just upgrade your gpu.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

I don't see how its "largely had its day for gaming" looking at those results, it's far from being a bad gaming CPU. In fact i likely won't even bother upgrading this year, Zen 3 / Ice lake might tempt me but if not i have no problems waiting for DDR5 to come along before i do upgrade.

 

[koooowweeee]

The main reason I wanted to upgrade is because I had a itch lol. The x5670 @ 4.1 was doing fine for the games and res I was playing at.

I don't think I'll update for 2 years now.

 

[Disco_P]

The main reason I wanted to upgrade is because I had a itch lol. The x5670 @ 4.1 was doing fine for the games and res I was playing at.

I don't think I'll update for 2 years now.

I was hoping for 3 years when i upgraded to a 5820K a year ago. Pretty sure it'll do it with ease.

 

[shamus21]

I was hoping for 3 years when i upgraded to a 5820K a year ago. Pretty sure it'll do it with ease.

Easy. The way things are now make 5.

 

[Disco_P]

Easy. The way things are now make 5.

Aye pal, especially with AAA games mostly being garbage and indie titles running happy as larry on a head of broccoli. Super happy with my current build and relieved I got all my hardware before brexit, mining and ram shortages.