5920k, 5930k or wait?
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Unless your going 3 or 4 way , or need the extra pcie lanes for whatever reason the 5820k & 5930k are identical speed wise . So I'd save a couple hundred quid and grab a 5820k .i7 Skylake on the z170 platform wIll likely perform better in single threaded scenarios where the 5820k will perform better in multithreaded workloads .
Thank you, I may just go for the 5920k then and save some money
Sorry, this is just my OCD talking, but it's 5820k, and nothing else!!!
OcUK Staff
For 16x 16x SLI you need 5930K. 5820 simply does not have the PCI lanes onboard to support 16x 16x.
Soldato
That's not to say you really need 16x 16x. 8x GEN3 has enough bandwidth
OcUK Staff
This is X99 its not cheap anyway why skimp at all? Elite tier not rag tag....
5930K and squeeze the most out of your expensive GPU's
5930K and squeeze the most out of your expensive GPU's
Soldato
Because there's less than a fraction of a % difference ( most of the time 0%) between the two lane speeds so that comment makes no sense depending what else is in the system and the lane configuration on the board 
. Some people use their systems for more than two minute eggs
. Some people use their systems for more than two minute eggs
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OcUK Staff
Silent Scone it would be better if you live upto your name and remain Silent!!
It says ask 8Pack for a reason. Don't see the ask Silent Scone section any place at all!!!
It says ask 8Pack for a reason. Don't see the ask Silent Scone section any place at all!!!
Soldato
Yeah, but...facts are facts mate. Gladly take it on the chin if they weren't.
You need to learn some etiquette mate. Especially considering the advice given. I'll watch silently. Till someone gives me a section, sounds like a good idea!
You need to learn some etiquette mate. Especially considering the advice given. I'll watch silently
. Till someone gives me a section, sounds like a good idea!
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OcUK Staff
1 FPS makes a difference to me keyboard warrior!! Its world record or not.
Facts coming from your keyboard are those I would take with the smallest pinch of salt given your testing history which is what sorry?? U have two Ti right so you tested this config???
Facts coming from your keyboard are those I would take with the smallest pinch of salt given your testing history which is what sorry?? U have two Ti right so you tested this config???
Soldato
Lol two ti? Keyboard warrior?
Wrong on both accounts. Do you even know what goes on around you or do you just spout random comments and move on to the next pile for binning?
I've tested this multiple times over 3 cards going back to Kepler up to TX. I even casually broke the three way HWBOT record for FSE by accident on air in 8x/8x/8x. There is no notable difference if the config is more reasonable. Not everyone has a huge budget.
You need to wind your neck in Ian youre like a bull in a china shop pal. Not even kidding, you must not like your job there. Don't make a fool of yourself and wreck your rep. I respect the work you've done and what you've done with the benchmarking scene but these are people looking for conventional results with sometimes limited budgets who care about realworld results.
Seeing as you can't even be bothered to reply to your emails, just continue about the way you're going see if i care. I won't post in this subsection again. Not even to extend on your limited comments to people.
Wrong on both accounts. Do you even know what goes on around you or do you just spout random comments and move on to the next pile for binning?
I've tested this multiple times over 3 cards going back to Kepler up to TX. I even casually broke the three way HWBOT record for FSE by accident on air in 8x/8x/8x. There is no notable difference if the config is more reasonable. Not everyone has a huge budget.
You need to wind your neck in Ian youre like a bull in a china shop pal. Not even kidding, you must not like your job there. Don't make a fool of yourself and wreck your rep. I respect the work you've done and what you've done with the benchmarking scene but these are people looking for conventional results with sometimes limited budgets who care about realworld results.
Seeing as you can't even be bothered to reply to your emails, just continue about the way you're going see if i care
. I won't post in this subsection again. Not even to extend on your limited comments to people.
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except for OP.
OP has £1000 worth of 980TI graphics cards.
OP is considering pairing this with a £400+ CPU.
OP has not mentioned budget.
Soldato
I use a 5820K and CF Fury X's, no problems here, benchmarks are great, gaming is great, OP if you have the money get a 5930K for 16x 16x, if you don't get a 5820K.
Simple really, unless your taking on the world in benchmarks like 8Pack i'd not worry.
hah? what do you mean? I just got a x99 gigabyte mobo that has 2 pcie lanes at x16, so it states on the manual that I can only go 2 gpu's max in sli only on a 5820...
so if I get a 2nd ti and place it in my 2nd x16 slot for sli will I not utilise the full bandwidth?
or are you on about something else?
Caporegime
Although your motherboard has 2 x16 slots the 5820k only supports 28 lanes. So your second card would be x8. If you had a 5930k or above you'd get 2 x16 slots in SLI.
oh i see...
so for example i got a 2nd ti, and it ran on x8 will i not get an increase in graphics power or is there absolutely no point in going sli due to my 5820 limitation?
Caporegime
You'd get a substantial increase but you'd have to hunt for some reviews to see if the lower bandwidth of the second card actually had any performance impact. I doubt it'd be huge.
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I have a 5820k and 980ti SLI and in games with good support you get near perfect scaling - the drop from x16 to x8 is barely perceptible even on benchmarks
you only really need a 5930k if you are planning on going 3 or 4 way GPU
8pack is a pro benchmarker, so every fraction of an fps matters, but for normal gaming useage you wouldn't notice the difference
did you go straight to a ti sli set up or did you at one point have 1 card and then added a second?
just thinking if you did go by the one card, and then added another then you should have noticed the difference or actual benchmarking on your system should have had different figures by a huge margin?