I was planning on ordering a 5960x but saw the news about skylake coming in a few months. This processor will complement 2 titan x's. Performance is all I am fussed for, I don't care which is better value. It will only be for gaming. I plan on using a custom water loop.
-
Competitor rules
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
5960x or skylake?
- Thread starter PFarrey
- Start date
Soldato
- Joined
- 2 Jan 2012
- Posts
- 12,484
- Location
- UK.
^^ This.
5820k is looking like the sweetspot, personally i wouldnt go Z97 now as its soon to be an end of line platform. Though either the 4790k or 5820k will be more than enough for dual sli. You'd only need the 5960 if running more than two gpu's.
Probably not, i've seen a lot of people ask about upgrading from a 2600k across a few tech forums and most seem of the opinion the small bump isn't worth the cost.
Associate
- Joined
- 30 Jul 2007
- Posts
- 1,302
intel's market segmentation of mainstream/hepc is a pernicious device...i hope they get royally trounced by a competitor so mainstream has to jump......customers on the HEPC track might be left out in the cold mind you.
to the op, if money is no object..go 5960 now and switch later in the 0.0001% chance...skylake mainstream is allowed to outshine the HEPC platform because amd release something good..
to the op, if money is no object..go 5960 now and switch later in the 0.0001% chance...skylake mainstream is allowed to outshine the HEPC platform because amd release something good..