6700k to ryzen 2 or Intel alternative?

[dancook]

My ITX machine with limited space for internal hard drives is causing me a performance issue when it comes to photography and processing thousands of raws. Speed is very important, I spend most days on the pc

First improvement will be internal fast drives to work from.. Means a new case.

Might use this as an opportunity to upgrade. I do a lot of photo editing, batch processing. Gaming 3440x1440 and with a vive pro.

Currently have a titan x pascal, not sure what SLI can do for me.. And whether I should wait for volta

But an upgrade to my water-cooled over clocked 6700k could be on the cards..

So ryzen 2 I assume is an option what about Intel, they used to have x99 what is it now..

 

[dancook]

Thanks, I've only just come out of my hibernation when it comes to hardware I'll see what happens today - though I'm going to have to wait until i get paid anyway..

 

[dancook]

I have a 6700k itx build I'm more than happy with performance and I play at the same resolution as you. I would just change to an Matx or ATX case depending on size you want. You could get a very nice case for yourself if you got money to burn as well as your drives you need.

it's all watercooled as well, I want a bigger case to make it quiet/silent with additional radiators.

When watching a film at night can hear pc whirring during the quiet scenes..

Just figured if I was going to the trouble of rebuilding a PC with a watercooling loop i'd see what else I could do

 

[dancook]

Now if you intend to get a mATX case or a large mini-ITX one,you can get away with a higher TDP CPU since you can simply plonk in much more cooling.

Not necessarily looking to stick to ITX, I want a big case to stick the hard drives in and enough radiators for zero idle noise at least. I can put it below my desk instead of on it.

Running my [email protected], so would like to water cool to high speeds. If under voting just means less heat less speed, I'm not sure I need that just as long as the OC idle is silent.

It might be a slow upgrade, just getting mentally started on it whilst bank balance catches up, quick interim solution will be to add ssd to current system and dangle them somewhere

 

[dancook]

I'm running 6700k and my next upgrade will be Intels answer to Ryzen 2, coffee lake 8/16

Intel faster single thread IPC
Faster in games
Faster in Digital audio workstation (Ryzen 2 can't beat 8700k here and it's only 6/12

So the next logical step for me is 8/16 core coffee lake.

8/16 sounds good, I read that lightroom will use 6 cores now. So there's room for improvement over my 6700k

Maybe I get coffee lake

 

[dancook]

8600k for pure gaming performance
2600x best bang for buck gaming on ryzen 2, very similar to 2700x gaming performance but £80 cheaper.
2700x for thread heavy loads

gamernexus got a ryzen 2 down to 1.1Xv at 4ghz clocks.

given your workload, batch processing and so forth I think a undervolted 2700x is a good bet.

I am not convinced you even need an upgrade, but if you got the itch then you got the itch.

I'm just not a fan of maintenance, and if I'm going to have to redo the watercooling system - I thought I might make it worth my while

as mentioned just, coffeelake might be worth a wait - for games and more cores for my photography apps.