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6770k to 6850k?

oldestgregg

oldestgregg

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Yes, I know there are benchmarks out there but I'm after opinions as well from you fine folk!

As the header suggests, I'm looking to upgrade from my 6770k @4.6ghz and Asus hero VIII MB to a 6850k and the Asus Strix MB. I have a GTX 1080 and only play games with the odd bit of encoding.

Myself and my wife are expecting our first child in February and this will no doubt be the last time in a while I can spend such lavish amounts.The idea is that I would like to future proof it for a couple of years while I have the chance and basically make the GPU the only interchangeable part for a while.

Anyway, long story short...is this even worth it for me seeing as I only really game on it? I can sell my CPU/MB so it wont be too big a pull out but that would be meaningless if I cant see any difference?
 
What abui1806 said. Totally not worth it. Save the money and put towards the new system down the line.
 
Doubtful a 6850k will overtake a 6700k for a few years to come.

You'll only be able to get 4.2 GHz out of the 6-core, maybe 4.3, before it gets too hot. And it has lower IPC too.

So until everything starts using 5+ cores, your 6700k will be ~15% faster than a 6850k in real-world usage.

The only people who can utilise 6+ cores right now are video editors, animators, 3D renderers, etc.

Gaming, watching streams, etc. should go for the fastest 4 cores over slower 6 cores. Which is exactly what the 6700k is.
 
Even still i don't think it's worth it, honestly. There's a good vid comparing 6800K with 6700K @ HardwareCanucks.


6800K is really just a 6850K minus the PCI-E lanes. If you're going to upgrade in the next 2-3 years stay with what you have now. Just my 2cents.
 
Nah that would be a total waste of money. Open a savings acc and leave it in there for a couple.of years.or spend it on some new stuff for the baby.
 
oldestgregg said:
Yes, I know there are benchmarks out there but I'm after opinions as well from you fine folk!

As the header suggests, I'm looking to upgrade from my 6770k @4.6ghz and Asus hero VIII MB to a 6850k and the Asus Strix MB. I have a GTX 1080 and only play games with the odd bit of encoding.

Myself and my wife are expecting our first child in February and this will no doubt be the last time in a while I can spend such lavish amounts.The idea is that I would like to future proof it for a couple of years while I have the chance and basically make the GPU the only interchangeable part for a while.

Anyway, long story short...is this even worth it for me seeing as I only really game on it? I can sell my CPU/MB so it wont be too big a pull out but that would be meaningless if I cant see any difference?
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Spend the money on a good Gsync monitor.

I am on similar boat atm, wanting to upgrade but the only money I can easily justify is the Titan X (Pascal) upgrade, from an overclocked Nano.

I have a 4820K @ 4.8 and while going to benefit even from a 6700K @ 4.6 or a 5820K, I need more cores because writing currently my own game, and the CPU lets say is struggling. But cannot justify the sheer cost of a new 6900K, when Zen is 6 months away.

And I could easily go an buy second hand 5930K (a whole system went for £630 a month ago in the MM) or 4930K or better a 4960X, but I haven't found any of the latter (4960X) that doesn't cost £700+, and only 4930Ks from people I do not trust that much. (not from MM).

And we should blame AMD for this mess... no enthusiast CPU since "forever" ..... and I do not trust the 14nm processes for any good clockers, seen as example the Broadwell-E :mad:
 
abui1806 said:
You won't be seeing any difference in gaming for at least 2-3 years.
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Which is what he wants, He is trying to make it as long lasting as possible. IMO a 6700k is going to still do okay when gaming 5 or more years down the road as long as there's no major direction shifts but having a few extra cores and threads is a good thing for the upcoming api's and is likely to extend it's useful gaming life.
 
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