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How many of you are going to get a Broadwell-E CPU?
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After 5 years of using an E class CPU I have given up on the software developers and will probably switch back down to a Quad-Core CPU for the next refresh.
The main selling points of the E class CPU's I now class as largely irrelevant due to the speed of the boost on the Skylake Class CPU's.
SLI/Crossfire-X, it does not work properly, 32GB RAM? Do not need it.
My next rig I think will be quad-core, cpu, single card with 16GB of high-speed ram and NVMe disk.
All my video encoding/processing is now done on my Ipad Pro or my macbook pro. where-as in 2011 this was just not practical.
We are at the stage now where you can really over-kill the rigs and your only real solace is in the synthetic benchmarks to prove that its all still there and working.
The main selling points of the E class CPU's I now class as largely irrelevant due to the speed of the boost on the Skylake Class CPU's.
SLI/Crossfire-X, it does not work properly, 32GB RAM? Do not need it.
My next rig I think will be quad-core, cpu, single card with 16GB of high-speed ram and NVMe disk.
All my video encoding/processing is now done on my Ipad Pro or my macbook pro. where-as in 2011 this was just not practical.
We are at the stage now where you can really over-kill the rigs and your only real solace is in the synthetic benchmarks to prove that its all still there and working.
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240p?
You might if you work with 4k video...
Any half decent video editing programme will benefit from 4+ cores.
Cannonlake onwards will be the age of 6 core + mainstream cpu's at the top end.
That four core CPU you're thinking about may turn out to be a bad choice another five years down the line... Given that the 'next' consumer refresh (kabylake) will almost certainly be the last Intel consumer CPU to top out at 4c8t...
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Nope, no substantial upgrade over X99. I think i'm set with my 5820k for the next decade at the rate Intel are going.
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My 5820K turned up the other day so will be putting my X99 build together over the weekend 
Hooray!!! I considered waiting for Broadwell-E but I just can't see it being that great of a performance boost
Hooray!!! I considered waiting for Broadwell-E but I just can't see it being that great of a performance boostBroadwell-e is an x99 compatible set of cpu's....
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I won't be upgrading for quite some years now, unless *touch wood it doesn't* my 4790k was to snuff it after a year I'll probably upgrade then untill that happens I'm not upgrading for the foreseeable future
I would also give the NVMe disk a miss to for a couple of years and stick with the SSD you will only see the difference in Benchmarks.
with nvme there are no power or sata cables required to go to the disk so for me it's more about simplicity than anything else.
I just plug in a 512gb m2 module direct into the mb and go.
i am eyeing up one of those new corsair LAN party cases........
I just plug in a 512gb m2 module direct into the mb and go.
i am eyeing up one of those new corsair LAN party cases........
Got a [email protected] that's plenty for a gaming rig for now and for a good few more years.
A little bit of info on the I7 6950X
http://www.techpowerup.com/221440/intel-leaks-core-i7-6950x-extreme-edition-on-company-website.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/221440/intel-leaks-core-i7-6950x-extreme-edition-on-company-website.html
So zero surprises there.. 2.5mb cache per core. Base clocks like a 5960x...
Expect the corresponding '5960x, 5930k and 5820k level' chips in the broadwell-e lineup to have very similar specs to their respective haswell-e counterparts with the same pci-e count and a circa 200mhz boost to their stock base clocks.
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why act like you surprised ?
its obvious how they will be its not changed in last 5 plus years so why would there be a sudden leap now ?.
you will get probably 200-400mhz more at best and they will just replace the current line up.
same with gpus. drip fed for profit.
its obvious how they will be its not changed in last 5 plus years so why would there be a sudden leap now ?.
you will get probably 200-400mhz more at best and they will just replace the current line up.
same with gpus. drip fed for profit.
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Indeed, but my point still stands. Broadwell-e won't be any improvement over Haswell-e.
The 5820k in terms of price/performance is probably the bargain of the century in CPU land (or at least it was till the prices started creeping up again)...
Cool so basically £300 if you're lucky or nearer £350 for the foreseeable future.
I wouldn't call a 5820K a bargain. You have to make a lot of compromises in connectivity and performance that defeat the plus points of moving to a X99 system. It's the chip that makes the most sense but as an upgrade from an quad core Z based system it's a really expensive move for little gain.
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