i7-4790K (Devil's Canyon) to i7-5820K (Haswell-E)

[Oriaz]

Hey guys,

I'm currently in the middle of building a new machine with hard-tube water-cooling etc etc. I want to make sure I take the time to do the transition from my existing (soft tube) watercooled setup to this new one properly, so I have decided to gradually get the components to build a new PC alongside my existing one.

I am currently at the motherboard and CPU stage, and wondering what to get. I definitely want to upgrade from DDR3 to DDR4 (currently have an Asus Maximus Ranger VII with 16GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR3), but I am unsure about the CPU.

I currently have a 2013 i7-4790K which performs very well, and still ranks very highly. I was looking at the X99 motherboards, and therefore a new CPU along the lines of the 5820K/6800K.

Main question is - is this worth it. Are the new Haswell-E CPU's better than the Devil's Canyon ones. Mine clocks at 4.00ghz standard, and the 5820K is 3.3ghz.

Or ... after all that, it is just better to get a Socket 1151 DDR4 Motherboard?

I hope that makes some kind of sense? Any help much appreciated!

Cheers, Ori

 

[Oriaz]

Thanks guys,

Well, I already have the case and all of the water cooling components (tubes, fittings etc). I won't change the GFX card just yet (currently on a R9 390), but I would like to get it done sooner rather than later. The case is the Phanteks Enthoo Primo, and that thing takes up a LOOOT of space!! I think I just miss the motherboard and CPU to start putting things together.

JamesM - What you did sounds very similar to what I am wanting to do. My thinking for the X99 motherboard (and the Asus X99-E was one on my list) is that it would be more future-proof for future upgrades. I am also playing BF1 a lot (I worked on it ) and WoW .. with WoW actually being the one that makes the components run hottest! I don't intend to change this again for at least 2-3 years.

But like I said, this is my first attempt at hard-tubing a watercooled system, so I'd like to be able to do it in my own time, without the rush to get my PC back up and running as fast as possible ... and therefore probably screw something up!

Cheers, Ori

 

[Oriaz]

Thanks all,

I don't really do video editing, but I do a lot of photo editing with Lightroom/Photoshop. Sometimes Lightroom grinds to a halt, so maybe the 6-cores would add some benefit in this scenario?

Thanks again,
Cheers, Ori

 

[Oriaz]

I am not sure, but the more edits I throw in, the worse it gets.

Primarily it's when I use the adjustment brush a lot. If I am making adjustments to different areas (foreground, background, specific objects), it just struggles more and more. Get to a point where my input on the graphics tablet takes 2-3 seconds to appear onscreen = almost unusable!!

Cheers!

 

[Oriaz]

It is a bit strange, and I've tried lots of things (turning of graphics card acceleration is apparently one fix, but not for me). Some times it's fine, others it just dies on me.

I am running Lightroom off an SSD, but the photos themselves are stored on much bigger SSHD. Perhaps 6-cores would make a difference, but I am not really expecting it to.

I "think" I have settled on the 5820K for now, which frees up a bit of extra cash (over the 6800K) to get a slightly better motherboard.

Cheers, Ori

 

[Oriaz]

Just single RAW files 99% of the time, so 20-25mb each or so. Nothing too crazy!