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i7-6900K is too expensive for me.

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Hi again, what will come close to it but cheaper :)
I was thinking of an i7-6800K instead and this motherboard Gigabyte X99P-SLI Intel X99
its for video editing and encoding.
(I don't think I would go the Ryzen 1800x chip route)

Thank you.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
Just to ask, why would you not consider Ryzen?
For video editing and encoding, it sounds very much like AMD will be right up your court with comparable performance at much lower pricing!
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Good question, those other chips are working 100% in lots of edit systems.
Ryzen would need testing first and I wouldn't take the chance.

Thanks.
 
djbully said:
Personally I would not get the Gigabyte board, just my preference. Asus are the best and usually worth the tax IMO. Just for stability and piece of mind. I have bad experiences with Gigabyte and MSI in the past.
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Thanks djbully. good to know, i'll look that board, thank you.
 
spoffle said:
Ynot Ryzen? Ahem...

The most sensible thing is to wait until Ryzen is out to see how it performs and how much it'll influence a change in Intel prices.
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Hi spoffle, that would be the best thing to do, but you know when the notions on you :)
Waiting would make sense.

Thanks.

Curlyriff said:
I don't understand this. Are you suggesting that it wont work with certain software or other components?
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Yes, that's what I was thinking but could be wrong :)

SiDeards73 said:
.. have you been living in a cave with no internet for the past month? lol...
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Thanks, I see what you say, makes 100% sense. no harm in waiting, thank you.
 
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Curlyriff said:
I will say you will have no issues with Ryzen causing incompatibility with software. Hardware wise, well depending on what you are doing with regards to building a system will really depend on that .
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Thanks Curlyriff, it would be a total new build, I'll need everything. I wouldn't know what motherboard to get.
 
five8five said:
If it's mission critical and not just for leisure or gaming definitely let the dust settle and see if there are any major issues. .
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Yes, I need the PC for work. I would have thought it would need 1 year testing, as you say let the dust settle.
 
[QUOTE="you should be able to pick up some pretty cheap 6900K's
Either that, or Intel X99 sales will fall off a cliff[/QUOTE]

Now that would be interesting to see. Thanks
 
An Exception said:
Yeh I know, but for some reason the Op wants a 6900k..
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Yes, I would like the 6900k for my new video edit PC but no way would I give the £1000 odd for a chip, it isn't worth that price, that's why I asked you good people to recommend something else and you did just that :) the 1800x looks to be the one to replace it but also need a good Motherboard.
My current 2700K (5yr old ) has the quick sync encoding option and for its age it's still give me good results except as you would know it can't cope with 4K so this gives you an idea where I'm coming from and what I might need.
I was going for a x99 board this time and You all know it wouldn't do QS but there is a software plugin that does a great job at doing this, so the built in QS isn't that important,...as far as I know :)
The 1800X or even the 1700 looks like the business but need some to suggest a board :)

Thanks to everyone so far :)
 
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