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Intel 5960K

shamus21

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Just been offered 5960k for 300.00 from a mate at work only clocks to 4.3Ghz. Already running a 5820k. With the new 9000 out soon do you lads think its worth it .
 
Now I have had the chance to look around, what you lads are saying is correct that price is high but it is surprising how pricing on the hazwells as dropped. If I did go for the 8 core I would have to sell on the 5820k which I would not get a lot for. I will have to give him the bad news ;) but for now I will wait to see what happens when the new 9000 6 and 8 cores hit the shelfs could be a flood of S/H cpu`s for sale. :D
 
he is adamant that 4300 is all that it will do , I said I will come around Sunday to see if I can tweak it but it may need to much voltage.
 
koooowweeee said:
If you can get his for £200 then that would be ok. I sold my 5930k for £140.so £60 to future proof is fine by me. It's still better than and lots of modern 8 core CPUs. I'm in fear of mentioning thier maker
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And not to forget the extra pcie lanes direct from the cpu and not the slow way through the chipset.
 
PowerPie5000 said:
If you need the extra PCIe lanes and are using it for more than gaming then offer £200-250 for it. A 5960x at 4.3GHz is certainly no slouch!
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Yes it is a fair price but I was not looking to upgrade my 5820k but the offer came up and when l looked at pricing with some very big drops for what are still very relevant CPU's when it comes to performance it got me thinking maybe I should.
 
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