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is a 6950x suitable for my mobo?

spulse

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i've got a 5820k in an evga micro 2 at the moment and I want to futureproof my rig, ideally to a 6950x.

is this a bad idea, i.e will it be bottlenecked or not work at all?

i'm not up to speed on the compatibility of haswell-e focused x99 motherboards like mine. is it a case of a bios upgrade or something similar?

cheers
 
you could put it in the board with a bios update but it would be a waste on money and quite pointless. anything that uses that number of threads would be better off with a xeon and for gaming a 5820k is already overkill.
 
Jumper118 said:
you could put it in the board with a bios update but it would be a waste on money and quite pointless. anything that uses that number of threads would be better off with a xeon and for gaming a 5820k is already overkill.
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I do game on it, along with the odd bit of video work and streaming around the house which my current chip is fine for, but I built my pc primarily as an audio workstation and anything beyond 60 channels in my daw usually taxes my 5820k considerably. More cores is the way to go and the 6950x looks like the fastest chip available at the moment.

I'm not sure how i'd be better off with a xeon as it would mean selling my entire pc and building a new one....
 
jigger said:
You could build a second full system for the cost of just the CPU upgrade.
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and why would I want to do that?

I want to to be able to use 10 cores if possible, and to not have to worry about upgrading my cpu in the next 5-7 years, not to build a second system with the same components I have now...
 
The guy wants a 6950x

Loads of people buy them, 8pack bathes in them and no one says a word

he knows what he wants.

Unfortunately I don't know the answer to the Op question but can't you help him out
 
If you look at that cpu compatibility list you will see that your board does take Xeons should you be interested in going down that route.
 
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