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Poll: POLL: HASWELL-E, DDR4 & X99, WHO's IS UPGRADING TO IT?

Will you be upgrading to X99 platform?

  • Yes: I am an early adopter and shall be upgrading immediately

    Votes: 27 5.6%

  • Yes: I shall upgrade within 1-2 weeks after reviews/launch

    Votes: 72 15.0%

  • Maybe: Shall consider Z97 or X99 based on reviews

    Votes: 162 33.8%

  • No: I won't be upgrading to X99!

    Votes: 219 45.6%
  • Total voters
    480
Boomstick777 said:
Come on man it's only £10 more than the 4790K cost at launch and that has even less PCI Lanes :D, tbh it seems like you're really having to stretch to find a reason to dislike the 5820K :)

For people buying now, and looking in that Z97 + 4790K price range, buying into X99 (Similar priced mobo) and 5820K (Similar priced CPU) makes sense, 50% more cores, more cache, DDR4 support etc. It's all good, I mean you can say DDR4 is more expensive sure, but I would prefer to buy into a new standard now than throw money into DDR3 which right no is also quite pricey.

Each to their own and all that, I just think 5820K is seriously good value for what you're getting.

+1

Totally agree if you're happy with what you've got no reason to switch over, but if you're building now. 5820K + X99 makes a whole lot of sense.

I like to have the latest stuff, so would have bought anyway. The epic price of the 5820K + UD4 mobo is just a bonus for me :D
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Remember how much flack the Core i7 3820 got when it was released to be "mainstream" to the X79 platform (even cheaper than the 5820K now), and eventhough it had 40 PCI lanes for 16x16x8 it was shredded to pieces in reviews because it was not unlocked and the 2700K/3770K still could match it performance wise. Many reviewers said it was a CPU that should not have been released.

I agree the 5820K is good value but if the old 3820 which released at ~£235 could show 40 PCI lanes, then I see no reason as why the 5820K should not also sport 40 lanes - unless Intel intentionlly gimped it to 28 lanes so it's still less attractive than say 5930K and won't be too competitive against their mainstream Z97 platform.

As for the 4790K release price I can only say that in Denmark the 5820K is £40 more expensive than what the 4790K cost back then.... cheapest 5820K here is £309.

With all that said I do admit if I had the extra money to spend I'd love to get an Asus X99E-WS, 5930K, Crucial Value 16Gb 2133Mhz :D but it's not likely going to happen after seeing how 3-way SLi on X79 vs X99 turned out
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Proces...-Processor-Review/Multi-GPU-Gaming-Performanc
same performance all over the line.
 
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Boomstick777 said:
Come on man it's only £10 more than the 4790K cost at launch and that has even less PCI Lanes :D, tbh it seems like you're really having to stretch to find a reason to dislike the 5820K :)

For people buying now, and looking in that Z97 + 4790K price range, buying into X99 (Similar priced mobo) and 5820K (Similar priced CPU) makes sense, 50% more cores, more cache, DDR4 support etc. It's all good, I mean you can say DDR4 is more expensive sure, but I would prefer to buy into a new standard now than throw money into DDR3 which right now is also quite pricey.

Each to their own and all that, I just think 5820K is seriously good value for what you're getting.




+1

Totally agree if you're happy with what you've got no reason to switch over, but if you're building now. 5820K + X99 makes a whole lot of sense.

I like to have the latest stuff, so would have bought anyway. The epic price of the 5820K + UD4 mobo is just a bonus for me :D

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I keep getting tempted to switch, but I'm gonna try to hold on for Skylake :)

I'll probably fail miserably though!!! :D :p
 
JediFragger said:
I keep getting tempted to switch, but I'm gonna try to hold on for Skylake :)

I'll probably fail miserably though!!! :D :p
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Probably do the same, cant see broadwell being much of an improvement over current haswell chips. That and I didn't move to a Z97 board.
 
Gripen90 said:
If you take the 5820K out of the equation. It only offers 16x/x8 - for a 2 way SLI/CrossFire multi GPU platform I think that's a penalty to take into consideration.

To me if going for a X99 platform that really is an enthusiast platform the only CPU to go for minimum is a 5930K...
enthusiast platform and then only being able to run 16x/x8 with a CPU does not compute in my world :rolleyes:

And the 5960X due to it's low stock clocks is also a biiiit disappointing gaming (and benchmarking) wise
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...67240-intel-haswell-e-i7-5960x-review-12.html
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So, how about you find a benchmark where 16/16 vs 16/8 actually gives you a real profit(over*~1 fps)...

If you are running 2 cards, buying a 5930k is just throwing money away.
 
PCI-E 4.0 will have 16GB/s, NVLink will have 20. As much as I hate Intel holding lanes to ransom and chiseling us like this, we won't have to worry anymore come this time next year.
 
on a 4770k atm, but unfortunately since starting uni, and not getting my student funding due to late application, I'll be getting roughly £2000 backpaid around october.

I just don't think I'll have the will power to resist.

Its gnawing away at me already.

Might even go balls out and get the 5960/R5E
 
JediFragger said:
I agree tbh, if I was building a system today I'd def go for a 5820K-based one. But is it worth me switching? No, esp because I have a nicely clocked 4770K :)

But the X99's are better value than I thought they'd be!! If I get a silly offer for mine I'll be making the switch :cool: :D
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if i am going to upgrade from what i have now, i'd be looking for at least a Skylake 10 core at 4.8 and another AMD Dual card..... none of these three new ones are powerful enough
 
Is it true skylake cpus wont be appearing end of 2015 and skylake K cpus in early 2016?

Then that is quite far off, broadwell will not do much either similar to 4770k>4790k, so 5820K+X99 looks the best buy for anyone getting a new system today?
 
R3X said:
Is it true skylake cpus wont be appearing end of 2015 and skylake K cpus in early 2016?

Then that is quite far off, broadwell will not do much either similar to 4770k>4790k, so 5820K+X99 looks the best buy for anyone getting a new system today?
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Skylake cpus are expected to arrive during mid 2015 with the k cpus during late 2015 or early 2016. I think in late 2016 we may also see Skylake E cpus. Personally I am waiting for this architecture.
 
I was thinking about it but the underwhelming performance per core and awful overclocking has put me off.

Intel, if you read this my 2500k did 5.3Ghz and my 3770k did 4.8Ghz. Your CPU's seem to be getting slower...
 
Most probably yes.

Good thing about Skylake is its not designed for mobile user. Its designed for desktop where as Haswell and Devils Canyon and even Broadwell are designed for the mobile market on the mainstream platform.

At last the desk top strikes back!!
 
8 Pack said:
Most probably yes.

Good thing about Skylake is its not designed for mobile user. Its designed for desktop where as Haswell and Devils Canyon and even Broadwell are designed for the mobile market on the mainstream platform.

At last the desk top strikes back!!
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So what sort of % increase are we looking at for Skylake or is it still pretty much unknown?
 
I'm what they call a content creator, you see that bouncing around in a lot of the vids going around at the mo. Anyway, I've been holding off upgrading from my poor E4300 (yes intel dual core duo) which has served me well picking up a relative cheap graphics card to take advantage of cuda to prolong the life of that system. Moving forwards, whatever system I build will be miles better. Be that a Z97 or X99 platform etc.

I knew intel was releasing new CPUs in the latter part of this year and thus I held off. I saw the 4790k reviews, and thought wow, but then I knew 6 and 8 core versions were coming X99 platform. I have consoles for gaming, my PC is for working on; so I know for me, more cores the better.

If I go for a cheapy motherboard and CPU 5920k then there is not much of a price difference. Originally I was thinking of going for a 5930K. However, if one is having to spend around £2K on a X99, it is tempting just to go for the 5960X. The system is going to last me for years. Thinking a minimal of 5.

I will be probably be posting more, i.e. potential system builds, let me know which sub forum is best to post. I've also heard Maxwell is around the corner, so may not get a new graphics card, use my existing one, save £500 for now, and then get it later. To spread the pain a little ;)

Sim
 
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