Argh no not for gaming I can happily run any game at the moment on ultra (1080p). It would be if I would get a big enough difference in cpu power for rendering/photoshop batches and if I get more into animation. I've got to the point when I can happily max out my 4 core for long periods of time. So if x99 is a big enough improvement to warrant the extra expense rather than say £400 for a hex core cpu on current chip it might be worth considering.
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Poll: POLL: HASWELL-E, DDR4 & X99, WHO's IS UPGRADING TO IT?
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It's the socket size, it would take up most of the board
Seeing as my new desktop is sitting in your warehouse queue Waiting to be built I guess I won't be upgrading anytime soon.
This thread is giving me serious doubts about my timing. It's my first desktop for 7 or 8 years.
I'm sure it'll handle everything that I need it for easily, but somehow feels wrong to order something when a better product might just be about to launch
This thread is giving me serious doubts about my timing. It's my first desktop for 7 or 8 years.
I'm sure it'll handle everything that I need it for easily, but somehow feels wrong to order something when a better product might just be about to launch
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Seeing as my new desktop is sitting in your warehouse queue Waiting to be built I guess I won't be upgrading anytime soon.
This thread is giving me serious doubts about my timing. It's my first desktop for 7 or 8 years.
I'm sure it'll handle everything that I need it for easily, but somehow feels wrong to order something when a better product might just be about to launch
can't you contact them? and ask to change
Won't be upgrading. Just took me a month and half to get my z97 and 4790 stable. Not going through that again so soon 
But actually, it's more of a stop gap until 2016. Am hoping to keep current system as is til then, maybe upgrade to a Broadwell cpu if bored as that should be pretty painless, then in 2016 do a big change, rather than the incremental bits have been doing for yonks.
Don't have the time for all the tinkering and swapping these days, sadly.
But actually, it's more of a stop gap until 2016. Am hoping to keep current system as is til then, maybe upgrade to a Broadwell cpu if bored as that should be pretty painless, then in 2016 do a big change, rather than the incremental bits have been doing for yonks.
Don't have the time for all the tinkering and swapping these days, sadly.
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Tbh good.if you're spending this much, you should get water
If games go up in framerates by 20% I'll go for the middle processor but really I'd like to wait for 2 gpus each 50% faster than 780s with more memory or a lovely sub £1000 32" IPS 4K before I spend my next computer £1000. I'm informed by everyone here at ocuk that x79 users wont see fps gains from this.
My i7 920 is lasting me 7 years and counting, I fully expect the X99 to do the same.
Seeing as my new desktop is sitting in your warehouse queue Waiting to be built I guess I won't be upgrading anytime soon.
This thread is giving me serious doubts about my timing. It's my first desktop for 7 or 8 years.
I'm sure it'll handle everything that I need it for easily, but somehow feels wrong to order something when a better product might just be about to launch
Without knowing what you have ordered, I would hazard a guess at it being a 4770k/4790k system ? If so, you prob wont feel any different from that over an x99 build. X99 will be more expensive, if you have the money then sure, change it to x99 and you will be future proofed for when apps/games take advantage of the extra cores. A 5820k for example has less lanes but really, unless your quading then don't worry. Of course, you could wait for broadwell which is out soon-ish too.
I think its the 29th Aug.
Gibbo, any discount codes going about these days (for x99 only?) say, for members with over 542 posts and upwards
Those discounts are only available to those that registered for the forums on 2009 or earlier.
Seeing as my new desktop is sitting in your warehouse queue Waiting to be built I guess I won't be upgrading anytime soon.
This thread is giving me serious doubts about my timing. It's my first desktop for 7 or 8 years.
I'm sure it'll handle everything that I need it for easily, but somehow feels wrong to order something when a better product might just be about to launch
Buying a new PC after 7-8 years when something major being released in a weeks time is always the worst timing imo. It is far better to see the reviews and benchmarks however another way to look at it as its been suggested all depends on what your doing with the PC.
If your a heavy gamer or doing video editing or running multiple virtual machines etc then this high end X99/5820+ might be just right for you.
The other factor is you can buy the newer and faster cpus for your existing Z97 motherboard next spring/summer if required but doubtful.
Cost is the other factor with an X99/5820+ set up and DDR4 prices you are looking at perhaps spending another £600 extra roughly?
Perhaps X99 mobos are £200 and 5820 is £300 and DDR4 £170, these are unconfirmed prices but yeah £600+ now if I added an 4790k/Z97+16gig+case+pc+sdd into my basket I could get the lot for £600.
Also don't forget we have not seen the reviews and benchmarks yet for all we know the 4770k/4790k may still be competitive and faster in many situations including games even.
Hi there, thanks for the advice.
Yes it's a 4790k overclocked to 4.5GHz with 32gb ram (for Photoshop and video editing. Maybe excessive but i'd rather have too much than too little), a GTX 780Ti, 512gb Plextor M.2 PCIE SSD, 3TB HD.
I've already made too many changes to the order due to reading these forums, so probably best I stick with what I have now
Edit: Thanks RX3 - It'll be used for a mix of Lightroom/Photoshop CC and occasional home video editing. Video is just using Premier Elements for now with XAVC-S codec. Also some gaming. I've been using a three or four year old laptop up to now, so it's going to be a big improvement I imagine.
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Those discounts are only available to those that registered for the forums on 2009 or earlier.
I'm cool with that
Sound like it will be pretty sweet. I am looking to upgrade towards the end of September so by then hopefully the reviews will all be out and I can make an informed choice hopefully
Hi there, thanks for the advice.
Yes it's a 4790k overclocked to 4.5GHz with 32gb ram (for Photoshop and video editing. Maybe excessive but i'd rather have too much than too little), a GTX 780Ti, 512gb Plextor M.2 PCIE SSD, 3TB HD.
I've already made too many changes to the order due to reading these forums, so probably best I stick with what I have now
Edit: Thanks RX3 - It'll be used for a mix of Lightroom/Photoshop CC and occasional home video editing. Video is just using Premier Elements for now with XAVC-S codec. Also some gaming. I've been using a three or four year old laptop up to now, so it's going to be a big improvement I imagine.
You hit the photoshop/video editing line
Still like I said the 4790k is intels top consumer chip going I doubt the word slow would come into it even if doing photoshop/video editing.
Id guess the 5820K and + will be better for photoshop/video editing due to the extra 2 or 4 cores but then if you got an extra £300-400 handy then its a good option!
The reviews and benchmarks will be interesting remember the 4790k is already 4ghz so it may outpace or make up ground over the newer haswell es.