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Which Processor for new build?

Flake87

Flake87

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The launch of Skylake, which with all the hype should have been cut & dried, has turned into a confusing mess leaving me no knowing which way to go for a new build.

The old PC is Q6600 so there's no question of it not being thoroughly outperformed what ever I choose.

Here are the choices:

5820K
6700K

Or the wild card

Xeon E5 2690 V3 2.4GHz ES 12Core

This would be a 'used' version guaranteed of course but the reviews for gaming show it's at least as good as a 5960X

The PC is on for around 12 hours a day so power is a factor in choice.

It will be used for image processing with large files open in Photoshop. Also gaming and potentially as a small server for multimedia.

In addition it has to stand the test of time. The Q6600 is getting on for 10 years old now and although it is getting slow most applications still run.
 
What does the 5820k score in Cinebench R15? Stock speed and overclocked would be nice - or if soneone has a chart showing the latest cpu's that would be good
 
Guest2 said:
What does the 5820k score in Cinebench R15? Stock speed and overclocked would be nice - or if soneone has a chart showing the latest cpu's that would be good
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I got 1254cb in R15 with my 5820k running at 4.6ghz. I score around 1200 even with it at 4.4ghz (which is where I settled it at 24/7).

1.21v in case you were wondering.

 
Nice. 950 with my [email protected] which is similar to Skylake at stock speed. 300 seems like quite a bit in terms of Cinebench but ive got no idea what this equates to in terms of general PC use. I suppose with a 5820k you would probably not need to upgrade your CPU for gaming at least 10 years!
 
I can understand the 5820K, but what's wrong with the Xeon, which appears to outperform the 5820K and has lower power requirements too?
 
ALXAndy said:
Derpy clock speed and locked to high heaven.
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Those two would be the only downsides. In return, however, you get 12 cores / 24 threads, alleviating the lower clock, I reckon. However, you might want to get ECC RAM with the Xeon for smoother operation? Which might be more expensive (?) and is certainly ugly IMHO.

Having said that, for what you're doing the 5820K would do you proud with the added benefits of having an unlocked product, non-ECC RAM and higher clocks out of the box. Bit contradictory, that last part.

Also, I'm not sure if Xeon parts like X99 boards?
 
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