Help with new CPU - 6800/xeon/5820/6960x

[bigi]

Upgrading from 2600K. Need to go with 2011 socket.

What should I get for photo processing out of those? Seems like 6800/5820 are pretty much equal.

Should I look for any xeons too? Should I splurge for 5960x? I upgrade every 5-6 years, so possibly can add extra to get that 8 core one.

No gaming.

I'll go with Asus mobo, 64GB RAM, 750 ssd.

Anyone can advise? Also, should I drop air cooler for water? Corsair? Have not done water yet. Thanks.

 

[tidy]

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[rchunter]

Here's what I just did and i'm pretty happy so far. Bought a Asus X99E-WS/3.1 board, E5 1650v4 and 64GB RDIMM. I plan on running this till skylake-x and then buying a real server board for it (SM X10SRL-F or similar) and switching it all out, selling the Asus WS board and building a real server out of it. I was planning on building another server anyway.

I really see no problem with buying xeons for normal desktop use if you don't plan to OC, plus another side benefit is you get to run ecc memory.

 

[Ken g6]

Photo processing? You mean Photoshop? 6700K. Don't go 2011.

If you mean something else, please post what software you're using.

 

[jerawat]

Photo processing? You mean Photoshop? 6700K. Don't go 2011.

If you mean something else, please post what software you're using.

Thanks for link suggest

 

[pilkoplo]

I find the Xeons intriguing,

where do you bought it?

 

[Burpo]

where do you bought it?

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php...uaON6c1jN94cLccPqnLo8DTW4D0z4ph6RCxoCtTfw_wcB