Yes, another of these. It's tax time, and I'm planning to upgrade my 2500k system to something a bit more recent. My system is currently at 4.5GHz and has been running for over 5 years now.
So, with that said, I know this comes down to how the system is used. I primarily game with it. No 1 specific genre, a bit of everything. Recently played through things like Rise of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear V, etc. Running a single 980ti, which will move to the new system.
My system is also the Plex server for the house, which streams 1080P movies to multiple devices. Some need to be transcoded on the fly, but most don't. So, there is some video work here when I rip my BD movies to disk.
I also do some photography for fun, so photo editing in Lightroom is done fairly often as well.
I've read plenty about both CPUs, but just can't make a decision. I will be getting the CPU and MB from a local Microcenter. The cost will be very similar. Planning on going with the appropriate Asus Rampage MB for whichever CPU I go with.
I'm a bit concerned about some of the stability issues with X99 that I read about, specifically with memory and XMP. Planning on getting some DDR4 memory rated up to 3200. Whether or not it will run at that speed remains to be seen.
Also going to go with a M.2 SSD drive at the same time. Again, heard there have been some issues with those with X99 boards.
Planning to OC as well. I'd hope to be able to get either up to about 4.5. Sounds like the 6700k would be more likely to hit that. I will be watercooling, probably Corsair H100i V2.
I know there is no right or wrong answer here, just looking for opinions on what to go with. Fire away!
So, with that said, I know this comes down to how the system is used. I primarily game with it. No 1 specific genre, a bit of everything. Recently played through things like Rise of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear V, etc. Running a single 980ti, which will move to the new system.
My system is also the Plex server for the house, which streams 1080P movies to multiple devices. Some need to be transcoded on the fly, but most don't. So, there is some video work here when I rip my BD movies to disk.
I also do some photography for fun, so photo editing in Lightroom is done fairly often as well.
I've read plenty about both CPUs, but just can't make a decision. I will be getting the CPU and MB from a local Microcenter. The cost will be very similar. Planning on going with the appropriate Asus Rampage MB for whichever CPU I go with.
I'm a bit concerned about some of the stability issues with X99 that I read about, specifically with memory and XMP. Planning on getting some DDR4 memory rated up to 3200. Whether or not it will run at that speed remains to be seen.
Also going to go with a M.2 SSD drive at the same time. Again, heard there have been some issues with those with X99 boards.
Planning to OC as well. I'd hope to be able to get either up to about 4.5. Sounds like the 6700k would be more likely to hit that. I will be watercooling, probably Corsair H100i V2.
I know there is no right or wrong answer here, just looking for opinions on what to go with. Fire away!
