Upgrading from Sandy Bridge-E to Haswell 5960x

warzeta

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I have right now a E5 2690 C2 with 32gb and 2x GTX 980TI
Would i see any benefits upgrading to a 5960x or 5930k?

The computer is use for Casual Gaming on 65 inch 4k Tv,Movies,Some go pro edit and 3D Cad.
 

BigDaveX

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An 8-core Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon sounds like it'd be a better bet, assuming your board supports them. That way all you'd have to replace is the CPU, whereas with the 5960X you'd also have to replace the motherboard and memory.
 

NTMBK

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Yup, see if you can just get an Ivy Bridge Xeon. What model is your motherboard?