Is the i7 5820k out dated?

[Lude]

I'm thinking of upgrading but dont know if its worth the money. Is this cpu considered outdated?

[tacoshy]

its outdated but an upgrade will onyl effectivly give you about ~10% performance boost while requiring a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM. In the end not really worth it.

[Omega]

5820k user here :D

It's not dated, it will be solid for at least another 3-4 years.

But there are better/cheaper CPUs available now like the AMD Ryzen and Intel 8th gen CPUs.

So no don't get x99, it's to expensive, doesn't have a upgrade path and there are others CPUs available now that have a way better price/performance ratio.

[Big Boom Boom]

For gaming?

Truth of gaming CPU ATM
https://www.techspot.com/review/1505-intel-core-8th-gen-vs-amd-ryzen/

Nothing is really outdated starting from Haswell and Ryzen.

Faildozer IS outdated outside of Lala land and magic console command.

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5820k user here :D

It's not dated, it will be solid for at least another 3-4 years.

But there are better/cheaper CPUs available now like the AMD Ryzen and Intel 8th gen CPUs.

So no don't get x99, it's to expensive, doesn't have a upgrade path and there are others CPUs available now that have a way better price/performance ratio.

Yeah, unfortunatley bought a msi x99s gaming 7 mobo a few years ago. Do you think a i7 6850k would be compatible?

[Omega]

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Omega:

5820k user here :D

It's not dated, it will be solid for at least another 3-4 years.

But there are better/cheaper CPUs available now like the AMD Ryzen and Intel 8th gen CPUs.

So no don't get x99, it's to expensive, doesn't have a upgrade path and there are others CPUs available now that have a way better price/performance ratio.

Yeah, unfortunatley bought a msi x99s gaming 7 mobo a few years ago. Do you think a i7 6850k would be compatible?

Of course it's compatible.

Why did you buy a x99 mobo and then never used it? Those things are quite expensive.


Since you already have the mobo, sure you could pick up a 5th/6th gen x99 CPU. You do need to do some heavy overclocking to get the most out of these CPUs so get a decent cooler. Get a 6 core X99 like the 6850k or 5820k, whichever one is cheaper, then overclock it to 4,3 - 4,6 depending on how good your chip overclocks.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh spooki:

Yeah, unfortunatley bought a msi x99s gaming 7 mobo a few years ago. Do you think a i7 6850k would be compatible?

Of course it's compatible.

Why did you buy a x99 mobo and then never used it? Those things are quite expensive.


Since you already have the mobo, sure you could pick up a 5th/6th gen x99 CPU. You do need to do some heavy overclocking to get the most out of these CPUs so get a decent cooler. Get a 6 core X99 like the 6850k or 5820k, whichever one is cheaper, then overclock it to 4,3 - 4,6 depending on how good your chip overclocks.

I think you might have misunderstood me, I'm definetley putting it to use ahaha. yeah, Im using a pretty nice cooler right now, the kraken x62 w/ 240mm rad. I'll probably pick up a 6850 since i've already got a 5820k. Thanks for your help.

[Omega]

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Omega:

Of course it's compatible.

Why did you buy a x99 mobo and then never used it? Those things are quite expensive.


Since you already have the mobo, sure you could pick up a 5th/6th gen x99 CPU. You do need to do some heavy overclocking to get the most out of these CPUs so get a decent cooler. Get a 6 core X99 like the 6850k or 5820k, whichever one is cheaper, then overclock it to 4,3 - 4,6 depending on how good your chip overclocks.

I think you might have misunderstood me, I'm definetley putting it to use ahaha. yeah, Im using a pretty nice cooler right now, the kraken x62 w/ 240mm rad. I'll probably pick up a 6850 since i've already got a 5820k. Thanks for your help.

Now I am confused. You already have a 5820k? So you want to upgrade or is this a new build?

Going from a 5820k to a 6850k is not really a upgrade, both CPUs are about the same.

[Monk]

Going from a 5820k to a 6850k is a bit of a side grade, unless you need the extra pcie lanes, both clock and perform similar to one another, so your money would be better spent elsewhere.

[Warshal]

I have an 5820k aswell and have been considering an upgrade too, but i've been comparing benchmarks with different CPU's and i don't think it's worth the upgrade.

Cannonlake is rumoured to be launched late 2018, that line of CPU's are gonna be a more interesting candidate for an upgrade.