Hi,
I'm actually running an aging i5 750 with a P7P55D with a GTX 780 Ti. The MB is running at full defaults parameters (I can't even put my RAM to 1666Mhz with XMP profile), so I was thinking that it's time for an upgrade.
The big question is : is LGA 2011v3 worth the investment ? I've seen tons of reviews and most games don't seem to gain from 6 cores and even 2x SLI/CF don't benefit from the 40 lanes because GPU run at same perfs at 8x or 8x/8x compared to 16x or 16x/16x (PCIE 3.0).
But those reviews don't really answer to the question : will the two extra cores better my gaming (or overall) experience in the sense that the game will use let's say 4 cores and others tasks can use the two extra cores (streaming, headsets with usb audio that uses CPU, video, vocals, ...). There is also the fact that hexacores will still be OK in a few years when 6 cores will be mainstream.
In the case that LGA2011v3 is still worth it, is there any reason to take the 5930K ? As I said reviews say that extra PCIE lanes don't benefit GPU perfs (unless maybe using more than 2 GPUs).
Best regards
I'm actually running an aging i5 750 with a P7P55D with a GTX 780 Ti. The MB is running at full defaults parameters (I can't even put my RAM to 1666Mhz with XMP profile), so I was thinking that it's time for an upgrade.
The big question is : is LGA 2011v3 worth the investment ? I've seen tons of reviews and most games don't seem to gain from 6 cores and even 2x SLI/CF don't benefit from the 40 lanes because GPU run at same perfs at 8x or 8x/8x compared to 16x or 16x/16x (PCIE 3.0).
But those reviews don't really answer to the question : will the two extra cores better my gaming (or overall) experience in the sense that the game will use let's say 4 cores and others tasks can use the two extra cores (streaming, headsets with usb audio that uses CPU, video, vocals, ...). There is also the fact that hexacores will still be OK in a few years when 6 cores will be mainstream.
In the case that LGA2011v3 is still worth it, is there any reason to take the 5930K ? As I said reviews say that extra PCIE lanes don't benefit GPU perfs (unless maybe using more than 2 GPUs).
Best regards