CPU upgrade 5820k?

[November1911]

Hey guys,

I'm looking to upgrade from my i7 950, and kind of out of the loop on CPUs,

been doing some reading, and it seems for my purposes, gamming, rendering, video editing and game creation, that the 6700k or 5820k would be the way to go

I am a new developer and moneys tight, 2011-3 boards and ram are expensive, and I doubt 2011-3 would still be around in 4 or so years time when I upgrade again so would 1151 be the better option? do you think 2011-3 (cpu, ram, mobo) prices will drop within a month or two?

all input is appreciated, feel free to ask anything

 

[jbseven]

the additional cores on the 5820k performs better with cpu oriented tasks and it is on par with the 6700k in gaming. Additionally, the 6 cores will help in the future when games start utilizing more than 4 cores.

On the other hand, the 5820k uses more power (+40w), so you may need to spend more on a psu depending on your build.

I wonder if the prices will drop much in a month or two myself. Definitely when skylake-e comes out but that will be march at the earliest.

 

[synphul]

I doubt prices will change much, intel rarely does price cuts. More of what you see is what you get with around $10 price fluctuation on and off. Ram shouldn't be much if any more expensive for 2011v3 than 1151 since they both use ddr4. The only difference would be buying in quad channel kits rather than dual. With the $10 or so difference between a 6700k and 5820k I would go the 5820k myself. More cores, twice the cache, quad channel memory support and not a significant price difference. I doubt either 2011v3 or 1151 will be around in 4 years, typically the enthusiast platforms have a longer time span between updates than the mainstream desktop variations.

Both will require you to buy an aftermarket cooler since neither comes with a stock cooler so no cost difference there either. The 5820k is slower out of the box per core but is still a k series so can be overclocked.

This chart can help give an idea of power consumption between the 5820k, 6700k, 4790k and both at stock load and overclocked load (along with the overclock amount for reference). The 5820k does consume more power, especially when overclocked. It also has 50% more cores and threads and nearly double the cache.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/luke-hill/intel-core-i7-6700k-i5-6600k-skylake-cpu-review/9/