New build : I want more cores, but not the extra features X99 has to offer. Which route should I go?

[Golitan11]

Approximate purchase date : Before September.
Budget : About 2000$ USD (could be less depending on my needs).
System usage : Mostly for productivity tasks such as programming (computer vision, 3D programming, etc.) and music production. I also play video games sometimes (maybe 20% of the time), but I usually spend my time elsewhere.
Why am-I upgrading : My current build is about 7 years old. For the last few years, I was always using college and job computers. Now that I am going to university in September and plan to use my own rig for daily tasks, I need to change.
Additional Comments : I am the kind of guy who never upgrades; I use my thing till they die (almost). When I buy something, it's because I really need it and I usually go all-in money-wise. My 7 years old build still runs one of the first generation of i7 processors with 4GB of RAM and the only thing I changed was my PSU (the original one failed) and my GPU (got another one for free).

Here is my current build :

CPU : i7-860 @2.8GHz (stock)
MB : Asus P7P55D
RAM : Kingston ValueRAM 2 x 2GB (DDR3 1333)
GPU : Asus Radeon HD 4870 (original one), XFX Radeon HD 6770 (current one)

Total price (back in the days) : ~1300$ CAD (which was about the same in USD)

Here is what I'm looking at :

CPU : i7-6800K @4+GHz (going to overclock) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117649&_ga=1.100116702.1100011174.1467565718
MB : MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130934&_ga=1.124160202.1100011174.1467565718
RAM : G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 4 x 8GB (DDR4 2400) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231795&_ga=1.54435944.1100011174.1467565718
GPU : MSI GTX 1070 AERO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127948&_ga=1.133662030.1100011174.1467565718
SSD : SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 512GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147467&_ga=1.194873581.1100011174.1467565718
HDD : WD Caviar Black 2TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624&_ga=1.100558302.1100011174.1467565718
PSU : EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438018&_ga=1.95323228.1100011174.1467565718
Case : Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX http://www.ncix.com/detail/phanteks-enthoo-evolv-atx-aluminum-6c-130365.htm
AIO : NZXT Kraken X61 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146042&_ga=1.128942156.1100011174.1467565718

Total price : ~2300$ USD

I know it might seem overkill if you look at my current build, but the computers I'm used to at school (and job) are actually upgraded every year and are way better than mine. Anyway, I have a major concern about the build I'm looking at. In fact, I know the extra cores from Haswell-E/Broadwell-E processors are well worth it considering my main use cases, but I find the X99 platform to be a bit overkill for me since I don't want to SLI in the future. Maybe I should go Skylake instead, maybe I should pick a less expensive X99 board, maybe I should keep the build as is for future proofing, maybe I should... This is why you are here to help me. Given my future system usage and the fact that I am not an 'upgrading frequently' kind of guy, what do you think I should do?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Honestly, with a 6700k Skylake build, and that 950 Pro SSD, as well as 16GB or more of DDR4 3000mhz or higher memory, it's unlikely there will be anything out there in the next three to five years that you cannot run at the highest level of performance. I've got a 6700k with 16GB of Trident Z 3000mhz memory and I have yet to find anything that even remotely strains the performance. Unless you're planning to run VM's or perform rare levels of multitasking using a handful of very high end applications, it's doubtful that you'll ever see a need for more than the 4/8 cores/hyperthreads offered by Skylake.

The vast majority of applications are still primarily optimized for single core processing and even those that are not are well suited for use with the 6th gen Skylake i7. I don't see much point in going beyond that, with a gadzillion cores, until I see that a lot more software is becoming primarily optimized in a realistic way for more than four cores. Considering a single core can facilitate a number of threads, on each core and hyperthread, I don't know that it will be for a while still. Those grossly high core processors are mostly beneficial to users building VM workstations or media servers, or just have to have the latest and greatest "moar cores" setup.

 

[JQB45]

Get an E5, XEON and the Intel C612 motherboard.


http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#c=103&sort=a8&page=1
http://pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu/#s=27&qq=1&sort=a7&page=1

 

[CTurbo]

Going X99 doesn't HAVE to be so much more expensive.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $708.96




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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $651.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-08 03:39 EDT-0400




The rest of the build would be the same. I don't believe that the 6800k is worth $60 more than the 5820k.