Question X99 vs current chipsets for gaming

[Dj0gany]

Hi, i have a Cooler Master HAF X, which is a pretty big case, and its a start to a new project build of mine.
My budget for a new CPU, RAM, and MOBO is around €350.
I planned on buying a Ryzen 5 3600x, 2x8gb of ram and a gigabyte aorus b450, in my country i can find those parts brand new for around €350, but thats just too small for me, and my case. I've been looking at the used market and a X99 chipset deal peaked my interest.
I found a i7 5960x and a Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI LGA 2011 V3 for €210.
Since ddr4 ram is dirt cheap currently, i can find a pretty 2x16gb/4x8gb RGB ram kit for about €100 new, so that would make the total of around €300, which leaves €50 for a Air cooler i can use, until i save up some money for a custom watercooling loop. I ordered a beautiful Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 56 8gb GPU, which im going to vertically mount.
I think you can already see where this is going. So big motherboard, 8 core 16 thread CPU that still holds its own in modern games, custom watercooling loop in the near future, etc...
I mostly play MOBA's and FPS' games, but i sometimes like to enjoy AAA titles like God of War, Witcher 3, Forza Horizon 5, Need for Speed games, etc...
Im playing on 1080p, 144hz.
Im not chasing perfection when it comes to performance , i dont want everything to be on ultra, 300fps, but i have always wanted a big PC, with a custom watercooling loop, nice RGB lightning, 4-5 HDD's, that sort of stuff.
So what do you think of this?
Is the x99 very outdated/bad and is it going to serve me well for my needs?
I dont have to buy everything now, i will build it fully in lets say 2 years, call it a "progress build" so im no rush.

Edit: and who knows, maybe in the future i decide to embark on some sort of photoshop, video editing, something that requires a lot of cores and a lot of ram, so this build will make sense after all

 

[Lutfij]

You would do good by keeping with the times and not invest in the X99 platform. In fact, you could just sell the case you have now and then get a case that's more compact/fitting for your build.

 

[Dj0gany]

You would do good by keeping with the times and not invest in the X99 platform. In fact, you could just sell the case you have now and then get a case that's more compact/fitting for your build.

Im absolutely in love with the case. I've always wanted a big case from 2010's period, i dont know why but they are just so appealing to me. Thank you for the advice, as i said, this is still an idea, so i have time to think

 

[BFG-9000]

I dont have to buy everything now, i will build it fully in lets say 2 years, call it a "progress build" so im no rush.

You do know that by the time it is built, your system will be 11 years old and even Windows 10 support will have ended, right? Windows 12 drops late next year and neither it nor Windows 11 support X99/Haswell-E so you won't be able to play the latest AAA games for long. Fine for photo and video editing in Linux, but gaming is still mostly a Windows thing.

There's nothing wrong with putting a modern small motherboard into a big case

 

[Dj0gany]

You do know that by the time it is built, your system will be 11 years old and even Windows 10 support will have ended, right? Windows 12 drops late next year and neither it nor Windows 11 support X99/Haswell-E so you won't be able to play the latest AAA games for long. Fine for photo and video editing in Linux, but gaming is still mostly a Windows thing.

There's nothing wrong with putting a modern small motherboard into a big case

Yeah you are right, the more i think abt i realize x99 is a bad idea

 

[geofelt]

One way to compare processors is to look up their passmark ratings.
For example, the 3600X has 12 processing threads and a total rating of 18248. That is when all 12 threads are fully busy. Not so common in games.
Multiplayer with many participants is an exception.
The single thread rating is 2658.

PassMark - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - Price performance comparison

By comparison, the 5960x has 16 threads but less performance, 12672/1972.

PassMark - Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz - Price performance comparison

A modern $110 i3-12100 processor with 8 threads is competitive with a rating of 14540/3550.
The single thread performance is what games need most.

 

[Dj0gany]

One way to compare processors is to look up their passmark ratings.
For example, the 3600X has 12 processing threads and a total rating of 18248. That is when all 12 threads are fully busy. Not so common in games.
Multiplayer with many participants is an exception.
The single thread rating is 2658.

PassMark - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - Price performance comparison

By comparison, the 5960x has 16 threads but less performance, 12672/1972.

PassMark - Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz - Price performance comparison

A modern $110 i3-12100 processor with 8 threads is competitive with a rating of 14540/3550.
The single thread performance is what games need most.

^ thanks for the passmark advice.
Im starting to see the real picture here.
5960x ( or x99 for that matter) is really outdated and not recommended for modern gaming, when a entry-level CPU with 2 times less cores/threads is beating it.