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shaft wrote:ToxicBug, should I wait for Kaby or just go Sky?

I haven't read about it much yet, from what I can see it's just an optimization. If there's no new chipset releasing with Kaby Lake after Z170 then I don't see why not get a Skylake now. You can always get a new CPU later.

BTW I turned off G-Sync and got an extra 500 points



NVIDIA Titan X (Pascal) video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-5960X,ASRock X99 OC Formula/3.1



NVIDIA Titan X (Pascal) video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-5960X,ASRock X99 OC Formula/3.1 - Time Spy

nevermind, i just realized you're the guy who spent over 1k on a cpu to play 3DBenchmark.

shaft wrote:nevermind, i just realized you're the guy who spent over 1k on a cpu to play 3DBenchmark.

It was just to check if my PC performs like it should. Of course I play games on it.

You don't need a $1k 8 core cpu when a $300 quad will beat it every time for gaming. You spent an extra $700 for some scores on a benchmark. You probably have 32GB of ram also when its pretty much impossible for the average user to use 16.

shaft wrote:You don't need a $1k 8 core cpu when a $300 quad will beat it every time for gaming. You spent an extra $700 for some scores on a benchmark. You probably have 32GB of ram also when its pretty much impossible for the average user to use 16.

I got that CPU because I felt like it.

A few other reasons are potential massive multi-core improvements in DX12 and going with X99 gives 16X/16X PCI-E lanes for SLI, Z170 is only 8X/8X.

Good luck with your upgrade.

That's interesting, thanks.
Your PC is impressive. Just not what a casual gamer like most people here would need. I didn't mean to sound like a dick, I just forgot you were that guy before I asked my original question.

shaft wrote:That's interesting, thanks.
Your PC is impressive. Just not what a casual gamer like most people here would need. I didn't mean to sound like I dick, I just forgot you were that guy before I asked my original question.

Thanks. I guess I'm not the best person to offer advice on mainstream PC builds, but I still try to stay up-to-date with technology

Welp. Time to buy a laptop.

My current PC. I'm curious to see how much better my new build will do.
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i hear the new AMD zen will own server computing

Q2 2017 ?, Intel will be onto a new manufacturing process by then.

AMD is always projecting bigger and better things. But somehow ends up second best. I wouldn't be holding out for a superior AMD chip. You may never upgrade.

losCHUNK wrote:Q2 2017 ?, Intel will be onto a new manufacturing process by then.

I had read November for the Zen chips to come out

I was on about their server variations (Naples core ?), like Intel Xeons competitor (Is it still Xeon ?).

Ah right that makes sense

No, you are right

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/ ... ease-date/

All fur coat and no knickers

New PC is up and running
Motherboard: Asrock Z170 OC Formula
CPU: Intel i7 6700K
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 64GB DDR4-3333 CAS Latency 15
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 980Ti 6GB
HDD1: Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M.2 SSD 2200MBps Read/900MBPS Write
HDD2: Crucial MX200 500GB M.2 SSD 555MBPS Read/500MBPS Write
Water Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120m

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Not bad.
I just bought a PG348Q, 6800k, x99 deluxe and a Samsung 950.

The Samsung 950 Pro is sick. Photoshop loads in about 1 second.

It's funny how Gwamps is trying to brag about his budget build in a Pascal thread even though he doesn't even have a Pascal card.

Looks like the prices haven't dropped at all this past month or so. I'm glad I baught it a while back and enjoying it, instead of hopelessly waiting for a better deal. By the looks of it, unless amd releases anything good, the prices are here to stay.... It's selling very well , so what's their incentive to drop pricing?

Tsakali wrote:Looks like the prices haven't dropped at all this past month or so. I'm glad I baught it a while back and enjoying it, instead of hopelessly waiting for a better deal. By the looks of it, unless amd releases anything good, the prices are here to stay.... It's selling very well , so what's their incentive to drop pricing?

You were expecting Pascal prices to drop?

picked this up Friday

in win 303
asus z170-a
i7-6700k
corsair h60 - got it free
g.skill 2x16 gb
950 pro 256
evga gtx 1070 ftw
evga supernova g2 750w

runs awesome, will post bench later

nn

My friends are mocking me for still not having bought a new PC. My new excuse is that I consider waiting for a decent laptop. I know that's always going to be at a premium price, but I realize that the way I use my current computer (a laptop as well) is something that can pretty much only be done with a laptop. Besides, if I were to buy a PC, I'd have to buy everything; monitor and keyboard included.