Hi Winter117a, and welcome
You asked for it.
For 3+ years of non-obsolescence you have to start with the latest. For overclocking, now and future games the Haswell Extreme Edition 5960X can't be beat. I'll be getting one in a few months myself. Of course the motherboard to put it on is a Rampage V Extreme. What other answer would you expect at a brand-specific forum? Seriously, ASUS has used a version of the 2011-3 socket that includes a few extra pins to supply more even power - better for overclocking.
With the rate of CPU obsolescence, we have to look at that socket. Will it be good for the next generation Extreme Edition? Intel has said they will keep the same socket arrangement for at least two generations. This is the first generation for the 2011-3.
Some badmputh at your strawmen: AMD doesn't cut it for performance these days. For a while did the best at raw processor clock, but fell short of getting the processing per clock cycle. XEONs may run fast and have a lot of cores, but need the sort of PCH (southbridge) used on a workstation motherboard and those boards don't overclock worth ..... A XEON on a good overclocking card is almost a fit, but not quite. Then again, the 5960X has 8 cores, 16 threads, that match up with a lot of the XEONs.
While the motherboard and processor are here now, there is rumor that the next great leap in video cards is just around the corner, but aren't they always. If buying now, the GeForce GTX 980 from nvidia is sweeping all the records. It draws less power and runs cooler than the latest from AMD or the previous generation of nvidia. The issue with obsolescence is that nvidia usually puts out an upgraded revision with 'ti' suffix just about now in the product life cycle.
As for which one, I may be jeopardizing my welcome here. The ASUS Matrix Poseidon model is factory overclocked and has the opportunity built in for water cooling. A EVGA model with 'Classified' in the title may be stiff competition.
At ultra high def resolutions, 2, 3 or even 4 GTX 980s in SLI may be what a 'cost-no-object' rig would go for. Note from many reviews that there are diminishing returns. I have concluded that 3-way SLI gives a small positive return over 2-way. 4-way isn't worth the extra power burned.
I'm sure others will be along with their ideas about DDR4 RAM, SSDs and power supplies. Have fun.
Jeff
You asked for it.
For 3+ years of non-obsolescence you have to start with the latest. For overclocking, now and future games the Haswell Extreme Edition 5960X can't be beat. I'll be getting one in a few months myself. Of course the motherboard to put it on is a Rampage V Extreme. What other answer would you expect at a brand-specific forum? Seriously, ASUS has used a version of the 2011-3 socket that includes a few extra pins to supply more even power - better for overclocking.
With the rate of CPU obsolescence, we have to look at that socket. Will it be good for the next generation Extreme Edition? Intel has said they will keep the same socket arrangement for at least two generations. This is the first generation for the 2011-3.
Some badmputh at your strawmen: AMD doesn't cut it for performance these days. For a while did the best at raw processor clock, but fell short of getting the processing per clock cycle. XEONs may run fast and have a lot of cores, but need the sort of PCH (southbridge) used on a workstation motherboard and those boards don't overclock worth ..... A XEON on a good overclocking card is almost a fit, but not quite. Then again, the 5960X has 8 cores, 16 threads, that match up with a lot of the XEONs.
While the motherboard and processor are here now, there is rumor that the next great leap in video cards is just around the corner, but aren't they always. If buying now, the GeForce GTX 980 from nvidia is sweeping all the records. It draws less power and runs cooler than the latest from AMD or the previous generation of nvidia. The issue with obsolescence is that nvidia usually puts out an upgraded revision with 'ti' suffix just about now in the product life cycle.
As for which one, I may be jeopardizing my welcome here. The ASUS Matrix Poseidon model is factory overclocked and has the opportunity built in for water cooling. A EVGA model with 'Classified' in the title may be stiff competition.
At ultra high def resolutions, 2, 3 or even 4 GTX 980s in SLI may be what a 'cost-no-object' rig would go for. Note from many reviews that there are diminishing returns. I have concluded that 3-way SLI gives a small positive return over 2-way. 4-way isn't worth the extra power burned.
I'm sure others will be along with their ideas about DDR4 RAM, SSDs and power supplies. Have fun.
Jeff
My opinions (YMMV) are: The next 980 is worth waiting for. EVGA GeForce GTX980 Classified has the highest factory overclock, multiple BIOS selections and a great reputation - and by those criteria is currently the best. The Titans are obsolete to the point that a single 980 GPU is running as fast or faster, depending on the test, with much less power than the dual-GPU of a titan.
The six core Haswell-E will certainly clock faster than the 8-core version. Both are the latest generation and will serve for years into the future - provided you remain satisfied with one after the next generation comes out. Future-proofing depends more on the motherboard's ability to accept the next generation of Extreme Edition CPUs.
Higher clocking works well for some artificial benchmarks that use one or a few cores at a time - SuperPi comes to mind here. An old Sandy Bridge 4-core will beat the i7-5960X just because it clocks faster. More modern artificial tests, modern games and virtually any real work benefit more from the higher core/thread count. Check the processor benchmarks and rankings at
http://hwbot.org/
The 5930K leads the 5960X where few cores are sufficient. The 5960X thrives on the more complex multi-threaded tests. What's your criterion?
Jeff
The six core Haswell-E will certainly clock faster than the 8-core version. Both are the latest generation and will serve for years into the future - provided you remain satisfied with one after the next generation comes out. Future-proofing depends more on the motherboard's ability to accept the next generation of Extreme Edition CPUs.
Higher clocking works well for some artificial benchmarks that use one or a few cores at a time - SuperPi comes to mind here. An old Sandy Bridge 4-core will beat the i7-5960X just because it clocks faster. More modern artificial tests, modern games and virtually any real work benefit more from the higher core/thread count. Check the processor benchmarks and rankings at
http://hwbot.org/
The 5930K leads the 5960X where few cores are sufficient. The 5960X thrives on the more complex multi-threaded tests. What's your criterion?
Jeff
Windows goes well on an SSD, except ... The Program Data and Users folders have more writing activity that has been said to wear down SSDs prematurely.
http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/119213d1291161650-user-profiles-create-move-during-...
This gives a method of installing just the Program Data and Users folders to HDD and the rest of the OS to SSD.
Jeff
http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/119213d1291161650-user-profiles-create-move-during-...
This gives a method of installing just the Program Data and Users folders to HDD and the rest of the OS to SSD.
Jeff
