09-23-2013 11:19 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 10:32 PM by ROGBot
09-23-2013 11:59 AM
09-24-2013 09:17 AM
09-24-2013 09:23 AM
GTX680SLI wrote:
Well, what are some of the motivators for the upgrade. Your not going to see much of an improvement from 3930k ---> 4930k. Sure you might have higher multiplier headroom to 63x, if it's about achieving an overclock that shows reasonable gains. Early reviews don't show a sizable overclock gain. If fact depending on your overclock with you 3930k you might even lose speed depending on how well the 4930k overclocks. So lets look at the other differences, there is support for XMP 1.3 but remember your memory throughput is only changing from 51.2 GB/s to 59.7 GB/s nothing you will notice. There is official PCIe 3.0 compliance however if your 3930k is a C2 variant your still hitting PCIe 3's 8 GT/s signaling support. Memory controller rates 1866 MT/s up from 1600 but we are still using DDR3 quad channel. Also USB 3.0 still isn't native, No Sata Express, L3 cache is the same, TDP remains unchanged. In fact transistor count drops from 2.27 to 1.86 from the die shrink, meaning nothing new from SB-E's architecture. I own a 3930k as well and don't get me wrong LOVE it. However unless the X79 has a ton of new boards with a lot of out of chip set features it more of the same my friend, which isn't that bad after all. Maybe we will see a decent time frame for Haswell-E. If overclock speeds aren't important and you have a buyer for your 3930k to offset the upgrade part, maybe through a 4930k in for kicks. Enjoy what you have, the next two years are going to get crazy with innovation.
09-26-2013 12:24 PM
elitejustice wrote:
I do appreciate you taking the time to educate me nonetheless! I feel like a little tadpole swimming around in an ocean of sharks here on this forum. I guess we all start somewhere. I will however take your advice to heart. I have since learned of the RIVE Black and think that I will wait for that. I have not taken the time to learn a lot of the nuances of o.c. past the basics, but I would at least like to have the equipment when I am ready to do so.
09-27-2013 11:17 AM
nleksan wrote:
Just be grateful that sharks don't eat tadpoles 😛
09-23-2013 04:04 PM
09-24-2013 09:20 AM
chrisnyc75 wrote:
Any other motherboard is going to be a DOWNGRADE from the RIVE, not an upgrade. The only "upgrade" to RIVE would be the yet to be released Rampage IV Black, and even that is really more of an equivalent side-grade.
The Rampage IV Extreme is the undisputed top of the line motherboard, nothing has come along yet to unseat it. Although there are NEWER motherboards, they are not [necessarily] better. Do your research carefully before you decide to "upgrade", you may actually be downgrading without realizing it.
09-24-2013 09:21 AM
chrisnyc75 wrote:
Any other motherboard is going to be a DOWNGRADE from the RIVE, not an upgrade. The only "upgrade" to RIVE would be the yet to be released Rampage IV Black, and even that is really more of an equivalent side-grade.
The Rampage IV Extreme is the undisputed top of the line motherboard, nothing has come along yet to unseat it. Although there are NEWER motherboards, they are not [necessarily] better. Do your research carefully before you decide to "upgrade", you may actually be downgrading without realizing it.
09-24-2013 04:57 AM