5930k to 6900k is it worth it

[Vipermk2]

I have a 5930k and have the opportunity to get a 6900k about £300 cheaper than normal, just want to know if it;s worth the upgrade or to stick with the 5930k and wait for the next gen boards (after x299)

 

[AlienALX]

How much is £300 cheaper than normal? It's about on par with a Ryzen 1700. So if it costs a penny more it's not worth it.

 

[WYP]

I have a 5930k and have the opportunity to get a 6900k about £300 cheaper than normal, just want to know if it;s worth the upgrade or to stick with the 5930k and wait for the next gen boards (after x299)

Depends exactly what you consider the "normal" price for this CPU and whether or not you actually need the extra cores.

 

[Kaapstad]

I have a 5930k and have the opportunity to get a 6900k about £300 cheaper than normal, just want to know if it;s worth the upgrade or to stick with the 5930k and wait for the next gen boards (after x299)

Unless a couple of extra cores are really important to you or your work I would say keep the 5930k.

If you use the PC for things like gaming it won't make any noticeable difference.

 

[Vipermk2]

Unless a couple of extra cores are really important to you or your work I would say keep the 5930k.

If you use the PC for things like gaming it won't make any noticeable difference.

I'm just on the verge of of saying no to it as I really can't see the benefit. It was just on offer for £680 rather than 1k so I looked into the possible upgrades. There is single core improvements which may effect framerates in games but I dont use it for any workloads so gaining cores but losing clockspeeds was a balance I was looking into and thats whay I posted on here. :huh:

 

[AlienALX]

I'm just on the verge of of saying no to it as I really can't see the benefit. It was just on offer for £680 rather than 1k so I looked into the possible upgrades. There is single core improvements which may effect framerates in games but I dont use it for any workloads so gaining cores but losing clockspeeds was a balance I was looking into and thats whay I posted on here. :huh:

That is a ridiculous price. You could buy a R5 1700 with a top end board and ram for that !

Remember, Ryzen has the same sort of IPC as Broadwell E but has better SMT (well, when you use fast ram). Don't get suckered into over paying for an older CPU.

 

[WYP]

I'm just on the verge of of saying no to it as I really can't see the benefit. It was just on offer for £680 rather than 1k so I looked into the possible upgrades. There is single core improvements which may effect framerates in games but I dont use it for any workloads so gaining cores but losing clockspeeds was a balance I was looking into and thats whay I posted on here. :huh:

TBH that price is not great, as even X299 offers an 8-core CPU for less than £1000 now.

If you cannot see the benefit then there is no reason to upgrade. I'd wait for a future CPU platform that offers larger performance improvements.