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I went from a 5960X to a 8700K and I think it was an improvement.
Not a night and day difference, by any means, but maybe around 10 - 20% boost in the best case.
Benchmarks (like 3dmark) took a hit, but gaming seems smoother.
Now I just bought a 9900K to swap in. I know it won't be much of a difference, but I like upgrading, so that will be fun.
It was basically a rebuild. New CPU/RAM/Mobo/SSD. I kept the case, PSU, HDDs, Blu-Ray drive, etc. Of course, there are lots of factors that can affect performance.When you went from 5960X to 8700K did you just do a board and CPU upgrade or did you do a full build?
I was debating this upgrade as well, but I believe i'm going to hold off for now. The only thing I do that is slow is x265 encoding. I would probably be better of with TH2 for that task.The more I read/examine, the more I'm convinced to just hold off and wait for either the arrival of Cannon Lake or possibly even Ice Lake.
Yes, it may be another solid 6-12 months, but I mostly game in VR / 4K, so my 4790K @ 4.8Ghz is holding up quite well. I'm thinking most folks with a 5960X are in a similar boat. Yes, it's fun to upgrade, but if I'm going to drop $2K+ on a new CPU/MB/RAM/SSD combo (as I typically go with a top tier stuff), I want to see rather massive performance gains in doing so. Just not feeling it yet with Coffee Lake... Feels more like a last ditch effort by Intel to squeeze every last bit of performance out of last year's tech... not to mention it's also scarce as hell right now.
With next gen VR still a good year or more out and Nvidia currently emptying everyone's wallets with the asking price for the 2080Ti, I'm thinking mid to late 2019 may be a much better time to consider upgrading... with much better options on the table.