Any good upgrade option for 5820K?

[davidm71]

Was wondering if there will be any newer improved processors coming from Intel for 2011-v3 socket?

Thanks

 

[bpizzle1]

Since it's a dead socket, your only option on x99 is Broadwell-E, which is not really worth upgrading, imo...unless you're going to get use out of more cores. In that case, you can throw an 8 or 10 core in there (or more if your board will take a Xeon).

 

[davidm71]

Thing is I got a pricey motherboard. Seems like a shame to throw it out. I remember back in the day (80286 days) CPU upgrades gave better results.

Thanks

 

[arestavo]

6950X 10 core is a beast upgrade. Or even an 8 core 5960X is a good upgrade, and can be had for relatively cheap.

I would not purchase an X299 system just yet either if you are primarily gaming. Performance is CPU heavy games actually took a backslide compared to Broadwell-E, and even compared with Haswell-E in some cases. The refresh will hopefully fix those shortcomings.

 

[rive22]

drop in a 12-18 core haswell xeon found cheap on ebay