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daglesj

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...get say a 25% improvement (at least) over my current CPU setup?

I currently have a dual Xeon X5470 setup at 3.33GHz (8 real cores total). I picked it up real cheap and whilst it has plenty of straight line grunt it loses out in power efficiency and memory bandwidth (16 GB of DDR2 ECC). Not to mention the chipset is lacking niceties like USB3 and SATA III etc. I've added them in with cards but would be nice to go native.

As it's 2007 era kit I think its time to move on in 2016. So what would give me slightly better performance? Quite happy to drop to single CPU.

I do a lot of video conversions, some gaming (BF4 and the like) etc. etc.

Any suggestions gratefully received. ;)
 
Do you need a multi setup for any particular reason? What are you planning to use the build for?
 
x99 motherboard and 6 core 5820k...then as prices fall over the years you can grab a high end 8 or 10 core xeon for it...its the only path that makes sense. Now if i had to guess this be closer to a 50% improvement or better
 
X79 and an E5-2670 would also give you a good boost in performance for a lot of things; the Xeon can do 3GHz all cores and is generally a much better architecture.
Plus it's cheap, the 2670's are down to $109 on eBay.
 
The basic choice here is X99 vs Z170 (Skylake).

A big part of it will come down to how much, if any, you like to overclock and tinker.

Both will utilize DDR4. If you do a lot of video conversion then you may be better off with a X99 setup as others have mentioned.

Not sure how much of an itch you have but I miiiiiight wait for Broadwell-E to be released just to make sure existing X99 boards are compatible. Or you can just pick up a 5820k right now.
 
My boss has a X99/5820K system. He makes training videos every so often when we need to give the customer additional instruction but going to the site is an issue. His old system was an X58/920 combo. His opinion is night and day. He said most of his work including the basic stuff like coding is pretty quick with the X99 system. The only reason the X99 got built, the X58 board died. Otherwise he would still be running the computer.

Myself on the other hand, I get to rock a P41/ E7200 combo with 8 gigs of DDR2 for my office work. Then again, it works with the software packages I need just fine until I am on a customer's site I get to use a more up to date system to run the software. I get jelly. :)
 
Well I shall pencil some stuff in for 2016! Thanks guys, helped narrow it down for me.
 
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