WTB: Core i7 6900k or 6950x

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I recently had a couple nice X99 motherboards given to me, looking for CPUs so I can make use of them.

5960x, 6900k, or 6950x all acceptable.
 
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The problem will be finding someone willing to sell either of these chips for what they are actually worth these days. I'd buy a 3800x and mobo before buying a $500 ebay 6900k any day.

Don't think anyone's gonna let go of a 6900k for 250 bucks or whatever they should be worth though.

GL!
 
Ebay Xeons? Otherwise, I'd probably just sell the boards unless you have a personal attachment to them.
 
You'll be much better off grabbing a 5960x. The 6900k and 6950x are way overpriced everywhere i've seen.
 
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Don't think anyone's gonna let go of a 6900k for 250 bucks or whatever they should be worth though.
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Considering a brand-new AMD Ryzen 7 2700x performs about the same, and is only $190? These old, used, Broadwell-E chips should be basically worthless. The current eBay prices are downright shocking.

Beaflag VonRathburg said:
I have 2x 5960x and 2x 6900k.

How much are you looking to spend? Post publically please so everyone can help you out.
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Awesome! I'd be interested in either model (5960x or 6900k), but as another poster mentioned, not for the insane prices they're going for on ebay (A brand-new i9 9900k is only $490 and will smoke a 6900k).

Looking at UserBenchmark, a 6900k performs on-par with an AMD Ryzen 2700k, which is a $190 chip. Meanwhile, 5960x is going for between $200 and $300 on eBay. With all that in mind, I'd say absolutely no more than $280 for either chip, with higher prices reserved for a chip known to OC decently.

Do you have any ballpark OC numbers on these processors?
 
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Your expectations might be a little off on the Broadwell-E stuff. No one is going to sell you a 6900k or 6950x for $190 or anywhere near that, but you might luck into a 5960x near there. I've sold two 6900k in the past nine days for $455.

Honestly, relative price perormance is invalid when you're talking about a single component. You can't stuff a 2700x into your X99 motherboard so the price to value ratio is skewed. The cost of upgrading is at minimum: a CPU, motherboard, labor swapping parts out of your case, and time messing with OS / drivers, etc... That's one of the major reasons why parts retain their value.

I'd be happy to sell you a 5960x for $255. The only CPU I personally used for a long time was the 6900k which I ran at 4.00, auto voltage, on a BeQuiet! DRP3. The 5960x weren't overclocked, just used at stock speeds for video / image rendering. Boss decided white boxes were going and off to AWS everything else went.
 
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