X99 cpu still worth it?

[melankholy]

Saw some second hand x99 i7 CPU and boards being sold.
Looking to upgrade from a very old i5 system. Do you guys think it might be worth a shot of i don't really want to spend too much. Mainly doing video rendering and editing. 4k etc.

 

[dreadknight]

If heavily discounted, why not. But if your programs need the higher clock speed, might need to consider coffeelake or ryzen 7.

They are last cpu Intel uses solder under the IHS.

And if it breaks down 2-3yrs later, surely can still re-use the ddr4 ram

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[riotpatriot]

got people say can camp for xeon E5 v3/v4 dump

 

[xonix]

If the board uses non ecc memory, can consider. Otherwise, memory itself will cost a bomb.

 

[melankholy]

That's true. Seems like I might be better off importing coffee lake from amazon

 

[tmfwy]

Saw some second hand x99 i7 CPU and boards being sold.
Looking to upgrade from a very old i5 system. Do you guys think it might be worth a shot of i don't really want to spend too much. Mainly doing video rendering and editing. 4k etc.

If its the most recent X99 + I7-6800K post on Marketplace

It is not worth it

I7-6800K is a 6/12 system with a passmark of 13612 @ a TDP of 140W
In terms of processing power, this puts it in between an i5-8600K and an i7-8700 but at a very much higher TDP

So to make it worthwhile
1. Board must be able to use non ecc rams
AND
A which is the price in between an I5-8600K and an I7-8700
B which is an equivalent motherboard
C which is a discount for the higher TDP ( Almost double1! ) and age

A+B-C

 

[gld998]

Saw some second hand x99 i7 CPU and boards being sold.
Looking to upgrade from a very old i5 system. Do you guys think it might be worth a shot of i don't really want to spend too much. Mainly doing video rendering and editing. 4k etc.

you are better off buy a Ryzen

 

[tmfwy]

you are better off buy a Ryzen

Ryzen is worth for a budget build / non-commercial setup but i'd prefernot to choose it if my main bread and butter depends on it, unless i have no choice.

Basically

in terms of rendering architecture, optimisations will favour intel instead of AMD
So even if an AMD in benchmarks is faster than an intel, the optimisation within the majority of the big name software applications end up favouring intel CPUs.

In the video-editing world, stability matters more than pure horsepower

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...aby-Lake-X-Broadwell-E-Kaby-Lake-Ryzen-7-977/

So while we have Cinebench / handbrake scores stating Ryzen is on par / outperforms Coffee Lake, the minor quirks while each software manufacturer works to optimise their platform to suit Ryzen can take some time, if at all.

Those of us who remember the days when we had to hunt for artifacting in projects will swear their hands off AMD chips. Try contacting the software manufacturer for enquiries, and no prizes for guessing where the finger will point the blame. It is actually a big bonus if the reps will answer any queries once they hear one is using An AMD system.

So i would say a Ryzen based system may be value for money if you are using it more for a non-commercial purpose. but if you are using it for commercial purposes, Coffee Lake will be a safer bet.

 

[Rock-kun]

Ryzen is worth for a budget build / non-commercial setup but i'd prefernot to choose it if my main bread and butter depends on it, unless i have no choice.

in terms of rendering architecture, optimisations will favour intel instead of AMD
So even if an AMD in benchmarks is faster than an intel, the optimisation within the majority of the big name software applications end up favouring intel CPUs.

Recompile the application source code with the compiler set for AMD optimizations. In GCC, Zen optimizations can be set with CFLAGS='-O3 -march=znver1' CXXFLAGS='${CFLAGS}'

Don't need to be a programmer to do so.