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i was thinking of getting the i7-7700k instead
that will work better for gaming yet still do great for editing. the 6800k will be slightly be better for editing but slightly worst for gaming - we talking 2-5 frames tho.

but yeah, id go for the 7700k. i thought u wanted a enthusiast x99 cpu. but its not worth it imo.

u close to a microcenter?
 

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that will work better for gaming yet still do great for editing. the 6800k will be slightly be better for editing but slightly worst for gaming - we talking 2-5 frames tho.

but yeah, id go for the 7700k. i thought u wanted a enthusiast x99 cpu. but its not worth it imo.

u close to a microcenter?

Im like 40 mins from frys
 

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Looks like the Pentium G4560 is gonna make budget gaming an actual thing as opposed to cutting corners

a ~$100 chip with hyper threading is amazing

Hopefully AMD responds... Their APUs are around that price range
 

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Im like 40 mins from frys
The extra lanes are important if you wanna sli. If you don't plan on having an sli system, I agree with @Ruck , the extra lanes aren't needed. I sli all my builds, so the 40 lanes are what I need. It used to be that you could get away with 8/8 pcie3, but not anymore. There's a substantial difference in 8/8 versus 16/16 with the new Nvidia Pascal cards. I went from 40K to 50k graphics in 3D mark, just by changing from my 4790K vs 6850k. The difference is real
 

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The extra lanes are important if you wanna sli. If you don't plan on having an sli system, I agree with @Ruck , the extra lanes aren't needed. I sli all my builds, so the 40 lanes are what I need. It used to be that you could get away with 8/8 pcie3, but not anymore. There's a substantial difference in 8/8 versus 16/16 with the new Nvidia Pascal cards. I went from 40K to 50k graphics in 3D mark, just by changing from my 4790K vs 6850k. The difference is real

Later i might use sli but no need for it atm.
 

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Later i might use sli but no need for it atm.
Well, that opens up an interesting problem. If you might plan on going sli, get the 6850k (the cheapest chip that has 40 lanes). If you absolutely know you're not going with SLI, then get the cheaper chip. I like options, so I recommend the 6850K and X99 Asu's deluxe 2 mobo.

If you go with the X99 chipsets, you'll be futureproof for a few years. If you have the money, go with that. It gives you options and you won't be obsolete until 2-4 years from now. Plus 6-cores :ohlawd:
 

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Im copping my first ssd and sshd for this beastly new system. Dont feel too bad, this gonna be my first time experience a non hdd system :wow:
Don't get an sshd. The benefit is minimal. Go get you a 500+gb ssd. I have a 500gb Samsung Evo in my shyt and it's a beast. Great price for the quality.
 

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Don't get an sshd. The benefit is minimal. Go get you a 500+gb ssd. I have a 500gb Samsung Evo in my shyt and it's a beast. Great price for the quality.
Not true, SSHD can be extremely beneficial if the guy is only running a few apps (games) at any given time.

Yeah it's no true SSD, but it's a nice balance. I am a little disappointed in you TBH, I thought you would be rocking the 960 Pro at this point.
 

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Not true, SSHD can be extremely beneficial if the guy is only running a few apps (games) at any given time.

Yeah it's no true SSD, but it's a nice balance. I am a little disappointed in you TBH, I thought you would be rocking the 960 Pro at this point.
Hahahaha. I had an sshd, like 3 builds ago. It really isn't that much faster. Especially if he's using it as a storage drive. Plus it's probably seagate, and we all know about seagate.

I'm real interested in the 960. We'll see...
 

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Im copping my first ssd and sshd for this beastly new system. Dont feel too bad, this gonna be my first time experience a non hdd system :wow:
ima cop a 120 once it goes on sale for OS + common apps.

I'll eventually grab a 1tb once i start work in september, ditching HDD's forever
 
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