CPU X99 or Skylake?

[Josh | NFC]

So I don't spend much time researching the high end...why should I when I have access to the best minds right here?

Right now I have a X99 rig that I am super happy with that I use for my 3D and video rendering. I'm going to be upgrading the M.2 storage and grabbing at least 32GB of RAM but I am thinking about going higher for DaVinci Resolve.

I'm not anxious to upgrade, but I have a project due for Computex in the next week and I would like to use the same motherboard (EVGA Micro 2) in that build and getting another short notice would be a challenge.

So the real question. I'm wondering if I would get more performance out of a overclocked Skylake CPU or with the 5820k @ 4.2Ghz for multithreaded apps. Does the superior math core on the Skylake end up edging out the haswell-E at 5.2Ghz (I think I could get one stable in my rig at that for every day use).

I dunno...I thought I would get some expert opinions here rather than doing my un-expert thinking for myself.

Peace, and thanks!

 

[Phuncz]

About the EVGA Micro2: I'm reading horrible stories about the M.2 so I'd make absolutely sure before going that route on this board.

Secondly, if single-core power is important, an i7-6700K will be hard to beat (certainly stock) but I'd be amazed if a heavily OC'ed 5820K would not be close or able to match a heavily OC'ed 5820K. In the end, that money could go towards a workstation-class GPU or a nice monitor, which will in all likelyhood give more tangible benefits.

 

[jtd871]

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomm...AutoDesk-AutoCAD-134/Hardware-Recommendations

i7-6700k is the fastest single-threaded CPU right now. If you can use multi-core effectively, then your calculus changes.

 

[Josh | NFC]

Thanks guys. Yeah, my renderer barely uses the GPU even with acceleration enabled, but it will peg all cores and threads on my Haswell-E.

I have the Micro 2 board now, and have had issues with the M.2, but the good news is they haven't been horror stories--just inconveniences and it was a PITA getting it setup in UEFI until they had a BIOS fix.

I guess I am still stuck on this question. Hmmf.

Is there a Micro ATX board with raidable dual M.2 slots? I've seen one with addon card raid for M.2 but nothing native.

 

[jtd871]

The best I was able to find regarding 2 NVMe drives in raid via an expansion card is this:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1569330/dual-m-2-pcie-x8-card/30

A quick search turned up no mATX X99 with 2 M.2 NVMe slots.