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5960x and GTX 980 vs 5930k and 2 GTX 980

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October 15, 2014 4:35:05 PM

I will be building a video editing and gaming pc and I was wondering which is better value. Should I get a i7 5960x and a gtx 980 or should I get a 5930k and get 2 gtx 980's. The final price ends up being the same at about $1500-$1600

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October 15, 2014 4:38:20 PM

That's one heck of a build. I would go with the second option.
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October 15, 2014 4:39:31 PM

mstefan3 said:
I will be building a video editing and gaming pc and I was wondering which is better value. Should I get a i7 5960x and a gtx 980 or should I get a 5930k and get 2 gtx 980's. The final price ends up being the same at about $1500-$1600


I would go for a 5960X and SLI 970's. Would come to around $1600 - $1700 and would give you great performance.
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October 15, 2014 4:58:09 PM

How heavy video editing are you doing? An extreme CPU is overkill in 9/10 cases, in your scenario a Xeon may perform better with 2 980s.
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