LGA 1151 or 2011-v3 for High End Gaming and Youtube Channel

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otacon237

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hello everyone,

I run a small youtube gaming channel and hope to someday make a career out of it. to that end I am looking a building a high-end rig that will handle games but also video editing/rendering and possibly streaming as well.

I am fairly tech-savvy but I haven't built a computer in several years and haven't been keeping up with the latest hardware trends.

Price isn't too much of an issue since I will save till I have enough, but I would like to take advantage of some Black Friday deals and snag a MOBO, case and possibly a power supply to get me started.

could you please advise which socket would be the best option for performance and future-proofing? from what I understand 2011-v3 currently offers the best performance but there is some concern about new CPU's no longer being made for it in the near future...

thanks
 
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I don't see it going over $2500 unless I find a really compelling reason, I have about $800 at the moment but I don't mind gradually building it as I get more. video rendering is my biggest bottleneck right now so I want to build a solid rig that will last 2-3 years
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($374.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($223.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($183.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.65 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($639.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1871.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 02:01 EST-0500
 
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well ok, I appreciate that but I was hoping more an explanation of the pros and cons of lga 2011-v3 vs 1151.

I see you picked the 2011-3, is there any reason for that? I know it supports the current fastest cpu's but I heard the socket might be obsolete soon, i'm hoping to get something that will stay relevant in terms of upgradeability for a bit, so i'm wondering if 1151 is the safer bet since it's fairly newer
 
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So the diffrence is mainly the 6 (i7-5820k) vs the 4 (i7-6700k) cores. On the other Hand the i7-6700k has higher single core, but you can overclock the i7-5820k easily. There are diffrence Benchmark, somesay that other say that. the i7-5820k got more lanes for SLI.

There are some rumors about a i7-6820k, which is claimed to be compatible to the x99.
 
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Essentially the reason that I went with lga 2011-3 is that you have more PCI-E lanes and more cores, and for what you are planning on doing, more cores is highly beneficial. There is still at least broadwell-E to come for the x99 boards, I don't know whether skylake-E will be supported or not though
 
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Essentially the reason that I went with lga 2011-3 is that you have more PCI-E lanes and more cores, and for what you are planning on doing, more cores is highly beneficial. There is still at least broadwell-E to come for the x99 boards, I don't know whether skylake-E will be supported or not though
 
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sounds good guys, I think I will go with 2011-v3 for the reasons knuckles stated, good to know broadwell-e will be supported so I think I can squeeze some decent lifespan out of that CPU, thanks guys!
 
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