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So I have a CLLC'd Intel i7-5960X Processor which is socket 2011-3 I believe and I run it on my MSI Gaming9 ACK motherboard. If I were interested in making a nice steady jump, would it be feasible to jump from the 5960X to say for example an Intel i7-7820X processor? That brings me from a 5th gen CPU to a 7th gen CPU (Gen 8 being the current gen / i9-- processors) which I think would be a pretty steady jump from what I have now. Of course, I'd need to get a new motherboard which is fine, but please provide me any advice on this decision if you have it to offer. Thanks for knowledge and informations!


Ok, So here's what I'm thinking and this may be just flawed because I haven't confirmed socket compatibility, but, thinking of going up to:

MSI X299 Gaming M7 (Is there no M9 for MSI X299s yet??)
The Intel i7-7820X
From EVGA GTX Titan X (Maxwell) to GTX 1080Ti (Probably Asus Strix or the EVGA icx)

These are the main upgrades I'm looking to do.
 
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Going from a Core i7 5960x to a 7820x would be a little bit of a jump in performance but probably not the leap you're expecting. I think you would be disappointed because everything will perform almost exactly the same. If you were going for something with more cores then I'd say yeah you would notice a difference for stuff like video encoding and stuff like that. It looks like you're doing an upgrade for gaming and specifically high resolution gaming. The GTX 1080 ti will be great for that. You're golden on the CPU though. Keep it.

As far as the resolutions go... 4K is 3840x2160, 3K is 2880x1620, 2.5K Ultra wide is 3440x1440, 2.5K is 2560x1440, 2K is 2048x1080, 1080p is 1920x1080, 720p is 1280x720.
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Well single core performance wise if the cpu's run at the same speed they will almost perform the same. So not that big of a difference.

What do you use this pc for? If it's gaming stick with what you have if it's rendering go and get a threadripper.
 
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To be honest, why? 5960X is a very strong CPU, far better than most. I mean sure, the jump to a 7820X would be a decent jump, but is there really anything that you do that would be worth the upgrade? A 5960X will do everything just fine, and a 7820X will probably only do marginally better.

If you're looking for productivity, the best jump would be to go Threadripper.
 
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Hmm, ok, good advice. So alright that's good to know, if I don't need to jump the CPU yet I won't because this build is primarily for GAMING at MAX SETTINGS specifically for Fallout 4 on an Asus PG348Q. So in that case then I'll focus on the jump on the card from the X Maxwell to the 1080Ti. I get some pretty heavy FPS drops in places in FO4, but I'm thinking a hopeful jump in card arch should fix that. I game on FO4 with a LOT of mods in place so that might have something to do with the FPS drops, but I want get as close to 70-90 FPS smooth as possible.

Next question, (might be silly but I apologize in adv.):
Q. Does any part of gaming performance come from a computer's CPU? Not the GPU or any part of the graphics card, but the CPU itself? I've been trying to OC the CPU to see if that makes any difference on game performance and it doesn't seem to too much.
 
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That's the better upgrade for gaming. CPUs don't matter so much at this point in time for gaming. Different story for productivity.

The 1080ti will hit 100+ FPS on a 2k monitor like that quite easily.
 
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3440x1440 is an ultrawide 2k monitor. 1440p is 2k, 2160p is 4k, and 4320p is 8k.

Threadripper is an AMD processor based on its new Zen architecture. All of the Zen CPUs are very, very good, especially for their price points. Threadripper 1950X is a 16 core 32 thread processor at $1000, which is the only processor at its price point to be 16C/32T. Ryzen is quite competitive with Intel, across the board, as it currently stands. Coffee Lake may pull ahead of Ryzen, but we'll see.
 
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Going from a Core i7 5960x to a 7820x would be a little bit of a jump in performance but probably not the leap you're expecting. I think you would be disappointed because everything will perform almost exactly the same. If you were going for something with more cores then I'd say yeah you would notice a difference for stuff like video encoding and stuff like that. It looks like you're doing an upgrade for gaming and specifically high resolution gaming. The GTX 1080 ti will be great for that. You're golden on the CPU though. Keep it.

As far as the resolutions go... 4K is 3840x2160, 3K is 2880x1620, 2.5K Ultra wide is 3440x1440, 2.5K is 2560x1440, 2K is 2048x1080, 1080p is 1920x1080, 720p is 1280x720.
 
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