The best Bang for my Buck?

[Clueless Builder]

Im looking to build another pc and am wondering whats a good processor to get? LGA 2011. I was looking at 3960X but I then saw the 3930K and there not that different.

 

[nna2]

go for the 3930K, the only differences ark.intel.com states is the 3960x has a 15MB cache, and is clocked 100MHz faster

 

[Raidur]

What are your uses?

 

[randomkid]

Im looking to build another pc and am wondering whats a good processor to get? LGA 2011. I was looking at 3960X but I then saw the 3930K and there not that different.

Yes. And whatever difference in features is definitely not worth the price.

 

[bartholomew]

For gaming & a fair amount of multithreaded work, the i5 3570k would be a better choice, IMO.

 

[Clueless Builder]

Use= Gaming, Recording, editing, Mulit- tasking, etc.

 

[bartholomew]

IMO, The i7 3770k would be the best option for your needs.
Although, if you are not doing heavy editing, which would benefit from HT, then the i5 3570k would be better.

 

[Clueless Builder]

Aight well my current mobo has socket 2011 and thats a 1155 can you refer me a good 1155 mobo?

 

[bartholomew]

A great board - ASUS Maximus V Gene - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131830

If you are looking for something cheaper
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H & GA-Z77X-UD5H are also good choices.

 

[Clueless Builder]

Best answer selected by Clueless Builder.

 

[Clueless Builder]

Ok great! Thanks alot bartholomew.

 

[JimF_35]

I would not go from a 2011 to 1155 because the 1155 is due to be phased out. The new Ivy Bridge-E 2011 was going to come out this year which would make the old Ivy Bridge CPUs out dated. It would be cheaper for you to upgrade with in your current MoBos socket and wait for the new realeases that are due at the end of the year than it would be to get a new MoBo and CPU.

There is also rumor that the next Tock chip might be out this year, the Haswell 1150 chips which would require a new MoBo and probably RAM. So if you went back to a 1155 you would end up having to by a new MoBo when the Haswells come out.

As for bang for the buck. Like said above it all depends on what you are doing. If you are using it for games then most games do not take advantage of multi-core CPUs and get most benifits from a good GPU graphics card. If it is rendering however then CPU is important. If you are over clocking then you will need an Unlocked CPU (ones that end with letters like K and X). If it was me I would go with a 3930K. It is a decent price around $500 and has the ability to do most of what you want.

I hope this helps.