Good price for the i7 6850k. Perfect for running minesweeper.
Also available for $704.81 (2 units in stock) @ Mwave eBay if you happen to have some targeted codes
Good price for the i7 6850k. Perfect for running minesweeper.
Also available for $704.81 (2 units in stock) @ Mwave eBay if you happen to have some targeted codes
Game is fine, just doesn't do the winning animation properly.
Highly recommend.
Makes 3D Pinball for Windows play amazingly on my XP gaming rig
Product page indicates you can redeem a copy of halo wars 2 from centrecom, might be worth adding to title
"Halo Wars 2 & Two additional games via redemption". I suspect the 2 extra games are Minesweeper and Solitaire.
Or you can just get ryzen 5 1600x for half the price and same performance..
Unless your usage benefits from quad-channel memory and 40 PCIe lanes.
Skylake-X is so close though..
Not gonna be cheap for awhile, though.
The 6th gen might appeal to people not running windows 10 eg win 7 for some nostalgic reason .
This or the 5930k? Any opinions or recommendations? Primarily for video work. Will try to overclock with water.
Seems like a pretty marginal difference http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1728?vs=1316
So whatever you find the better deal on really.
I've read the 5930 is easier to overclock past 4.4ghz as it's not as tightly packaged?
I have heard similar things. I got my 5820k to 4.5ghz without any major issues, using closed loop liquid cooling.
1600x is ~$350 and should easily match this with slight overclock. Otherwise 1700 is ~$430.
If you want it for gaming, why aren't you buying a 7700? If you want it for video encoding, why aren't you buying a Ryzen? If you want it for both, Ryzen is still the sweet spot. You losing ~3% gaming performance but gain 10-15%+ encoding/work load performance… And it's ~$250+ cheaper.
tl;Dr:
Gaming: 7700k
Workloads: Ryzen 7
Mixed (Gaming + workloads): Ryzen 7
This CPU has no place and should decrease in price further.
What about solitaire?