Time for upgrade

[Phanto]

Hey all,

Its been a while hope everyone's doing fine!

Right to the point, I'll be replacing most of my sig PC with this build:



MOBO:
ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

ASUS X99-A LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

CPU:
Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75820K Processor-Newegg.com

Heatsink FAN:
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+-Newegg.com

PSU:
EVGA SuperNOVA GS 220-GS-0650-V1 80 PLUS GOLD 650 W ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support Super Silent Continuous Power Supply-Newegg.com

RAM:
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Memory Kit Model CMK32GX4M4A2133C13 - Newegg.com

GPU:
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 DirectX 12 GV-N1070G1 GAMING-8GD 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card - Newegg.com


- I'm already set on the 5820K no need to go over that one. Where i could use some help is on the mobo, which one would you recommend within the $230 range? I don't plan on doing any SLI, but I will OC the CPU ( no liquid cooling though).

Any feedback regarding other parts are very welcome, cheaper, better, e.t.c.

Just fyi I will be using this PC mostly for gaming, VMWare, and lots of video transcoding.

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

[PP Mguire]

Why not save the cash and get yourself an Ebay high core count Xeon instead of bumping platforms when it won't matter?

 

[Phanto]

Not a fan of buying off ebay PC parts.
When you said

bumping platforms when it won't matter?

what do you mean by that?

I will not get a decent bump in performance compared to what I'm using right now?

 

[PP Mguire]

I went from a 3960x with an Asus X79 WS board to a Xeon 1650 V3 (basically 5930k) and eVGA X99 FTW K with no difference in performance (I only did it because free CPU and cheap review sample board from a friend). Since your 2500k is already at 4.5 you'll only get performance increases for gaming through a new GPU. The reason I said Ebay Xeon is because you can get SB-E 10 core samples for around 150 bucks a pop. Understand you don't trust Ebay, but you can return DOA samples for a replacement or refund. I already did it myself. This would be WAY better for VMs and transcoding than a 6 core that's being used in the background for gaming. Always remember, when running VMs your host will consume some of the resources and with a 6 core + HT you're limited to the amount of threads you can allocate. I'm sure you already know this, but if your VM work is serious you might want to consider a second machine in case new hardware crashes on you.