Building an X99 Gaming PC with the i7-6950X, and RTX 3070 Ti in 2024 is definitely something special. However it’s even more special when you account for used bargains and then compare the mid-range RTX 3070 Ti on this platform vs the i9-13900K.
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00:00 THIS looks like an interesting combo, X99 and a crazy cheap i7-6950x, Build total with some juicy Deals (thanks marco!)
02:15 Fixing up the Salvaged Focus G Case
03:01 Tuning up an i7-6950x with a Huananzhi Aliexpress motherboard?
07:14 Gaming performance, testing out Fortnite, Spiderman and Robocop
08:01 Benchmark graphs of i7-6950x vs i9-13900K with RTX 3070 Ti.
08:59 Closing thoughts on X99, power consumption and recommendation.
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Yo quiero almar una PC de esta
Waoo que bien โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
if you dont mind still using a 1070 gpu its good. but if you upgrade you bottleneck
Still using mine. With rx580 I bought it 2 years ago. Still rocking!
is a 5820k still any goo for gaming?
My PC Setup is MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC + I9 7900X + 8×8 GB / 4000mhz + RTX 4090 + 1200W PSU = Very good 4k gaming in 2024
6950x is kinda pricey. I like using the 8 core $40 e5 1680 v3 with unlocked multplier
I have 256Gb of DDR4 R Dimms and an E5-2699 v3 just sitting round. Whelp, time to build yet another X99 monster……
Some cases like mine (Corsair 4000X) where you need to mount the fans behind the metal mounting plate (Mine have a cutout to show the LED rings on the fans)
i have that exact motherboard but with xeon 12c 24t, pretty good looking board
but this main dosen't have TPM
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Just forget expensive I7 on X99 Mb. A cheap chinese Xeon, like the E5 2680 or 90 V4 will deliver stunning perfs for.. 20 $…
Its better to get proper motherboard from MSI or Asus on ebay because these chips rely on OC a lot, the difference between what is shown and what can be achieved with good motherboard is ~30-40% increase. I don't see the point in buying x99 no more since you can buy entry level mobo for i3 or i5 13th gen and get higher results in games than a decade old hardware. I built my x99 system when there was only 8700k available and crappy 1800x which 5820k beaten the sh*t out of it when properply OC'd with all cores, cache, ram freq and timings tuned to its minimums. I upgraded to 10700k later on and did the same all around OC and there wasn't a huge difference between 5960x and that chip. My 5960x was so fast after all settings tuned it even beaten 3900x as far as I remember, i even did comparison videos, its only with 5000 series AMD was faster than almost a decade old cpu for 1k$ lol If anyone planning to go this route i can recommend few things : buy msi board , asus wasn't very good with x99 unless its rampage edition, try to get 3200 mhz ram cl14 – bdie used, doesn't matter, they come with life time warranty, x99 cpus have pretty fragile memory controller so running it full speed like i did at 3250mhz will probably degrade it, i ran at 1.28v which was considered safe but still degraded pretty quickly , could be because of all crazy prim95 tests i did etc, who knows but some other users said they replaced several 5960x as well due to failing imc quickly, broadwell-e is better in this regard.
x99 .. test plz a xeon .. a e5 1669 v3.. is the best that u can test
I want to buy a 6950x and pair it with 4080 and see how well it performs. I have everything else just would need to upgrade those 2. I sold my 6850k a year ago.
Beautiful since Intel 13gen is garage
Bonkers
The market has probably died because of Windows 11. People are realizing that there is a possibility that their "new" gaming rig is going to be a virus fest in little over a year. There are work arounds but some people just cannot be bothered. They are probably looking to spend a little more and Go post 8th Gen which i believe is the cutoff for win 11 support. I love the x79 and x99 as a platform but their only safe future is on Linux.
Amazing ๐คฉ
Damn that gpu is waiting more than your gran at the cross walk.
sold my gaming pc last month for some reason, had 6800k laying around for years and i just ordered asrock x99 extreme and XFX 6750xt refurbish all around 400 USD i guess that will do
nah man that is definetly not 400$ build, PSu with 3070ti for 230 is WILD
I just got a X99-E WS with a E5-2699v3 loaded into her (No RAM, storage, etc) for $100 CAD. Loaded it with 64GB Corsair LPX for $110CAD, and threw my RTX3060 in there. This thing has been being an absolute beast despite its age.
X99 isnt exactly what comes to mind when it comes to value. They're still expensive and I'd had to replace 3 of them
I built an X99 build in 2016, 6850K with 2x EVGA 1080 FTW. Upgraded to a 1080TI when NVIDA killed SLI. Still running it. Probably going to upgrade before next year when Microsoft stops issuing security updates for windows 10.
It's good. But I have to wonder, isn't it better to just get an I3 10100 for pennies? In fornite you will get 200+ fps most of the time, more mainstream, lower power consumption, better security, etc…
Who needs 10 cores to play games anyways.
Will the x99 do really well playing gt6 according to specs?
Watching this on my HP z640 with an X99 E5-2699 v4
Still rocking my X99 Extreme CPU with 3090ti. This machine (Alienware Area 51 with 64gb of RAM) has been chugging for me since 2017. Itโs a gaming beast and in Blender itโs amazing.
Theres an iBios engineer custom BIOS for this mainboard – you could also try that (although it needs to be flashed with an external programmer)
I just built a E5 2650 V2 Xeon on a X79 board. I put a rx 6500 Xt on it and am playing games. I put 32 gigs of memory for $20. I think I invested just over $250 for the whole thing plus a ssd and a new case. The cpu is an 8 core 16 thread. It's doing everything I wanted to do with it, youtube, videos, and some games like warthunder.
Here B450 + 3600 is always best used deal, old Intels for some reason are crazy expensive especially on eBay, little bit less on local marketplace but still expensive.
There are so many other retired chips after the 2011, why is China only producing x99 motherboards? We need a cheap LGA4189 motherboard.
Where could you get used 6950x for $100? I have been looking for 2y on eBay and the least expensive ones were at $175.
Its not worth it. The energy cost alone is cost prohibitive.
trying to get a Godlike x99 board sent in an offer on one that has Bios issues which is unfortunately very common in them (MSI tictoc death counter) planning on flashing reprogramming a new chip and soldering it on if not both bios chips (it has two you can switch between) any who here you can pick up a 14-core xeon and some 18core ones for under $40 used and even $30 used V4 of course… I was eyeing these boards but they just seem way to under whelming plus the Xeons run 135-145watts that and no usb 3.1 it's all just standard IO from early 2000's it feels like. it's awesome they are there, gives an option looking at an E5-2699 V4 E5-2698 V4 and a E5-2673 V4 there is a couple of them I am finding tempting just as a temp use because like said under $40 ๐
A special build that turned into a cheap ass jank
That poor cpu with the 3070
Why not do a OC video on the 6950x?
Got them for 80$
Did you try putting the ram in the right slots? You have the 4 sticks in the wrong ones to do quad channel memeory, plus different brands of ram it seems. I have an x99 godlike gaming it's picky about that just fyi.
X99 is only viable if you get the mobo gifted. b450 + r5 4500 is like 120โฌ new, and will beat the i7 6950x in gaming easily
My only concern is reliability and quality of those x99 Chinese made motherboards shipped from China. Any brand/models are trustworthy?