Haswell-E i7-5960X Overclocking Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- We got our hands on the new Haswell-E 5960X from Intel. We of course immediately overclocked it as far as we could push it in as short amount of time as possible. Don't worry we're going to be overclocking it even more in the future with a full custom loop. We did both gaming and computer numbers to see how the new high end chip fares. In addition to performance numbers, we also took temperature readouts and power consumption numbers.
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Episode Credits:
Host: Linus
Writer: Christopher Lim
Editor: Edzel Yago
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I was burning in a 5960X the other day using Prime95. I had to render something using a 3D CAD program at the same time, so I stopped Prime95 to render my project. It took about 30 seconds longer than expected. Come to find out, I actually didn't turn off Prime95, but I barely noticed that it was running. These things are honest to god beasts.
Still running since late 2015 and I am barely looking into overclocking for video editing render speed increases. Testament to how good this CPU and gen was.
So I'm fiddling around with my phone while the video ends...
"We wanna hear from you....."
"you, personally...."
"Joe...."
well shit, that was creepy...
I have upgraded to the X99 platform (5930K) from the AMD AM3+ platform (8350). I've been blown away by the massive improvement in performance.
Its 2021 and I'm still rocking the 5960x.
Same, though I did just upgrade my system to the 12600k-z690mobo. I’m giving my 5960x beast to my wife to use for gaming/workshop.
Will be replacing my x99-a with x99-a ii to continue to run my 5960x. Hope all works.
@@clausbohm9807 still a decent cpu 👍🏻. Although I finally upgraded this year to an i9 12900k. Managed to sell the 5960x on eBay, it’s life continues!
My Core i7 5820K scores 7 points lower in Cinebench than the 5960X scores. Mine's overclocked to 4.6 GHz, however. Though mine loses out once the Extreme Edition gets overclocked.
Still not bad for a $400 processor. It went into a gaming PC, so there really was no point in me getting anything faster and more expensive. I'm cooling mine on air, by the way.
still running this 5 years later no complaints
That 3fps performance gain, was that overclocked?
Also I am still happy with my i7 2600k @ 4.2 ;)
I have a i7 2600k, overclock but also .... I do not know how, any help :)
Yes. The problem is BF4 isn't all that CPU-intensive game to begin with so... meh. They should have test it on Planetside 2. That game is both CPU-intensive and GPU-intensive so the GPU and CPU runs hot when running that game.
Oyamada13 Even better ROME 2, CPU heavy as duck.
This is not a gaming CPU, more for productivity. If you buy this CPU just for gaming, you are completely mad
Brian Manuel
You will see ENORMOUS increase if you overclock that. Also just search for a video on how O.o
im running my i7 2600k at 5ghz. been that way since i bought it a few yrs ago and videos like this further assures me that i dont need to upgrade. i do want the nvidia 970 cause im still running a 560ti
Still running the 5960X . It has been overclocked for 8 years now. With the x99L Krait. Just upgrading graphics cards from time to time.
I built a comp recently with this chip, I can run any game at highest settings with ease at stock settings on the chip itself. This thing is a monster. You can get this chip for $899 at Micro Center.
My locked 4770 has served me well. I may get a Haswell-e for my next build, but I doubt I'll ever need 2011 anything.
I'm running an ancient LGA775 platform with an overclocked Q9650 and it's incredible how well it performs even now.
Just bought a 5960x from micro center(in store only) for 899.99... Finally upgrading from x58 i7 920!
Just upgraded from my i7 860 rig to this with a 250GB SSD and 16GB of DDR4. Can't wait to see how it performs when I receive it!
I'm running PM45 , which is Core 2 Duo Penryn dual core X9100 at 3.3GHZ on my Asus G50VT laptop, still my main machine these days!
That being said, for number crunching horsepower, an i5-8500 SFF PC is like 120 bucks on a popular auction site all day long and is about 75% of the performance the 5960X .
I AM upgrading as of tonight when I finally order everything. I am coming from the z68 platform; i7 2600K w/ the RoG Maximus Extreme-Z and 32GB of Corsair Vengeance ram. I will be purchasing the Asus Deluxe X99 with the 5960x and 16GB of...well...I'm stuck between Corsair and Gskill. My current rig is all watercooled, chipset and all, by two 360 rads and a 240 rad all in push-pull. The current and will remain current case is a desk-case built by myself, EXTREMELY simular to L3P's desk case. The reason for my upgrade: Mostly just to have an enthusiast grade chip- I've always wanted one, so I have the money now...so why not get one? My current video card is a GTX690; this may stay the case until the 980's come out...then I may sell my 690 for very little to my nephew and go tri-sli for the the 980's. I currently also only have two 1080P monitors. Honestly with the gtx690, it cannot handle more than 2 at a decent FPS; so if I was to upgrade my video cards, I will also probably upgrade to some higher res monitors.
I recently upgraded to x99 from z68, and I love it!
Specs:
Core i7 5960x @ 4ghz w/ Corsair h100
Asus Rampage V Extreme
4x8GB G.Skill 2400mhz ram
512GB Samsung 850 Pro
Corsair AX1200
HD 7970
I have a 930 i7 overclocked to a 3.4 from a 2.8, This is running on the x58 platform and suits me well coming from a core 2 quad q6600. Both Systems paired with a 5750 run all the games i have tried.
5 year old i7-920 2.66 oc'd to 3.2 (air) 12GB DDR3 and a 260GTX. Was quite a beast at the time.
Planning to build a new 4k system sometime next year, not sure what I'll put in it yet since hardware changes.. Right now I'm torn between more cores and higher clock speeds. I'll probably go DDR4 though since the price will have dropped.
Just so you guys are aware, there is some static on your mic around the 4 minute mark. Hope this helps!
Upgrading from a 6 year old XPS m1730 because I've been too poor/lazy to upgrade sooner...the performance upgrade will be monstrous!
I actually just did upgrade about 2 months ago. I upgraded from my old X58 system. i7 920. To the new 4790K.
That not-so-subtle transition at 5:18
I'm upgrading from a 7 year old macbook laptop to x99 with a 5930k. I'm pretty excited about being able to do some video editing and 3d work.
these are the new i7 990X and they'll be beastly and bottleneck free for years to come! I'm just now able to afford to buy one.
A used 5960X that will touch 4.75Ghz @1.300 volts.
I'll keep it for several more years.
upgrading from a i5 6600K@4.8
Still working flawlessly here, what a beast :)
Yeah...we're running a fx8350 oc'd with a h110 for cooling... And we're drooling all over the place for this new exciting x99 platform and all it's goodies!! :-D Looking forward for a 5930K review! At least that's what's on my wishlist right now...and just waiting for the ram memory to come down to earth with those prices :-)
My name is Joe and you just really freaked me out. great review thank you!
im considering an update from i7 2600 (none "k") to the 5820K is it worth? how much of a gain in performance will i see (video rendering) and can i put my ddr3 ram on that motherboard?
Right now i'm running a 3930k with a gtx 690, looking to upgrade to a 5960x, Rampage V extreme, and 32GB DDR4. Ill be upgrading because besides playing FPS, I do a good amount of photo/video rendering, and use Microsoft Flight Simulator X. FSX is very CPU intensive, and more frames allows for greater immersion. This is critical when you are practicing up on procedures, etc, and need everything to be smooth and responsive.
Still running Rampage iii Black edition x58 Intel core i7 990x 24GB's Corsair Dominator GT 2133MHz one GTX Titan all water cooled n overclocked temps don't go over 40c happy with it but hoping to update soon!
I'm upgrading from an AM3 Phenom x6 1055T also my video cards are 2xGTX560's to a GTX 980 so yes I'm getting a huge performance boost. Also really want to get my hands onto Avid and start messing around with it.
Sitting back with my 3770K@4.5, still feel OP for another two years.
I have an i5-2500k @ 4.1GHz, and it still handles most games really well! The bottleneck in my PC is probably my graphics card, an XFX Radeon 6850.
Why does the power consumption of the OCed CPU goes up in idle? Wouldn't it make more sense to only change the Turbo Boost clockspeeds to 4.5Ghz, and therefore the idle power consumption would stay the same?
No...semi-recently upgraded my rig to a 4770k...i suspect I'll be hanging onto it for quite a while...haven't bothered overclocking it yet
just upgraded from my phenom 2 x6 1055t to a 4690k. improvement across the board, the msi guard pro was works fantastically and my ssd performance shot up like mad. game performance went up allot as well on my his 6970 as now games will max out my gpu and utilize it more often, i guess my cpu was doing some funky stuff and that led to certain games not being able to use all of my gpu. very happy, gna get a 980/ti when it is released
Running an Asus P68 Deluxe with a 3770k, no plans on upgrading as of yet, will wait for mainstream DDR4 cpu's and mobos.
Core i5 2500K running at 4.5Ghz, 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz (2x2gb + 2x4gb), GTX660 Twin Frozr OC Edition. Initially had just the 2x2gb ram hence the weird config. I am considering scrapping the 2x2gb for a 2x8gb for a total of 24gb. I do play some games, but generally I am doing a LOT of stuff all at once so my memory usage is generally 60-80%, and I also do video capture and editing (vhs conversion) which takes up more memory than I imagined.
I also have a 120GB OCZ Agility III SSD from 3+ years ago that is showing its age compared to my laptop's Samsung 840 Evo...
Since you asked, I'm still on a P45 platform (that is socket 775), running a Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.51GHZ
that test bench looks like a wreck with all these wires going everywhere x).
I'm thinking of getting the 5820K, problem is I don't know whether to get it or just go for i7 4790K my PC will only be used for gaming, but I also want it to last as long as possible in terms of performance longevity. Seeing the benchmark you posted about Battlefield 4 which is the only game I play at the moment, I'm leaning towards the i7 4790K due to it being much cheaper and only having 3 frames less. Should I just get the 4790K or do you think it isn't a bad idea to go for the 5820K instead?
Just built my comp.
i7-4790K
Corsair H100i
Gigabyte Z97-UD3H
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB
Samsung EVO 840 250GB
XFX 750 Modular PSU
(Still to get:
GTX 770
16GB dual channel Kingston HyperX Fury (24GB RAM total)
24" BenQ Monitor)
I'll probably upgrade from a X58 ( Core i7 930 ) to the new platform, seems reasonable. Since my R3E is getting older too, i might as well just buy everything new.
Running FM2 here... No need of upgrading. However, I think it's profitable to everyone that X99 exists. I mean, it doesn't hurt the people that do not use it, and it brings in large chunks of money to Intel and motherboard/RAM manufacturers that make DDR4 and 2011-3 motherboards, that they can put on creating products for all price brackets, pay their employes or maybe lower their other prices slightly. Everybody profit from high end stuff!
grabbed an asus deluxe x99, 32gb corsair dominator, and 5960x from newegg, adding it to my 3x r9 290x vapor X's, raid 0 ssd setup, and into my luxe pro
Still running happily on my x58 i7 930. Tempting to upgrade though.
hey linus , i can hear some echo , i think it might because of your location or something is wrong with the mic.
I have LGA 1150 right now, i5 3570k, still perfectly sufficient for most things but give it 2-3 years and it will certainly start showing it's age.
My i5-4570 will rock my games for quite some time. No need for upgrade there.
Isn't 8-core way overkill for gaming? Wouldn't a 6-core with a higher clock speed be much more efficient for gaming?
I'm using an FX6100 right now but i'm planning on upgrading to an i7 4790k
upgrading from E7300 to a 5820K in October ... So ya a VERY BIG upgrade for me XD
Coming from an i7-950 thinking about finally doing the upgrade . Running it @ max 3.8GHz Overclock
I have upgraded. I'm on a X99-S with 5820K, DDR4 is giving me hell! Even at stock sometimes when I restart I get a memory error and have to power down and cold boot. This is after I had to dial in all my OC settings manually because leaving most things on auto was an unstable mess.
Can't wait to get my hands on the 5930K!
Great video.
2:58 Other octa and "deca" core? Somebody correct me and tell me what does dual, quad, hex, octa called and what are 10 or 12 cores called.
Running an ANCIENT i7 860 on the P55 chipset. I'm not going to the X99 though, I'll stay back at Z97 for that ITX goodness.
If I can land a productivity job I will definitely upgrade to X99 from Z77, the reason being I could actually use my machine for productivity and not just entertainment. $1200 on a cpu that may give me 3 FPS isn't a good enough reason. 3770k and a 780ti is all I need.
content creation with adobe suite running a 478 socket system with pentium 4 2.8 and 1.5gigs DDR ram. And im not trolling...5-10 min for a pdf export and cant playback 1080p on premiere (or generally on my machine)....help ncix
I'll hold off, I'm running an ancient i5 2500 and honestly with my 770 I get over 100fps in all the games I actually play so for now no point in upgrading. Eventually of course I'll build a new system. I am hoping that the i5 will hold me over until the prices on the "next gen" stuff level out a bit over the course of the next year or two.
I cant barely stabalist my i7 5960x at 4.0ghz at 1.35.
I'm dying to push it to 4.5ghz but what is a safe Voltage to push it to. Im using a custom loop with 3x480mm rads.
You guys should test the chips by compiling code. I would love to see how it can handle that kind of a workload, it's much different than rendering, or doing simulations, and it's something programmers do every day.
Man Intel better think of a new game plan to get gamers to want these chips... Ever since I've experienced the difference between my old hex i7-970 and current 4770k.. It just doesnt matter any more... such a little difference in actual fps and noticeable performance... and in most cases the 4 core stomps the hex in gaming... and yet again here we are a whole 3 fps... It's exciting seeing a crazy 8 core come out but theres no motivation unless you work with 3d models or level design etc.. None the less, good review like always...
Thats because most games dont support more than 8 threads. Of course you wont notice any difference if 4 threads of the 6core and 8 threads of the 8core arent even utilized. Its not Intels Fault, it is the lazy gaming industry that is developing for console exclusively which would be even outdated in the stoneage. Those CPUs are mostly for Content Creators and Professional Usage anyway. That is why their price tag is so high.
These cpu's aren't aimed at gamers at all. Intel never planned for them to be bought by gamers because they know there's no difference in fps. The only reason a pure gamer would buy an x99 chip is for Epeen and that's why intel aren't even trying to promote them as gaming chips
***** I gonna buy one for futureproofness. And in 2015 several games will roll out that are PC exclusive and will support even the 8core. Then in combination with DirectX12 i will have an solid plattform for years on which i even can do heavy workloads.
TheLordOfWar
Future proofing is a bad excuse to buy hardware. First of all there will be other components in the future that matter and may not be compatible with what you have, second of all if you just buy what you need when you need it it's a lot cheaper and doesn't go to waste
1) These CPU's are not meant for games.
2) Games can't utilize the power of these CPU's properly.
im going from a x58(965) now. Plan is to build a realy silent x99 based computer. What parts would you guys choose for a silent gaming platform?
Well done. I'm thinking up upgrading from the Z77 platform. I have an 3770K and want at least the 5820K on X99.
Well im in process of upgrading from my core2quad extreme. Qx9650 on gigabyte motherboar. Running ddr2 and q9550 on msi motherboard x48c platinum. ddr3 1333mhz
I picked up gskill 2133 4x4gb in black and an asus x99 deluxe. Still saving and trying to decide on which cpu. I really want 8core, but cost is making me lean towards 5820k for now and save more. Will be in a corsair 900d, with all xspc watercooling. White tube and black fittings. Dual 60mm thick rads. 480mm and a top mounted 360mm. Have two by 120gb ocz SSDs, and 2x2tb mechanical drives
I want to upgrade, cause it's faster, don't REALLY need it, but you know how it is. Now running a 4930K. I game, but I also do photography and video, and for time lapse from raw files, more CPU power is a big time saver, and this looks to be a very big time saver.
Not upgrading, but I like to see how they actually are making strides to have bigger, and better chips come out. I currently have a i7 4770k Not overclocked at the moment.
Gonna go from Z87 straight to X99. life is sweet.
I'm thinking of upgrading from a Core I5 2380p on Z68 to the 5820k and Asus X99 Deluxe for a few reasons. In fact I am thinking of upgrading my entire rig for 4k since the Asus 4k monitor is $600 right now. Plan to pick up the upcoming 2 GTX 980's as well.
i5 5400K overclocked to 4.3ghz, Maxed out 32gb DDR3 RAM, GTX 570 Fermi Graphics Card Unlocked, P67 R3 MOBO, 3-240 GB OCZ vertex 3 SSD's on RAID 0, in all I love my computer still, it's lightning fast and I won't upgrade until there is something I desperately need that my setup won't run, this new technology is pretty cool, apart from the processor which agreed is impressive on how little power it uses, I would get the X99 Just to run 64 GB of RAM, that would make my day, and honestly If I had a couple grand to plunk down on it willy nilly I would.
I'm running on a h67 platform with an i7 2600k at 3.4 ghz... would upgrading be a good option. to run latest games in ultra??
I've been running my 2600k since three years back and I'm pleased :) after about 3 months I OC'd it to 4.2 GHz and had it running at that for two and a half year before I recently restored it back to normal.
I started out as a gamer but now I'm more into the code and I am in no need of a big, bulky, computer so I'm working on a migration to my Corsair 250D-chassi that is standing next to my main rigg. The only thing I have to decide about is wether or not to buy a used Z68-board or a new Z97 - or should one go for a X99? ...
Any news from Asus about using too much Pins on Socket/CPU ? Who will take care of Warranty if CPU is not used in orig. CPU Socket ? ( on asus board the cpu socket got more pins then it should )
i'm using a 3570K @ 4.4 ghz. I'm not so much upgrading as thinking of getting a second computer for work. Think I will go with the 5820K, so way I can afford/justify the extreme edition
I have i7 3280 or wathever its called for 2011 socket and overclocked to 4,9ghz and np there runs smooth and very stable...watercooled ofc i abput to buy the new i7 ex but i wonder how much i can overclock it?
I would love to upgrade from a i7 2600 to a new x99 CPU but the cost is too high for me
If i overclock my 5960x to 4.4GHZ how long will it survive the heat.I got it watercooled with a H110 tempreture while at gaming at stock is 30c tops at ambient of 22
+Swag master 696969 What did you use for cooling?!?
***** No wonder! You don't overclock with the stock fan.
Zakaria Maftah That too, lol I forgot.
Mother of pearl, your benchmarking setup makes my pc look like a 99p McDonalds mayo chicken.
I've been waiting for a real upgrade and I think this might be it.
Currently I have my Asus x58 Sabertooth with an i7-950 @ 4.0ghz on air and I'd be looking at the Extreme chip.
I have I7 4770 and my reander take about 1.30 to 2hours for an 30 mins video. So i am going all out and getting the i7 5960x and gtx980, 32 GB drr4 ram and asus X99-e ws Motherboard
Will it run minecraft????
Is that a joke?
depends
Probably not
Not any better then a 4770k
it cant dumbass doesn't have integrated graphics you need to get a separate gpu!!
I have been running and old EVGA X58 1366 with a 6 core 980X processor and a EVGA 580 VC. All watercooled. I have been toying around with upgrading for sometime. And because I've been in the "X" platform I wanted to wait until the X99 became available to make a decision. Though X99 is a very exciting platform I am not sure you gain much over a tricked out Z97 setup. If you do a lot of video rendering then YES the X99 is the way to go. With those 8 cores the X99 will crush anything out there. However, if you are primarily using the system for gaming you could build a great system with the power efficient Z97. For gaming you really don't need to go crazy on the CPU, you could get by just fine with an i5 (though I would still use an i7) because games don't really utilize the multi-threading of the i7 CPU. Four threads will work great. The video is where most of the magic is happening. As for a video card the sweet spot right now is the GTX 760 with one caveat, I would suggest getting the GTX 760 with 4 gigs of DDR5. With some games 2gigs may not be enough. What it comes down too, as always. You need to ask yourself what YOU need to do with the machine and build a machine to those needs. There are so many good options out there right now and if your not careful you could easily overbuy a machine for what you really need it to do.
I upgrade last week to the 5960x. I used the Asus x99 deluxe motherboard. I just did the EZ overclock to 4 Ghz.. That was my upgrade from a i7 860 from 2009. Use it for video editing and pictures. I'm not a gamer.
hmm wonder if i upgrade my pentium 233 mmx to this if i can render faster
that extra power tho the 223 is a 17w tdp part dunno if the upgrade will be worth it seeing my bill will go through the roof
Running with first gen i7- 860 2.8 with 3.4 turbo, MSI LGA 1156 Motherboard. 500W Thermatake PS, and an MSI 7770 GC.
Planning on building new PC with:
Processor- i7 3770 3.5ghz- turbo 3.9
Board- ASRock z77 extreme 4
RAM- corsair vengeance 1866 DDR3
GC- Evga Gtx 780 3gb
PS- Corsair CX 750w semi-Mod
What does everyone think?
I have a i5 2500k on a Z68 platform but it cant crossfire (mirco atx), which i plan to do in the future once my 280x starts to lag behind. Whats a good current gen alternative at a reasonable price?
The new intel stuff is pretty much just for bragging rights the z97 stuff is still fine and better than most stuff out there today. Might as well just wait for the 14nm stuff which will bring lower tdp and better overclocking hopefuly
Beyond 4.6 you wont notice that much difference in performance anyway. And since there isnt a single game out there (yet) that supports 12 or 18 threads those are actualy kinda unfair comparisions. Once Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous come out which will support those cpus since those games arent slowed down by 6 year old hardware next to the TV and DirectX 12 around the corner I am very sure that we will see some nice performance increases. Of course those CPUs and this plattform in general isnt really meant for gamer. X is for Enthusiasts and Professionals. Z is for the majority of people.
Looking to upgrade around Christmas time. Going from a sandybridge i5 to an i7. I want to get in on the ddr4 perks
When I have the money (probably by Feb) I will be upgrading to the lowest of the 6-cores. I don't need the extra PCIe lanes but coming from a Z77 i5 it will feel nice and snappy.
Dam intel fanboys. AMD realeases 140w cpu omg so hot they crazy. intel releases 140w cpu omg so powerful who cares about tdp. figures.
The AMD cpu still has 8 cores the same as the previous cpu's just higher clock speed, The Intel cpu on the other hand has 8 Physical cores 16 threads new architecture not just higher clock speeds
And there's the thing with AMD TDP being calculated differently than intel's TDP.
AMD aims more towards raw hardware specifications (more cores, higher clock speed, etc), this means that they will have higher TDP chips, Intel on the other hand has worked a lot more in the mobile platform, and uses both hardware specs and CPU technology to run their chips... Intel's mobile development comes into play because they can shrink transistor size allowing for slightly higher performance and a quite major boost in power efficiency, since they have worked with the mobile platform, they can integrate these pros into their desktop cpus much easier, shrinking the transistor size, while still keeping their tech, and using the extra space no longer used by the size of the transistors to add more transistors and other such things to improve performance... This essentially means that since their cpu draws more TDP, it'll run much faster than a cpu by AMD that uses the same TDP... It's not the fact that AMD uses a larger TDP that people complain, its the performance per watt of TDP that people complain about... If the performance were higher, then nobody would be complaining because AMD would have a truly justifiable reason for the power draw.
im considering upgrading from p55 with an i7 860 to x99 with the 5820k because it looks to be a similar level of value (perf./$) to that of a 4790k but it's a hexacore....
I'm happy with my i5 2500k and i5 3570k i don't think i will be upgrading until my CPU's die unlike my GPU which gets upgraded every 1-3 years.
my platform now is 4790k with sabertooth z87 motherboard, maybe the next upgrade its z97 mb but i dont know if i get any performance+ with an z97
What was the name if the cooler? I am thinking about upgrading, my PC broke so I'm planning to go all out :D
You've asked for it. Im considering upgrading my GPU and RAM. Hopefully, i can just buy one... and another one... and just put them in as addition, because i have top level motherboard and best price/performance cpu/gpu with a lot of space to expand.
core 2 duo 775 oc to 2.7 from 2.2
Much performance very good
Pentium Dual Core 2.0Ghz (can't oc) Get on my level!
it lets me play wow(poorly)
logan jennings it lets me play aion, neverwinter, and tera (poorly)
Six-core i7 and keyboard from 1993. Get on my level.
I am personally waiting for Broadwell 14nm. I'm coming from a legendary i7 920 running on X58. I have an SSD that my motherboard can't fully use because it still uses SATA1. Its quite sad. Hopefully will upgrade to 6-core and 32GB of DDR4 RAM from 12GB.
If Broadwell is disappointing could always just stick to the new Haswell-E since its using the new DDR4 RAM as well.
yes - I'm running msi x79 big bang 2 and 3930k. Going to 5960x with msi x99 xpower s.