A 980X can still drive a 1080 ti without bottleneck.... What more can you possibly need? I personally have one clocked at 4.02 on all 6c/12t, then turbo up to 4.4 on 3c/6t, and 4.25 over all 6/12... 12GB DDR3 Triple Ch 1333 @ 1600... I have it paired with a 1060 6GB, and there isn't a game it can't melt like butter at 1080p 60+fps, well into the triple digits in many cases. Just check the 3Dmark databases, you'll find many a configurations of x58 systems of mine, with many a video card array as well. Right now I use this system over that of my 3rd and 4th gen ones, as it just outperforms them, plain and simple. My 980X is getting Passmark scores of 10,000-11,000... It beats 6800K's in all established benchmarks outside of specific AVX/AVX2 extension races... which has nothing to do with gaming anyway. If you think another CPU will make for a better time, you are looking in the wrong places for relief, and likely need to up your GPU, RAM, or other games inherent to performance.
@A 980X can still drive a 1080 ti without bottleneck.... What more can you possibly need? I personally have one clocked at 4.02 on all 6c/12t, then turbo up to 4.4 on 3c/6t, and 4.25 over all 6/12... 12GB DDR3 Triple Ch 1333 @ 1600... I have it paired with a 1060 6GB, and there isn't a game it can't melt like butter at 1080p 60+fps, well into the triple digits in many cases. Just check the 3Dmark databases, you'll find many a configurations of x58 systems of mine, with many a video card array as well. Right now I use this system over that of my 3rd and 4th gen ones, as it just outperforms them, plain and simple. My 980X is getting Passmark scores of 10,000-11,000... It beats 6800K's in all established benchmarks outside of specific AVX/AVX2 extension races... which has nothing to do with gaming anyway. If you think another CPU will make for a better time, you are looking in the wrong places for relief, and likely need to up your GPU, RAM, or other games inherent to performance.
Did you ever figure out a way to have bootable SATA-3/600 SSD or bootable NVMe-SSD on Intel x58 chipset? Would to happen to be an Aurora-R1 or Area51-R1 you speak of?
Tesla1856
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March 11th, 2018 15:00
There is nothing really better for that LGA-1366 socket. Remember, it's over 8 years old.
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Looking-to-Upgrade-my-ALIENWARE-AURORA-R4-to-an-LGA-1151/td-p/6031803
Time to build or buy a new computer. No use trying to tear this one apart. I suggest you use it somewhere secondary, sell it, or gift it to someone.
Yeah, I still use my Aurora-R1 (with i7-930). With SSD and GTX-1070 upgrades ... it seems to still have some life in it.
Of course, my newer Aurora-R6 is better. :Cool:
Artlin
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March 12th, 2018 03:00
Thank you for the response.
DeX99SS
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July 5th, 2018 16:00
A 980X can still drive a 1080 ti without bottleneck.... What more can you possibly need? I personally have one clocked at 4.02 on all 6c/12t, then turbo up to 4.4 on 3c/6t, and 4.25 over all 6/12... 12GB DDR3 Triple Ch 1333 @ 1600... I have it paired with a 1060 6GB, and there isn't a game it can't melt like butter at 1080p 60+fps, well into the triple digits in many cases. Just check the 3Dmark databases, you'll find many a configurations of x58 systems of mine, with many a video card array as well. Right now I use this system over that of my 3rd and 4th gen ones, as it just outperforms them, plain and simple. My 980X is getting Passmark scores of 10,000-11,000... It beats 6800K's in all established benchmarks outside of specific AVX/AVX2 extension races... which has nothing to do with gaming anyway. If you think another CPU will make for a better time, you are looking in the wrong places for relief, and likely need to up your GPU, RAM, or other games inherent to performance.
Tesla1856
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October 3rd, 2018 18:00
Did you ever figure out a way to have bootable SATA-3/600 SSD or bootable NVMe-SSD on Intel x58 chipset? Would to happen to be an Aurora-R1 or Area51-R1 you speak of?