What I am looking for is an approximate 4~5 year build. So the biggest question is which of the two platforms is the better bet when it comes to the next few years. Which one will get better support and will have a brighter future?
I will buy a 980 Ti (perhaps at the same time or in the future).
But honestly at this point the Graphics is not what bothers me.
What bothers me is which one of these two CPUs is the better bet in terms of longevity.
So the two builds I got over here are the following:
Perhaps I need to mention that the parts I can get are only the ones available from a company in my country (Bulgaria), they don't even have the 212 EVO, most of the parts there are place holder, the GPU is the cheapest Ti available on their website (jarcomputers.com, no english sorry) and the mobo is also the cheapest X99 available on theri website.
X99 hands down if going intel Z170 just does not cut it for me. if your going to be keeping a platform for 4 years or more the more pcie lanes the better. the more stata connectors the better. and most importantly if not getting top of the line chip now the ability to get the top dog chip when people start selling them off for dirt cheep. and Z170 just does not tick any of those boxes for me. its a slap in the face after what we saw with X99
z170 can be argued for if you're not going to overclock anything, but you shouldn't really get z170 if you're not going to OC either way.
X99 is the second coming of X58, one of the most long lived platforms there is. 5820k overclocks very well, and a 5820k at 4.4ghz is going to dance around a 6700k no matter how hard you push it really.
A 6700k overclocked to 4.7ghz gets the same score as a stock 5820k does in cinebench R15, around 1000 points. A 5820k at 4.4ghz which most can do at very safe voltages gets 1300. Combine that with twice the memory bandwidth, more pci-e lanes, higher quality all around since its a server socket at heart. Efficiency isn't very different either, intel dropping FIVR really screwed up skylake's efficiency on the desktop platform.
Broadwell-e is in the wild as engineering samples, and it wont be long before those launch and utterly destroy kaby lake and skylake.
More cores will hold the test of time better than less slightly faster ones, time has shown this again and again with stuff like the core 2 quad vs duo argument 10 years ago.
Without a graphics card around 2100 BGN (leva), the site is www.jarcomputers.com Their website is slow and the google index of the website is not very usable as they remove products often from their database and replace them with updated info or price and etc.
Without the power supply the build costs 1868.70 BGN which leaves about 235 BGN for the power supply.
I have been told to stay away from most companies mentioned there when it comes to PSUs but honestly this is my first real build, so I am not that experienced.
You were not kidding about this website being slow.
I am chugging my way through, but I did come across a cooler master V series PSU. It is 650 watts which is plenty of power and it is the same price as that cheap corsair unit. However it is actually a very very well built and high quality power supply.
I am also thinking that you should just go with the asrock board. The MSI is better, but it does not justify the price. The asrock board will serve you plenty well enough.
I am still trying to navigate through the site, so please be patient.
but you should buy a 4K display over a 980ti, because the $600 or so spent on that GPU is going to get you 20-30% more performance in a few months. What's your current display?
Here is the thing, my monitor is so old and borken at this point that I am having headaches just having to look at it, it's an old SyncMaster 711 MP, I encourage you to google it, it's OOOOOOLLLLLDDD! But my father has a friend that will hook me up with two 30/27 inch monitors, really cheap ones, but should be fine for productivity (UnrealEngine 4 can really do with the extra screen space when debugging blueprints and such). But in the future I will get a 4K monitor or 120hz monitor for gaming, what ever I feel like, but that will be at least one year from now.