I'm currently on an Intel X79 chipset. Should I bounce to the X299? Or save some money and upgrade to an X99 based motherboard?

bill1024
What CPU do you have now?
What do use the computer for?
What is your budget?
Some more info may give people a better idea as to help you.
Just some food for thought.
If you have a quad core now, there are cheap used server pulls on Ebay E-1650 hexcore CPUs for 75$
They are multiplier and BCLK unlocked and they overclock very well. They are like the i7-3960K CPU 6 core 12 threads.
I have a few of these running and they crunch BOINC very well, running at 4,5ghz 1.33v  Run fairly cool too low mid 50c 100% load, AIO cooler.
There are E5-2670 8 core and 16 threads for just over 100$
That may hold you over for a while.
My E5-1650 and GTX1080 play every game I throw at it high/ultra setting no problem.

I really only Game online, Youtubing, iTunes and very light photo editing. I was researching online that even some X99A Motherboards would support my current CPU and memory is that true? I don't design graphics or video edit. How will this move even wow me over? Would it better to go with an X99A motherboard and get a little bit of a performance upgrade? 
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz /Turbo Boost 4GHz
Budget: I'm selling the following used parts on eBay maybe? Intel 4960x, MSI BigBang X79, Corsair Dominator 2400MHz Quad Channel 16GB
Video Cards: NVIDIA SLI Titan X Maxwell
Monitor: Acer Predator X34 Gaming Monitor with NVIDIA G-Sync 100Hz
5X Corsair SSD

You have a very nice system right now, hexcore Ivybridge.
That would be a E5-1660 V2 xeon, I have one of those too, it does not OC as well as my V1s for some reason.
You would not gain anything by going xeon over what you have, I did not know if you had the hexcore or not, why I asked.
I am not sure about the 2011v3 x99 board running older Sandy/Ivy bridge CPUs. I haven't heard that my self.
 
You feel you are being held back? Or just have the upgrade bug?
Myself I don't think the new systems offer enough performance increase for me to upgrade.
I have a Haswell quadcore, I am not impressed. Going to wait for a while and see what comes out and if AMD can make Intel drop prices.
 
I will say x79 boards are selling for good money, and that CPU will bring in a good dollar.
So if you do sell you will do ok.
Good luck!!

X299 sounds awesome, however, X79 does do pretty well overall still, the CPUs are not where the huge gains have been, the huge gains have been from the PCH side, X99 was way better than X79, frankly, X79 had some interesting personality quirks to say the least, as well as some underwhelming SATA and USB performance, if you aren't doing huge CPU load type things, the biggest gains will come from the PCH and maybe memory sections.

I really don't overclock and my stuff runs blazing fast so the minor upgrade will be the right time before my current hardware drops in value for less.

I am going to get one of these working in my x79 Sabertooth with an adapter. It is ANCI based so it will be a boot drive.
Samsung 950pro or the OEM 951 have the legacy ANCI ( I believe the term is ANCI} either way it is fast!!
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PM951-NVME-256GB-2280-M-2-NGFF-SSD-PCI-Express-X4-MZVLV256HCHP-OEM-/142447348206?epid=604585375&hash=item212a8609ee:g:zdYAAOSwqVBZa3Wv
 
Anyway good luck with your build, if I had room I would make you an offer, but I am maxed out.
Going to sell some x58 boards, only because the x79 has AVX and x58 does not.

bcavnaugh
I have the X79 Dark with the i7-4960X CPU (GEN3) and 32GB of Memory running Rock Solid and do not plan on replacing it with the X299.
If I have to replace before the end of this year it would be with the X99 FTW MB, if next Spring maybe I would replace it with an X299.
This is my Primary Gaming Computer with the Two EVGA GTX Titans down from Three.

 
Sounds great mate! And there's nothing utilizing 80% or 90% of the hardware from a software prospective because developers are so far behind. Even my Titan X Maxwell SLI setup technology hasn't experienced any lag unless it's coming from resent buggy NVIDIA drivers . I love future next gen hardware but I stopped buying into the hype because I never saw any real world performance other then a small margin of performance gain like 10% 12% not even worth the upgrade for my setup. People will waste their money all the time just because they can I guess. I've become an educated user on Intel's technology road map. X99 is where I'm heading soon. I'm just wondering what you think about keeping the same processor and installing it on an X99-A compatible motherboard? Have you heard of this being setup before? I think it can be done which in turn would allow for me to keep my memory and cpu. Here's the link tell me what you think? LINK: http://www.game-debate.com/motherboard/index.php?mot_id=3610&cpuList=MSI%20X99A%20GAMING%207
 

Digital_Fuzion

bcavnaugh
I have the X79 Dark with the i7-4960X CPU (GEN3) and 32GB of Memory running Rock Solid and do not plan on replacing it with the X299.
If I have to replace before the end of this year it would be with the X99 FTW MB, if next Spring maybe I would replace it with an X299.
This is my Primary Gaming Computer with the Two EVGA GTX Titans down from Three.

 
Sounds great mate! And there's nothing utilizing 80% or 90% of the hardware from a software prospective because developers are so far behind. Even my Titan X Maxwell SLI setup technology hasn't experienced any lag unless it's coming from resent buggy NVIDIA drivers . I love future next gen hardware but I stopped buying into the hype because I never saw any real world performance other then a small margin of performance gain like 10% 12% not even worth the upgrade for my setup. People will waste their money all the time just because they can I guess. I've become an educated user on Intel's technology road map. X99 is where I'm heading soon. I'm just wondering what you think about keeping the same processor and installing it on an X99-A compatible motherboard? Have you heard of this being setup before? I think it can be done which in turn would allow for me to keep my memory and cpu. Here's the link tell me what you think? LINK: http://www.game-debate.com/motherboard/index.php?mot_id=3610&cpuList=MSI%20X99A%20GAMING%207
 

No I have never heard of anyone installing a i7-4960X X79 Chipset based CPU on an X99 Chipset and Socket before.
Plus using DDR3 Memory in a DDR4 Slot? This seems to be a little out their.
I do not have a login to see any info
 

bill1024
I just looked at the Asus x99-A board, the CPU list does not have the i7-3930K or 4930k (v1/V2 CPUs listed.)
It lists V3 and V4 CPUs  the i7-5820 and better. It is a socket 2011V3, the older boards are just LGA 2011
I would like to see the site that says it will be compatible.
 
Why just change the MB and not get a newer CPU?
What will you gain that you can not get with an add on PCIE card?
 
https://www.asus.com/us/M...X99-A-II/HelpDesk_CPU/

There won't be any sites (worth anything more than BS anyway) that will say that, as they aren't compatible. Having bought that actual motherboard, I did look into the 2011 specs in general. 
 
But this should sum it up nicely... http://www.anandtech.com/show/7773/intels-three-versions-of-socket-2011-not-compatible
 
Not sure what the OP is hoping for... better performance in games? in workload?
 
If my 5820k and x99-a didn't fry itself along with a Titan X Maxwell (actually, the RMA replacement for it might also be dead)... I would still be rocking it for a few more years. Actually, better example would be my i7-930 + GTX 480 I was rocking before it for 4.5 yrs.

I pulled the trigger and purchased an MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC MB. I only use EVGA for their video card lineup. This build will be in slow mode because I'll have to wait for the top end hardware like performance memory and processor to drop in price. I normally purchase used/OEM never retail on most electronics / hardware anyway to save money. So I passed on the X99 and went future proof with something better.

bill1024
I just looked at the Asus x99-A board, the CPU list does not have the i7-3930K or 4930k (v1/V2 CPUs listed.)
It lists V3 and V4 CPUs  the i7-5820 and better. It is a socket 2011V3, the older boards are just LGA 2011
I would like to see the site that says it will be compatible.
 
Why just change the MB and not get a newer CPU?
What will you gain that you can not get with an add on PCIE card?
 
https://www.asus.com/us/M...X99-A-II/HelpDesk_CPU/

Correct, the website was not correct with LGA2011 for the Intel X99 

I ordered Intel's Core i7-7820X X-Series 3.6 GHz 8-Core CPU to power my MSI Carbon Pro X299 My other question is how does M.2 PCI-E help with gaming performance? Can anyone break this down? Doesn't the video cards and an SSD do that for the user? Why M.2 technology?

Definately don't get an NVMe drive for gaming, as NVMe drives can cause massive stutter/framedrops in games.

My Intel 750 NVMe drive makes games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands completely unplayable if installed on it
(stutter only went away when i moved the game to a regular sata SSD).

SuperConker
Definately don't get an NVMe drive for gaming, as NVMe drives can cause massive stutter/framedrops in games.

My Intel 750 NVMe drive makes games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands completely unplayable if installed on it
(stutter only went away when i moved the game to a regular sata SSD).

Are you sure? I mean I have never heard about things like that... wouldn't there be more of an outcry about it, if it would be a common thing? maybe it was just the intel 750 causing it, or whatever else.

SuperConker
Definately don't get an NVMe drive for gaming, as NVMe drives can cause massive stutter/framedrops in games.

My Intel 750 NVMe drive makes games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands completely unplayable if installed on it
(stutter only went away when i moved the game to a regular sata SSD).

sounds like a personal problem. NVMe SSDs are proven and work just fine.