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Core 9000 series

HRL said:
Cheers, thought as much.

Think I’ll have a 2700X build soon, about time I upgraded and got myself some NVMe goodness too.
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Just because @gavinh87 objects.

here is a review
https://www.techspot.com/review/1655-core-i7-8700k-vs-ryzen-7-2700x/page8.html
Have a look at the whole list of games, unfortunately only goes to 2560x1440 but you get the idea.

If you get a good board like the MSI M7, you will be able to do 4.35ish with a good cooler. Eradicating any difference.
Especially at 4K I bet the 2080Ti will still be the limiting factor.

And you save enough money to drop the 3700X (Zen 2 7nm) next year to the same motherboard.
 
humbug said:
Actually that is true, i ####'ed up, you would save £100 getting one imported, even with VAT.

Its still £500 tho.. with overseas shipping a bit more.
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Yes. £494 actually yet still. +£200 over the 2700X and almost +£250 over the 2700.
(double the money almost still).

And we don't have to sell the 2700X next year when we upgrade to 3700X, if you consider the UK pricing tbh.
 
humbug said:
Well... the demand for Intel is not there anymore. This to me looks like a price hike to make up for market looses.

This was yesterday.
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This is today. More demand for 6 Intel cores than 8 AMD cores. Not sure what it tells us, other than cheap sells.

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Panos said:
Just because @gavinh87 objects.

here is a review
https://www.techspot.com/review/1655-core-i7-8700k-vs-ryzen-7-2700x/page8.html
Have a look at the whole list of games, unfortunately only goes to 2560x1440 but you get the idea.

If you get a good board like the MSI M7, you will be able to do 4.35ish with a good cooler. Eradicating any difference.
Especially at 4K I bet the 2080Ti will still be the limiting factor.

And you save enough money to drop the 3700X (Zen 2 7nm) next year to the same motherboard.
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And that is with the 8700K overclocked to 5Ghz with the 2700X overclocked to 4.2Ghz :)

For testing the Core i7-8700K, we put together a rig featuring the Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 with 16GB of DDR4-3400 Samsung B-die memory using The Stilts timings. The CPU has been overclocked to 5 GHz and cooling it at that frequency is the Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 inside the Corsair Crystal 570X.
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Then for the Ryzen 7 2700X rig we have the Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero with 16GB of DDR4-3400 Samsung B-die memory, again using The Stilts timings. The 2700X has been overclocked to 4.2 GHz and this time we’re using the Corsair Hydro H150i Pro inside the Corsair Crystal 570X.
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9% at 1080P
4% at 1440P

5Ghz vs 4.2Ghz.
 
And the reviewer would still pick Intel.
I’ll admit I’m a bit torn here on which way I’d go. They’re both very appealing so I guess it’s somewhat of a high class problem. While a tough choice, purely for gaming I’d likely get the Core i7-8700K.
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Panos said:
Just because @gavinh87 objects.

here is a review
https://www.techspot.com/review/1655-core-i7-8700k-vs-ryzen-7-2700x/page8.html
Have a look at the whole list of games, unfortunately only goes to 2560x1440 but you get the idea.

If you get a good board like the MSI M7, you will be able to do 4.35ish with a good cooler. Eradicating any difference.
Especially at 4K I bet the 2080Ti will still be the limiting factor.

And you save enough money to drop the 3700X (Zen 2 7nm) next year to the same motherboard.
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Myself and a whole load of game benchmarks also object. You are misinformed or have blinkers on. It is close in a lot, but not all.
 
The price that INTEL want for the 9900k is good IMO but the price that price-gouging UK retailers is not and taking the mick.
 
Panos said:
The Z370I Strix is a really nice board, and having seen the Z390I Strix, cannot see any difference.....
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I wasn't saying the z370 strix is bad. My comment was about the situation, not your board.

I was saying it sucks that you've got a decent setup with monoblock but the price of the new cpus effectively blocks your upgrade path.

It sucks that you wont get to reuse your monoblock if your next upgrade has to be to a different platform.
 
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