3800X or 9900K

[Stephanie Peterson]

Yeah its ok for when it launched, ok a bit too expensive and didnt push the boat out much but it was and currently is the fastest gamer chip.
But this is about whats coming, and i dont think an overclocked 8 core nuclear reactor temp skylake based 14nm buggy bit 500 odd quid bit of silicon from the worlds greatest chip maker is really a good competitor to AMDs latest.

 

[Webster]

2700K !!! It's been a great system for the last 8+ years but it's showing signs of needing a refresh plus She Who Must Be Obeyed has given the OK for an upgrade so the timing is right.

Ah

 

[willhub]

What's with the she who must be obeyed. Why does she have to be the authoriser for such transactions?

Personally I'll make the transaction and then pretend nothing has changed in the flat, same tv, different color "I painted it"

 

[Webster]

Can't go wrong with either, I found FPS was a lot better on my 8700k vs my 1700x + 2700x accross the board, some titles this was very noticeable. It looks like the latest 3000 series have addressed this, at least in the presentation - time/benchmarks will tell.

 

[Orange Nexus]

I have a 2700k @4.5 even my r51600 @3.9 is faster than it. The R7 3000 will be a massive upgrade. 'Safe' upgrade
My ram, though, is set at 3200 CL14.

 

[willhub]

I have a 2700k @4.5 even my r51600 @3.9 is faster than it. The R7 3000 will be a massive upgrade. 'Safe' upgrade
My ram, though, is set at 3200 CL14.

How is the R5 1600 at 3.9 faster than a 7 2700 at 4.5?

 

[Quartz]

and to be honest I don't need PCIE 4.0.

You likely willk with the next generation of GPUs.

 

[Orange Nexus]

How is the R5 1600 at 3.9 faster than a 7 2700 at 4.5?

2700k

 

[Grim5]

Edit

 

[Sargatanas2511]

How is the R5 1600 at 3.9 faster than a 7 2700 at 4.5?

He is talking about a Sandy Bridge 2700k, not a Zen+ 2700X.

 

[Chrisc]

Call me biased but even the specs of the PS5 are not even close to making me give up PC gaming.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Console specs have never been relevant in my decision to buy a particular one or not.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I don't believe the 9xxxx series are affected as much as older CPU's as Intel have added hardware level mitigation, happy to be told otherwise.

Yeah i think the 9s do have hardware mitigation.

 

[Rainmaker]

Yeah i think the 9s do have hardware mitigation.

Against Spectre? Meltdown? Rowhammer? Zombieload?... Pretty sure the last one is unmitigated unless you turn your i7 into an i5.

 

[voidshatter]

unless you turn your i7 into an i5

i7-9700K doesn't have Hyper-threading though

 

[Rainmaker]

i7-9700K doesn't have Hyper-threading though

Sorry, quite right. It's an i5 at i7 prices.

 

[Grim5]

Call me biased but even the specs of the PS5 are not even close to making me give up PC gaming.

The ps5 specs look very promising but at the end of the day you’re still stuck with it for 7+ years while the PC got a lot faster in the meantime assume you upgrade your PC often enough

 

[Chrisc]

The ps5 specs look very promising but at the end of the day you’re still stuck with it for 7+ years while the PC got a lot faster in the meantime assume you upgrade your PC often enough

True, if you're a single player kinda person i can see the appeal, but i remember all kinds of Server/connection issues while trying to gaming on a console. Im not saying that doesnt happen on the PC but its much much less.

 

[PieEater]

Please can we not derail my thread with discussions of the PS5 - thanks.

 

[IT Troll]

Sorry, quite right. It's an i5 at i7 prices.

I like to think of it as an i9 which comes factory-hardened against side channel attacks.