Which MB of these? Or?

Journey · 6 Sep 2020 at 18:49

Can I ask why you 'need' a £300ish board? What is the need exactly? You'd also need to make sure that non of the SATA's are knocked out using 2x M.2 NVMe drives. If you know you are going to have to change the CPU to get Gen 4 PCI-E, then why bother spending big money on a board that might actually never get it? Intel have not committed 100% to the next CPU's being on LGA1200 having it, so you are risking a lot on a 'maybe'.

Until you have your hands on your new 3000 series cards DO NOT BUY any other parts, that is just a fools game. You'll end up regretting it if you get stuck with a 2 month wait for a card, and a 10900K, motherboard and RAM that may get outclassed by something at 30-50% less cost, and you can't make the most of it since you are on a wait list for a GPU.

Joxeon · 6 Sep 2020 at 19:18

ssjninjamonkey said:
I keep hearing numbers thrown around on their increase anything from 10 to 15 % now 20%

Hardware is fun. I say if op wants to get his 10900k it's likley best to just offer advice based on that rather than just tell him to wait becuse ryzen.

Tell that to the people who brought the rtx 2080ti in the last month or two.

ssjninjamonkey · 6 Sep 2020 at 22:35

Joxeon said:
Tell that to the people who brought the rtx 2080ti in the last month or two.

That's different it's two companies not the same one.

LeMson · 6 Sep 2020 at 22:58

ssjninjamonkey said:
That's different it's two companies not the same one.

The result of ******* away money and performance are the same though.

ssjninjamonkey · 6 Sep 2020 at 23:28

LeMson said:
The result of ******* away money and performance are the same though.

That's true indeed but the difference between 10900k and likley the latest 4000 won't be big enough as it was with the rtx

Edit: also from what I have seen the 4000 series more the 4900 won't be out until 2021

Joxeon · 6 Sep 2020 at 23:39

ssjninjamonkey said:
That's true indeed but the difference between 10900k and likley the latest 4000 won't be big enough as it was with the rtx

We don't really know yet how things will shape up as the RTX3000 / Zen3 haven't released yet. At the very least zen3 should match Intel and offer PCIe gen 4 all for less cash.

LeMson · 7 Sep 2020 at 00:37

Joxeon said:
We don't really know yet how things will shape up as the RTX3000 / Zen3 haven't released yet. At the very least zen3 should match Intel and offer PCIe gen 4 all for less cash.

Well intel are pulling back on benchmarking, it doesn't seem like they are expecting to win in benchmarks anymore

Joxeon · 7 Sep 2020 at 07:22

LeMson said:
Well intel are pulling back on benchmarking, it doesn't seem like they are expecting to win in benchmarks anymore

Well, they can still count on userbenchmark.

ssjninjamonkey · 7 Sep 2020 at 10:19

Joxeon said:
We don't really know yet how things will shape up as the RTX3000 / Zen3 haven't released yet. At the very least zen3 should match Intel and offer PCIe gen 4 all for less cash.

Honestly I'll applaud them if they manage to pop 20% on that chip really I will. Currently the distance for my use case is not enough and as I say I don't want to wait another 5 months for a 4900 that will be likley the one to match the 10900k

Joxeon · 7 Sep 2020 at 10:47

ssjninjamonkey said:
Honestly I'll applaud them if they manage to pop 20% on that chip really I will. Currently the distance for my use case is not enough and as I say I don't want to wait another 5 months for a 4900 that will be likley the one to match the 10900k

In that case just get the i5 10600k which matches it now for half the price if all you do is gaming.

ssjninjamonkey · 7 Sep 2020 at 11:22

Joxeon said:
In that case just get the i5 10600k which matches it now for half the price if all you do is gaming.

I don't have money issues to be fair I get what you're saying but I also got my 3930k back in the day and that was overkill for gaming too, certainly lated me though.

WhiteHawk77 · 8 Sep 2020 at 00:29

So, I'm glad to have created some AMD vs Intel talk but I still don't know what MB to get. Personally I'm not a fanboy of anything, preferences sure, but if something does what I want I'm not hung up on brands etc. But no matter the AMD advances even with the next big thing from them I don't think it's going to be different enough for me to care to change right now, maybe next upgrade they will have my money, it could have been this one but not yet.

I'm not overly bothered which comes first, the 3090 or the rest of the upgrade but after fiddling with cable management with little space choosing a MB is one of the most annoying things for me, so if anyone has any ideas per my preferences that would be great.

Thanks.