Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake thread

Swinbag · 9 Oct 2020 at 09:37

kevman said:
Anyone else still thinking about picking one of these up following the zen 3 launch. I keep coming back to a 10700k + MSI cashback deal for gaming. The 5800x just looks on par with the i7 from the slides

Does this make me a fanboi now?

I'm still considering going with a 10600kf - with the (very unusual for Intel) option to drop in a Rocket Lake CPU next year depending on how they perform.

Sedgey123 said:
I got my 10900k 3 weeks ago and i do wonder if i made the right decision, my PC is purely for gaming. I know it is still a great CPU and i am wondering whether my all core OC @ 5.1 will be on par or better than the 5900x

Your 10900k isn't going to turn into a bad processor overnight - it's a fantastic gaming CPU, I'd wait until we see proper benchmarks before you start having sleepless nights.

The charts shown yesterday were likely using a stock 10900k too, unless I missed something?

19% Is a brilliant uplift for AMD though, it puts them right up there with intel which can only be a good thing for us consumers.

Slinky69 · 9 Oct 2020 at 09:43

Sedgey123 said:
I got my 10900k 3 weeks ago and i do wonder if i made the right decision, my PC is purely for gaming. I know it is still a great CPU and i am wondering whether my all core OC @ 5.1 will be on par or better than the 5900x

If it's purely for gaming I doubt there will be much difference, really. If it's working well for you, and it's better than what you had before, that sounds like a win

Sedgey123 · 9 Oct 2020 at 10:12

Slinky69 said:
If it's purely for gaming I doubt there will be much difference, really. If it's working well for you, and it's better than what you had before, that sounds like a win

Yeah i went from:
4670k @ 4.2GHZ, 16GB ram DDR3, 1060 @ 1080p 60hz to 10900k @5.1 Ghz, 32GB ram, 3090 @ 1440p 165hz so the jump has been massive and i am very pleased! I just spent a lot and so it's a bit of buyers remorse if it has been superseeded in a short amount of time, but i guess this is how things go in the tech world!

Slinky69 · 9 Oct 2020 at 10:24

True, you could ALWAYS be waiting for the next big thing.

jamman · 9 Oct 2020 at 16:41

Sedgey123 said:
Yeah i went from:
4670k @ 4.2GHZ, 16GB ram DDR3, 1060 @ 1080p 60hz to 10900k @5.1 Ghz, 32GB ram, 3090 @ 1440p 165hz so the jump has been massive and i am very pleased! I just spent a lot and so it's a bit of buyers remorse if it has been superseeded in a short amount of time, but i guess this is how things go in the tech world!

Dont let FOMO get to you.

You still have a superb CPU.

The slides in the presentation yesterday put the 10900 up against the 5850k which is £200 more. The 5800K may beat the 10900k too, but it wont be as much.

You can beat yourself up forever if you always compare your purchases to what comes after. At least you didnt buy a 2080ti weeks before the 30 series, that would be harder to stomach

mearle73 · 9 Oct 2020 at 17:14

Im going to see if intel cut prices

Sedgey123 · 9 Oct 2020 at 17:50

According to LTT short video, AMD still expect to be beaten or equal to many titles with the 10900k so i think benchmarks are going to be very interesting. I am going to guess that most games will have about a 5% performance increase with the 5900x which in the real world is going to be minimal

jamman · 9 Oct 2020 at 18:34

Sedgey123 said:
Yeah i went from:
4670k @ 4.2GHZ, 16GB ram DDR3, 1060 @ 1080p 60hz to 10900k @5.1 Ghz, 32GB ram, 3090 @ 1440p 165hz so the jump has been massive and i am very pleased! I just spent a lot and so it's a bit of buyers remorse if it has been superseeded in a short amount of time, but i guess this is how things go in the tech world!

Looking at a slide for the 5900x and they list improvements around 5 or 6 % for most games but a couple of bigger ones around 20%. (and oddly 3% drop in BFV)

Either way you still have an awesome rig.

Dave2150 · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:46

Sedgey123 said:
Yeah i went from:
4670k @ 4.2GHZ, 16GB ram DDR3, 1060 @ 1080p 60hz to 10900k @5.1 Ghz, 32GB ram, 3090 @ 1440p 165hz so the jump has been massive and i am very pleased! I just spent a lot and so it's a bit of buyers remorse if it has been superseded in a short amount of time, but i guess this is how things go in the tech world!

If you had both a 5950x and your current CPU setup with exactly the same other components, you'd not be able to tell them apart in games. Enjoy you rig, though consider a upgrade to 4K to get the most out of it, as it's kinda wasted on 1440P IMO.

1440P to 4K is the biggest upgrade in terms of what you'll actually be able to see and distinguish, rather than a sidegrade new CPU.

Perfect_Chaos · 10 Oct 2020 at 13:02

Dave2150 said:
1440P to 4K is the biggest upgrade in terms of what you'll actually be able to see and distinguish, rather than a sidegrade new CPU.

That depends on screen size https://levvvel.com/pixel-density-resolution/

My 1440p screen has just as good or better pixel density than a large 4k TV so..

shamus21 · 12 Oct 2020 at 15:51

mearle73 said:
Im going to see if intel cut prices

They are slowly getting lower.

m4rmite · 12 Oct 2020 at 16:36

Couldn't wait. Ordered a tomahawk mobo and 10850k this afternoon from OCUK :eek:

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Will i get it tomorrow :confused:

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I'll use my 3000mhz corsair and cooler for the time being.

4 years since my 6700k was bought so its lasted well.

Guest2 · 12 Oct 2020 at 17:16

Intel 10 core, 20 thread for $4995, is that right?

Against AMD Zen 3 5950X 16 core, 32 thread for $800

Toasty · 12 Oct 2020 at 17:47

£420-£430 compared to £749-£799

m4rmite · 12 Oct 2020 at 18:15

m4rmite said:
Couldn't wait. Ordered a tomahawk mobo and 10850k this afternoon from OCUK.

Will i get it tomorrow.

I'll use my 3000mhz corsair and cooler for the time being.

4 years since my 6700k was bought so its lasted well.

Maybe i've got to wait - just a little longer. I obviously missed the cut off for next day delivery.

You must need to order before 2.30pm to get it

Guest2 · 12 Oct 2020 at 19:35

Toasty said:
£420-£430 compared to £749-£799

Areeeee, 499$ not 4995

oops.

Intel definately an option instead of Zen 3 then

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 12 Oct 2020 at 20:42

The Core i3 10100F has been announced - should be around £90 after VAT. In-between a Ryzen 3 3100 and a Ryzen 3 3300X for gaming.

hobib_ali · 13 Oct 2020 at 08:42

Apparently its recommended to skip the 10th gen intel CPU's, because they are not PCIe gen 4.0 ready?

The new 11th gen CPU's will have PCIe 4.0 so this will benefit the 3000 series graphic cards as they are PCIe gen 4 increased bandwidth ?

saw it on a vid advising people to avoid the 10th gen chips

Also by then we will have the successor to intel's X299 chipset

hobib_ali · 13 Oct 2020 at 09:20

Dave2150 said:
CPU warranty lol. So not needed, CPU failure rate is astronomically low. In my lifetime, I've only seen broken CPU's where someone has physically broken it. Whether that be bending pins, spreading conductive TIM on the pins/capacitors on the back of the CPU, attempting a delid etc.

That said, I only buy retail as well, as I refuse to run the risk of a retailer mass testing OEM chips, and selling the worst clocking ones as new. Of course all retailers deny this (doh!) but it absolutely still happens, all around the world.

isnt that what OC do with their OEM chips, reserving the best for their high end 8Pack system builds?

Joxeon · 13 Oct 2020 at 09:23

hobib_ali said:
isnt that what OC do with their OEM chips, reserving the best for their high end 8Pack system builds?

According to Gibbo they don't.

hobib_ali said:
The new 11th gen CPU's will have PCIe 4.0 so this will benefit the 3000 series graphic cards as they are PCIe gen 4 increased bandwidth ?

Gen 4.0 currently makes no difference for GPUs.