raptor lake build

snapper109

snapper109

snapper109

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My current build, a i7 920, is perhaps a little dated these days and is a bit unstable when booting.

The main use case is productivity, lots of programming to develop software that is cpu bound, sometimes single threaded only and sometimes multi-threaded, as well as compiling C++ (so running hard for 10's of minutes, anything bigger gets thrown onto a dual socket workstation). In future I'll get into gaming again, mostly strategy games by Paradox rather than FPS.

I can re-use the case, 1660 super GPU and the SSD and then buy something like the below. Any comments are welcome - the K rather than KF is for troubleshooting, linux & NVidia drivers don't always work well together. I'm tempted to use a 13700k but not sure about the power (and running cost) and the cooling (the case can only take a single 120mm fan).

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £811.01 (includes delivery: £11.10)​



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If you're dead set on raptor lake then there are 2 options:
13600K + z690/z790 and overclock
or
13700 + b660 (when the non-k cpus are released)

i suspect when the 13700 (non-k) gets released it'll be close to the price of the 13600k but probably better in your use scenario as it'll have 2 extra performance cores
a k-series cpu on a non-oc board just makes zero sense
 
Any idea on the likely release date for the non k cpus? I can’t find anything online other than laptop cpus “this year” and haven’t paid attention to 10/11/12 gen releases. I would be happy with a non-k, especially for an extra pair of P cores for no extra cost over a k, as the only thing I’m currently getting out of a k cpu is that it’s probably from a better bin.

I could swap to a mid range board like the z690 Tomahawk for £260, but wasn’t sure how much performance this actually buys me, e.g
, or if the cooling is sufficient.
 
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snapper109 said:
I could stretch to this, and thought I might as well spend a bit more on the cpu if going for DDR5 (don't know how well regarded the asus prime z690 is?)

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,018.01 (includes delivery: £11.10)​

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The z690 motherboard may need a bios update for the 13700k to work and without a feature called bios flashback which th3 prime doesn't seem to have you may run into problems.

Bios flashback allows you to update the motherboard bios without the need for another cpu, or you will have to send the motherboard to be flashed.
 
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