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i7-9700k or i9-9900k?
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Mainly heavy duty gaming.
Not much in it...might aswell go 9900k unless you can wait for Ryzen 3700x
I had a 9900k ran it 5ghz all cores...make sure you get a decent AIO
It’s a great chip but expensive...
Not much in it...might aswell go 9900k unless you can wait for Ryzen 3700x
I had a 9900k ran it 5ghz all cores...make sure you get a decent AIO
It’s a great chip but expensive...
Okay thanks. I was just a bit worried there might be some problems with the i9 with it being relatively new, and also the extra heat thing . I swapped over from AMD years back. I don't really want to go back to it. I found the intel - Nvidia formula worked much better.
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100%, for the £40 difference is price the extra 8 threads are worth having
£40 and is sort of future proof. I was leaning towards the i9 anyway but thought I would make sure I wasn't missing something.
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Even if you prefer Intel (and Nvidia) it would make sense to wait for Ryzen 3000 if you can as it will (likely) drive down the price of the 9900k.
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if you can get it at a good price !
OCUK doing 9700k for £350!
£460 is cheapest i can see 9900k .. can that £100 get a better component else where ?
know you were a fan of Gigabyte/Aorus boards.. X570 aorus wont disappoint if you do plan to wait
It really isn't enough for future proofing, when 12 cores/24 threads can well be fair £300 level in June.
In CES AMD demoed "apples to apples" 8 core Zen2 engineering sample matching 9900K's processing power at ~50W lower power consumption.
And with hint to pushing forward in cores and processing power per price 8c/16t likely becomes £200+ level.
For 9900K's price AMD can well release 16c/32t monster.
Instead of giving proper advance in cores/threads per price from earlier decade leve, Intel has been pumping butt's of consumers... err prices upwards.
Thanks to that greedyness next gen consoles will likely catch average gaming PC in CPU power available for games.
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The i7 is the high end CPU that will suit most needs. The i9 is for enthusiasts who want to endulge in the creme de la creme. Surely it comes down to your personal finances and whether or not you're a casual gamer or an enthusiast. Only you can answer that.
Edit, just noticed the discussion has moved onto Ryzen CPUs which would be my own preference. Ryzen is due to land on 7/7 I believe but current gen Ryzen are dropping in price all the time.
Edit, just noticed the discussion has moved onto Ryzen CPUs which would be my own preference. Ryzen is due to land on 7/7 I believe but current gen Ryzen are dropping in price all the time.
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i7 isnt vulnerable to portsmash, which is a plus along with the price.
Although as said Zen 2 should be worth waiting for.
Although as said Zen 2 should be worth waiting for.
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If it's a £100 less then I'd favour the 9700K for gaming. Should also overclock higher if you're into that.
Model line up is likely announced in start of Computex.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14160/amd-ceo-dr-lisa-su-to-deliver-computex-2019-lead-keynote.
Also AMD's 50 year anniversary is in two weeks and they might tell some data in there.
But don't expect price cuts from Intel until people actually stop paying Intel for getting screwed to butt.
In earlier decade we got high end model for £300 and it was sure to stay good for many years.
Now people have been paying continuously higher prices for something with shorter stay in high end.
How about Spoiler? The one at silicon level that affects every Intel CPU and needs a whole new architecture to fix (i.e. can't be mitigated with software patches)?
That's what I'm doing, even with an 8700k.
Seems we have for's on both CPU's. As I said I was enquiring to se if there was any problems with the i9, but there doesn't seem to be any except for it running hotter than most.
My intention was to build a top end computer, thus the i9. There again the i7 should be more than sufficient. I'm going to sleep on it.
What's 'portsmash'?
My intention was to build a top end computer, thus the i9. There again the i7 should be more than sufficient. I'm going to sleep on it.
What's 'portsmash'?
Seems we have for's on both CPU's. As I said I was enquiring to se if there was any problems with the i9, but there doesn't seem to be any except for it running hotter than most.
My intention was to build a top end computer, thus the i9. There again the i7 should be more than sufficient. I'm going to sleep on it.
What's 'portsmash'?
Portsmash is a one of a string of CPU vulnerabilities found lately. The one I linked in the post above yours, Spoiler, is 'baked in' to the architecture at silicon level and can't be fixed. Those expensive shiny new Core i3/i5/i7/i9 are all wide open to it and there's not a thing you can do to stop it being exploited. Except buy an AMD processor instead. Again, I say this as someone with an i7 8700k rig, I'm not fanboying but this is indeed a serious issue.
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These CPU vulnerabilities are generally only reproducing under very controlled conditions and scenarios. Yes they're there, but they're next to impossible to exploit on a regular chaotic system. I really wouldn't get too hung up about it.
That´s a bit like buying a really expensive car from a dealer, then finding that the doors don´t lock properly and the dealer saying "ah don´t worry about that, you´ll be alright"