Thanks for all the replies chaps.
It's funny how a couple of you think I'm penny pinching. I agree a 2080ti is a little unbalanced hence why I'm looking at higher end CPU's than my i7 was equivalent to back when I got it. Certainly didn't pay £500! But the price isn't the issue here it's the perceived value.
As I said I'm mostly playing VR games which led me to jump into top end GPU territory. It's the first time in generations that I've gone flagship and now that's showing my CPU age.
Intel are clearly behind with their manufacturing processes and have been sitting for too long. Now AMD have shook them up a bit - it seems like buying either side at the start of a potential CPU war, could render whatever CPU I pick a bad choice in the next year. Maybe I'm overthinking it and there won't be a huge jump in (gaming) performance.
Reading up the 9900k's that clock well could be being saved for the 9900ks SKU and the 3900x just isn't quite there with gaming performance. Maybe the answer is a second hand known good clocking 9900k?
Not looking to jump on a new CPU (and motherboard) if the prices are suddenly going to change or a new line up is 6 months away. The current Intel is pretty old and the AMD is a bit new (BIOS quirks and boost inconsistency).
The question is, do I sit and wait or just go for it?
nothing wrong with getting a 2080ti
and looking for good value in parts you buy.
currently though its a bad time to buy a cpu. at the moment with intel 10 series right around the corner in next 3months worth while waiting for them to be released to see how the land scapes will change. Not saying that the 10 series will be a big leap ver what intel are offering now Though. I cant see there new cpu's having much of a ipc uplift or even extra clock speed but i do expect to see more competive prices vs amd. If intel do indeed bring a 10 core cpu out like all the leaks sujest At same price as 9900k thats 2 extra cores for the same price as it is now which will give you a better cpu then they currently offer aand i think you would be kicking yourself if you brought a 9900k now and tghen have to chanfe all your mobo and cpu again if you want the new stuff
as for amd though the rpcing on the 3700x and even the 3800k is good and really good cpu's for the money and since the motherboard have 1 more year before they will be changed you have a cheaper and easier upgrade if you do want there next cpu. Now im a 2080ti user myself i paired it with a 3900x myself i got it on launch day and i highly recomend the cpu. I dont feel like me choosing the 3900x was a bad move and the 1400p 144hz i play my games at. People say that the 9900k is a faster gaming cpu and in older games there right my system is a few fps behind a 9900k. But in the new realse games ive played borderlands 3, greedfall, control and gears 5 my system has acctully been faster then my small group of friends and most have 9900k's.
but i cant recomend a 3900x at current prices. i paid 479.99 for my cppu and i do regreat it and at tht price my advice would be to pull the trigger and get one But at current prices 589.99 i bvelive on ocuk Its over priced and not very good value at all and i wouldnt pay that kind of inrease on a cpu that has a launch price of 499.99 dollors.
but your 6700k isn;t a bad cpu currently and wiating a few months for either 10 core i9 or 3900x tome down in price closer to orignal price or heck even a properly priced 3950x with 16 cores for 49.99 dolors make more sence then current 3900x/9900k prices.
All intel top i7 historically had the pricing around $300-$350. Here:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-4770k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz.html
Here, too:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-4790k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html
The 14nm process was introduced in Q2 2015. Now, it's Q4 2019. Please, explain how a 14nm CPU can cost $488-$499.
your point about the i7 is still true its still costs about the same price for a top i7 this generations as well the i7 9700k is in the same price range! so why bring it up?
why is 14nm such a bad thing? does amd 7nm cpu blow intels offering out of the water? is it so much faster then what intel is offering? does it offer a lot of things intel don't? Here is the thing for all amd hype around the 7nm proccess and how many people have jumped on 14nm sucks the amd 3000 isn't a intel killer. the intel 9000 series cpu still hold there own svs intel offering. Amd come in with pricng under intels for a reason ther 3700/3800x are on par cpu wise really in most area's vs the i9 but at a better price point. the 3900x offer more cores and workstation/desktop eprformance at similar price (before price rises) but at the end of the day currently intel 14nm proccess has held its own vs amd.
for the first time in many years we have so much choice in the cpu space and just intel small increase i7 cpu being the top dog and amd being the budget option. You can buya 3700x system and get top perofrmance or you can buy a i9 system and ewek that extra gaiomng performance out of it. wether you go intel or amd you cant go wrong which is nice! but weather or not you can aford the ebst either side has to offeer thats another question