I'm in a pretty similiar situation myself, I'm mostly waiting on that 5000 series (leaning 5800X but reviews will steer me).I'm in the same boat. Have been running my 6700k @4.6ghz for years now and itching for an upgrade. I've looked at all the Intel options, but I've made my mind up to give AMD a go with the new release, so I've bought a new mobo, ram, m2 drive and power supply (for if I ever manage to pick up an rtx3080)
Fingers crossed I can pickup a 5900x on release day
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10900k or 5900x - Help!
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Intel... not a chance in hell. Heck its hard enough deciding the now with Zen2 but with Zen3...
Blue wont be getting much money from enthusiasts.
Blue wont be getting much money from enthusiasts.
Agreed. I still have this feeling they might do a Sandybridge at some point but not until they get their process sorted. That said AMD are not the same company, they don't seem to be resting on their laurels.
I was in OP position after deciding it was time (not so much need as just desire) to upgrade my cpu once I had the 3080.
I could have bought a 9900K or 9700k, updated mobo bios and be done and at less expense.
But I feel fairly confident there will be little in it either way. I haven't had an AMD cpu since the days of the Athlon, and as I was going for a mobo and cpu, I went crazy and decided it needed a nice new case and cooling
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Everything else is here or on its way, I just hope I can score my choice of 5000 series cpu come release day
I could have bought a 9900K or 9700k, updated mobo bios and be done and at less expense.
But I feel fairly confident there will be little in it either way. I haven't had an AMD cpu since the days of the Athlon, and as I was going for a mobo and cpu, I went crazy and decided it needed a nice new case and cooling
.Everything else is here or on its way, I just hope I can score my choice of 5000 series cpu come release day
I'm in a similar boat to the OP, and I'm jumping on the 5900x. Old machine killed by lightning, so a complete new build. Gaming.
5900x supports pcie 4 - and as far as I can tell, the CPU will likely be good for at least 3 years full detail, probably 5 will minimal compromise. At that point, the graphics card will be the thing lacking.
Go Intel, you'll be limited to pcie 3. While now that's not a huge compromise, in 3-5 years it'll be on everything.
They only risk I'm taking is that I believe that AMD won't have lied about being at least as good as Intel 10th gen. Likely they will trade blows on a few things... but I believe that they'll be as good. So I've already ordered everything but the CPU.
Because I've been living on the craptop with a spinning rust drive and a 2 core i3. And I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE.
Caps intended.
5900x supports pcie 4 - and as far as I can tell, the CPU will likely be good for at least 3 years full detail, probably 5 will minimal compromise. At that point, the graphics card will be the thing lacking.
Go Intel, you'll be limited to pcie 3. While now that's not a huge compromise, in 3-5 years it'll be on everything.
They only risk I'm taking is that I believe that AMD won't have lied about being at least as good as Intel 10th gen. Likely they will trade blows on a few things... but I believe that they'll be as good. So I've already ordered everything but the CPU.
Because I've been living on the craptop with a spinning rust drive and a 2 core i3. And I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE.
Caps intended.