8700K to a 9900K, worth it?

[evo4ever86]

Hello all.

I'm seriously tempted to replace my 8700K with a 9900K. BUT im sceptical over whether the 9900K will be better in games, as my 8700K OC's to 5100MHz. I'm not sure whether the 9900K will clock as well as my 8700K. Is it worth the switch?? I'm 50/50 over it.

 

[evo4ever86]

Agreed.

 

[evo4ever86]

No, IMO. Either wait for AMD's next 3000 series or Intel's next gen (post 14nm hopefully). THe most compelling use case would be something that uses all the cores, where the 9900K would be theoretically 33% faster. At this stage for gaming I'd look at whatever AMD or Intel release next.

Forgot to mention... AMD? No thanks lol. I don't do AMD sorry!

 

[evo4ever86]

That's why I made sure to mention both companies . I used to think the same way until I used an AMD TR 1950X which was awesome. Sold now but waiting for either the 3000 series or next TR's which I then intend to keep for 5+ years.

The last time I owned an AMD CPU was the Athlon 64 many, many years ago lol

 

[evo4ever86]

I upgrade everything on an annual basis. Ill probably wait till Intel's next gen this year. And as for AMD... they're just not the best for gaming plain and simple, its been like that for years now. My PC is geared towards gaming and thats why I choose Intel over AMD all the time. IF and I mean IF AMD bring out a CPU thats faster than what Intel can offer for gaming and the benchmarks prove it then I might reconsider. It would need to overclock better too, and AMD CPU's don't overclock well, if at all.

 

[evo4ever86]

One last question about delidding, will it increase or decrease the value of the CPU upon resale?

 

[evo4ever86]

It will narrow the market incredibly as only a tiny fraction of enthusiasts are prepared to play with delidding. If you can sell on here then you’ll find someone though.

Sod it I'll reseal the IHS. Thanks.

 

[evo4ever86]

I'm surprised your 8700K + 2080 is struggling in games. Your framerates should be silky smooth? I could understand a 2500K + 2080 system needing an upgrade.

I'm not struggling in games whatsoever (even in 4K), which I forgot to mention btw. Just been playing Far Cry 5 and New Dawn maxed out (Ultra) on 4K and I was getting 65-80fps! Which ain't too shabby to be fair.

The plan is to ditch the 9900K and delid my 8700K and push it to 5.2GHz which it will do but it runs a little too hot for my liking.. which is what the delid is for.