9700K to.... ?

[Dave Burton]

I have the chance of upgrading this chip, which is currently serving me quite well.

I have any option open to me, but would like to limit costs to say no more than £700 for the upgrade, choices so far are:

1. stick with socket 1151 and upgrade to a 9900K (Z390 board, quite happy with it)
2. Swap to AMD and go for a 5800X/5900X (and associated mobo - I have RAM spare to re-use the intel setup)
3. stick with what I got - I'm feeling that as games, even older stuff, start to take advantage of Hyperthreading I'd be gimping myself somewhat.

What say thee, educated OcUk nerdizzles?

 

[Dave Burton]

Thanks for the feedback, to clarify a couple of points i didn't mention in my original post...

1. I have a 3080 on back order, should receive this soon, so GPU is sorted.
2. Any parts I remove will be used to upgrade my son's aging 6600K build, so it'd not be a total waste
3. it's likely going to be a Xmas pressie, as there's literally nothing else I need or want. Missus has given the thumbs up for it

I know it sound silly upgrading what is a decent chip, but it'd actualyl be 2 upgrades in 1, with any spares being built and sold

Thanks all

DB

 

[Dave Burton]

You might want to upgrade the 6600K system but there is little point in upgrading the 9700K the 9900K will perform much the same in gaming if that's what you are using it for.

Thanks for the comment, I did look at reviews and there's a few % in it, if I went ahead I'd have a 9700K and 32GB of DDR4 spare, so I'd only need a motherboard to upgrade the 6600K platform. I know it sounds like I'm being greedy, I'm just trying to weigh up all the options. I might, as others have said, wait it out and see what the next gen brings...

TY again

Edit: spellings