Advice ...

[Aneskimo]

Hi so after selling off my old build I'm currently in the process of picking up parts for my new build trouble is I'm kinda stuck with what chip to go for so a little help please!

Option A) I can go 8700k build.

or

Option B) Looking on the MM/ known auction site pick up an older 6700k/7700k and motherboard for the price of the 8700k chip alone.

Option C) Ryzen

Whatever route I go the chip will be in a gaming rig, running a 27' 144hz@ 1440p monitor. Thankyou for reading any advice is welcome

 

[Aneskimo]

Any idea of when info will be available for Ice Lake? I just don't want to get stuck in the whole see what's happening in 6 month cycle.

 

[Aneskimo]

Think long and hard about what you will be doing with the 8700K. I would be very careful with Intel chips right now.

Literally pure gaming with a bit of web browsing. I just want a beast of a gaming rig with a Cpu that will last awhile.

 

[Aneskimo]

Can you hold off?

How long for? I was planning on purchasing start of Febuary.

You could always go for an AM4 board now and a cheap Ryzen and upgrade just CPU when needed - AM4 will be around for a while.

Or just go for TR 1900X - that will be beasty PC and play games for a few years, probably lots of years if you went 1920X or 1950X

I thought threadripper was more overkill for gaming, as for Am4 I thought the 8700k for gaming would be better than say a 1700/1800? I'm no fanboy so open to the idea of Amd

 

[Aneskimo]

With that monitor does the 1070 hold up well @gavinh87 or would I need a better Gpu?

 

[Aneskimo]

I wouldn't bother with anything currently given the recent security flaw. The next round of cpus will be pretty big and AMD could gain real traction with a well clocked and priced 8 core in April.

It will take some time for Intel to sort out it's CPU's, but Ryzen+ will be with us in April. TBH I'd go with a 1900X and some fancy B-Die RAM.

If I went for Am4 what would the refresh bring on that socket? I'm just looking at keeping costs down I never realised how much moving to 1440p would be.

 

[Aneskimo]

1440p isn't the issue here imo. It's the 144hz and for that you're going to want the fastest cpu you can afford.

Oh I meant the whole setup monitor and a new card is $$ my missus is like

 

[Aneskimo]

Oh it ain't cheap!
Do you already have a gpu?

I got nothing apart from a case and power supply, its literally a new build I'm even getting a new desk that's why I even suggested getting an older I7 to keep costs down. I am weighing up the whole 1080p@ 144hz and 1440p@144hz as graphics card and monitor prices to complement each other are insane

 

[Aneskimo]

What games you looking at playing?

That’s the thing I literally play all sorts. From gta, fallout, racing games, FPS, even the football managers I just love all types of games. I also after a while like to run mods to make things interesting too.

 

[Aneskimo]

If on budget, go for 6 core Ryzen on a b350 motherboard, just add the fastest graphics card you can afford after memory and storage

I was offered the 1700 cheap off a mate a while ago really wished I took up the offer now

 

[Aneskimo]

If anyone can say how well Ryzen performs in games I’m certainly open to Am4 I know that both intel an Amd chips like fast ram so the savings will be on what I go for chip wise.

 

[Aneskimo]

Most games its fine, MMO's things like PUBG etc and they get beaten by 7th gen i5's.

Really? I suppose if they are not optimised then that’s the case, looks like I will be going coffe lake as nobody seems sure on intels next offerings.