Bundle upgrade time?

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I looked into upgrading 6-12 months ago as my current motherboard, cpu, ram & cooler are around 8 years old.
i7 [email protected], 16gb, Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 motherboard

The advise was to wait for new Ryzen cpu’s coming out. Are these out now and are they better for gaming than Intel? Or are any new Intel cpu’s out?

I had a quick look and an i9 9900k bundle new is £770 which doesnt seem too bad. 2nd hand there doesnt seem to be a lot around and its more expensive than the below anyway
  • Intel Core i9 9900K 3.6GHz (5.0GHz Turbo) CPU - 16 MB - Socket 1151 - 8 Cores/16 Threads
  • Asus Strix Z390-F Gaming Motherboard
  • CORSAIR 16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM
  • CPU Standard Clock Speed 3.6GHz
  • BeQuiet Pure Rock 120mm Cooler
Yes, there are probably much better bundles/components to be had but 8 years ago my bundle cost £350. If the above lasts 8 years I would be quite surprised
 
rchads89 said:
Game depending the 9900k has slightly better FPS. If it was me though I wouldn’t buy into intel right now I went with Ryzen with a b550 motherboard for when the new CPUs drop.

I would take alook at

3700x ryzen.
B550 Plenty of options.
16gb 3600mhz ram.
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Thanks. When do the new CPU’s drop?
Or is the 3700x the new one
 
Sparx said:
If it's mainly for gaming, then Intel has the slight squeeze on achieving slightly better FPS over Ryzen with current gen CPUs.

I'd get something like the below... Only chucked 32GB RAM in as whilst 16GB is ample, 32GB at such a cheap price will hopefully help the system last you another 6+ years if you don't upgrade that often :p

Could maybe change the cooler if wanted but the Brocken 3 is great for the money. The Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B is great if can find it in stock elsewhere. Or one of the BeQuiet models like the Dark Rock 4, or top end Dark Rock Pro 4.

What GPU are you pairing the system with?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £680.92 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Nice, thanks. I take it the 10700k is even better than the 9900k?

GPU, I have a 2080ti (EVGA)
 
Thanks all. So it’s looking like the best option if wanting to upgrade now is 10 core intel i9 10850k or wait 2 months for amd zen 3 16 core.
What is ps5 in terms of cores / architecture and gpu? I feel like most games will be developed for the ps5 for the next 10 odd years.
Selling my 2080ti isnt really an option as need a gpu to play games now.
Fyi i’m only really playing cod mw at the moment but cyberpunk does looks like it’s going to be good when it’s eventually released.
 
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