Core 9000 series

Panos · 7 Oct 2018 at 19:58

gavinh87 said:
+1 people using a **** board makes them think they are all like it.
A decent board will have no issues.

Now you started excuses? When I wrote few months back that most Z370 boards won't be able to take the 9900K you made some pretty big driveling posts in this very discussion.

SiDeards73 · 7 Oct 2018 at 20:09

Panos said:
Now you started excuses? When I wrote few months back that most Z370 boards won't be able to take the 9900K you made some pretty big driveling posts in this very discussion.

Don't even know why you are bandying words with that halfwit, he spouts whatever drivel suits him at the time. Just put him in ignore and move on.

Fact is the 390 boards will offer some features that 370 doesn't, and the 390 boards will be designed to run the top chips overclocked

Something that cannot be said about 370, as they were not designed with the 9900k in mind. Sure some of them might take a 9909k but I bet the 9900k chips will run best on the boards designed for them.

Bluntwrapped · 7 Oct 2018 at 20:33

Troezar said:
If you can afford it I'd go for it. It will be a very good step up for you from a 3770K. Just buy a very good motherboard

Lol yeah I’d be tempted to see if there are any mono blocks coming and go for something I can watercool. The 3770k is still going strong at 5Ghz. It’ll be a sad day when I retire it

gavinh87 · 7 Oct 2018 at 20:38

More bloody scaremongering.
There is a reason enthusiasts don't buy **** boards.

Panos · 7 Oct 2018 at 20:49

SiDeards73 said:
Don't even know why you are bandying words with that halfwit, he spouts whatever drivel suits him at the time. Just put him in ignore and move on.

Fact is the 390 boards will offer some features that 370 doesn't, and the 390 boards will be designed to run the top chips overclocked

Something that cannot be said about 370, as they were not designed with the 9900k in mind. Sure some of them might take a 9909k but I bet the 9900k chips will run best on the boards designed for them.

I wouldn't hold breath Z390 be better than Z370. It seems Z390 boards drop 10gbps ethernet support and now 2.5Ghz is the new norm. (at least Asrock lineup are all 2.5Gbps).

It saves 8 pci-e lanes in the process of course, but X470 & Z370 boards still coming with 10gbps ethernet connection...

Journey · 7 Oct 2018 at 20:52

Panos said:
It saves 8 pci-e lanes in the process of course, but X470 & Z370 boards still coming with 10gbps ethernet connection...

Erm.. 10GBe only needs 4x PCI-E 3.0 lanes.

Panos · 7 Oct 2018 at 21:03

Journey said:
Erm.. 10GBe only needs 4x PCI-E 3.0 lanes.

Yeah my confusion. 10gbps needs 4 pci-e 3.0 and 2.5 needs a single pci-e 2.0

gavinh87 · 7 Oct 2018 at 21:05

SiDeards73 said:
Don't even know why you are bandying words with that halfwit, he spouts whatever drivel suits him at the time. Just put him in ignore and move on.

Fact is the 390 boards will offer some features that 370 doesn't, and the 390 boards will be designed to run the top chips overclocked

Something that cannot be said about 370, as they were not designed with the 9900k in mind. Sure some of them might take a 9909k but I bet the 9900k chips will run best on the boards designed for them.

Until you see that the z370 boards are the same damn thing as the z390......
Minor differences regarding networking and audio.

aoaaron · 7 Oct 2018 at 21:48

When are is this 9 series going to drop?

I'm due an upgrade and would rather go INTEL if the price isn't ridiculous.

Journey · 7 Oct 2018 at 21:54

aoaaron said:
When are is this 9 series going to drop?

I'm due an upgrade and would rather go INTEL if the price isn't ridiculous.

Tomorrow, and available to buy if and when places have stock from the 18th (ish).

The prices will be ridiculous, so enjoy it.

aoaaron · 7 Oct 2018 at 21:59

Journey said:
Tomorrow, and available to buy if and when places have stock from the 18th (ish).

The prices will be ridiculous, so enjoy it.

Crap.. lol. What are my options away from this? TBH I'd be happy with an 8700k FFS.

I still don't quite understand this range of CPUs. is the 9900k the one to get? No one seems to talk about the 9700k

Dirk Diggler · 7 Oct 2018 at 21:59

Am I the only person who is utterly sick of the price whine in almost every post? We get it, hardware is expensive!

I'm still interested in the spec and performance, so looking forward to concrete details from Intel.

DragonQ · 7 Oct 2018 at 22:20

String said:
Am I the only person who is utterly sick of the price whine in almost every post? We get it, hardware is expensive!

It's not though. Just these new chips are (it seems) and, due to Intel's 14nm shortage, Intel's older chips are now too. Everything is relative and a month or two ago Intel's chips were £100+ cheaper.

Oh, and nVidia's new GPUs are too.

8 Pack · 7 Oct 2018 at 22:20

Yeah totally sick of it. Either buy or don't buy.... No need to justify your decision here about your purchase..... Or constantly moan about prices..

Everyone is also forever waiting......

Jumper118 · 7 Oct 2018 at 22:29

if people stopped buying them at said high prices then they wouldnt charge high prices, its simple as that

Dirk Diggler · 7 Oct 2018 at 22:32

DragonQ said:
Everything is relative and a month or two ago Intel's chips were £100+ cheaper.

I'm not basing any purchase on what the price was, I'll base it on what the price is.

8 Pack said:
Everyone is also forever waiting......

Absolutely. I just need to get a look at the 9700/9900k spec sheet, and then I'll get stuck into a new Intel/AMD* build.

* Delete as applicable

cliffy · 8 Oct 2018 at 00:30

Panos said:
I wouldn't hold breath Z390 be better than Z370. It seems Z390 boards drop 10gbps ethernet support and now 2.5Ghz is the new norm. (at least Asrock lineup are all 2.5Gbps).

It saves 8 pci-e lanes in the process of course, but X470 & Z370 boards still coming with 10gbps ethernet connection...

Who says 10gbe is dropped? According to the specs for the Z390 Taichi Ultimate it has 10gbe, I believe the board one down from Taichi ultimate has 2.5

aoaaron · 8 Oct 2018 at 00:57

String said:
I'm not basing any purchase on what the price was, I'll base it on what the price is.

Absolutely. I just need to get a look at the 9700/9900k spec sheet, and then I'll get stuck into a new Intel/AMD* build.

* Delete as applicable

What would be your AMD build? (CPU/mobo/RAM)?>

Dirk Diggler · 8 Oct 2018 at 02:04

aoaaron said:
What would be your AMD build? (CPU/mobo/RAM)?>

I was considering 2950x, but the MoBo is the issue as I want to be mATX or ITX. I'm thinking 9900k will be the best for pairing with a smaller form factor as the smaller motherboard choice is really poor with AMD.

robin66 · 8 Oct 2018 at 02:53

String said:
Am I the only person who is utterly sick of the price whine in almost every post? We get it, hardware is expensive!

I'm still interested in the spec and performance, so looking forward to concrete details from Intel.

8 Pack said:
Yeah totally sick of it. Either buy or don't buy.... No need to justify your decision here about your purchase..... Or constantly moan about prices..

Everyone is also forever waiting......

I'm glad you've both spoken up about this. As it is getting trying listening to people go on about the pricing of Intel.