CPU Dilemma

[malachi]

After another set of BSOD's and hard freezes. I retuned my 14900KS, this was my replacement after first Intel recalls. Now I have been giving a full refund.

This is my main PC which I play games on, sometimes do video and photo editing. I know the 14900KS performs better than Arrow Lake in most benchmarks and LGA 1851 is a dead socket but I dont want to run the risk of another CPU replacement.

I already have an 9950X3D in my 2nd gaming PC and want to keep one system AMD only and other Intel only.

The GPU I have is an GeForce RTX 5090 and 64GB of DDR5

Wondering what to do now. Buy another 14900KS as I already have the motherboard or go for one of the Arrow Lake Refresh CPU's and cheap motherboard?

 

[malachi]

If you stick with what you have do you really need such a powerful CPU ?

Given my previous setup, I dont want to take a downgrade I can physically see. Also I play a lot of emulators which the 14900ks was good at.

 

[malachi]

I'd move to AL personally, given you've had a full refund on the CPU. Assuming you will carry forward the memory, your only real costs are the motherboard and CPU.The 270k is < £300. Your old motherboard you can sell which lowers the upgrade cost.

Yes, I have DDR5-6000 which I be carrying forward. Not changing RAM with the crazy prices at the moment

 

[malachi]

If I went for the Arrow Lake, what's the best CPU to get?

 

[malachi]

Thanks.

Well the OCUK crew having spoken and just ordered the 270K Plus. Will get the Asus Z890 ROG Maximus hero motherboard later in the week.

 

[malachi]

Personally, I wouldn't bother buying an expensive board when the socket is effectively dead (so far as we know).

intel are rumoured to be going for socket longevity for the next one, so that would make more sense investing in.

I need the expansion ports which is the main reason why compared to the 890-F Gaming Wifi.

Unless there is an better alternative?

 

[malachi]

What do you need?

I have 2 NVME drives, my GPU, 10GB NIC and my PCI x1 is used for another expansion but dont remember off the top of my head.

Im seeing the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi Gaming Motherboard as an good one.

 

[malachi]

Is 5Gb onboard LAN acceptable, or do you need to use that 10Gb card?

How many PCIE lanes does the 10Gb card need?

I have 10 Gbit/s fibre (my home isnt the UK) My card is an PCIe x8 dual NIC.

I have two servers at home running a lot of VM's. I dont have a standard home setup

 

[malachi]

I have got a few Intel X540-T2 but I dont want go buying more as I've had a few fail on me in the past.

I happily make do buying a board which has enough slots. But yeah, I shouldn't go crazy buying a board for an dead socket.

 

[malachi]

I guess one option is to buy a board with 10Gb already, like Gigabyte's Aorus Master or Asus Creator, but they're not priced that differently to the Hero, so I don't know if you'd gain anything.

There's a spreadsheet here:

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Thanks, I take a look.