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Cpu for 2080ti

Jeff.m

Jeff.m

Jeff.m

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Hey. I've not bought anything yet. Slowly going to buy the bits over time as and when I can afford them

I've made my mind up I defo want a 2080ti eventually but was thinking what would be the best ryzen and ram for it. I dont want to go stupid on the whole build just the gpu, but then I dont want to bottleneck anything. I'll stick off the 3950 straight away
 
Do you have a PC already? Would be good to know your current specs. Buying bits over time? I'd get a 0% credit card and buy it all now and drip feed that off and GET IT ALL NOW!

3700X would be a minimum CPU I reckon and RAM that is 3600Mhz CL16

Best Ryzen not 3950X is the 3900X

What resolution monitor have you got?
 
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Current setup is a i5 2500k 16gb ram not sure on speed, radeon 6970. No monitor as using my tv atm in the lounge. I'd like to game at high frame rate with 144hz so a complete rebuild as the pc I made was 11 or 12 years ago now.
Rubs the games like Heroes of the storm and destiny 2 fine albeit low settings.
 
Jeff.m said:
Current setup is a i5 2500k 16gb ram not sure on speed, radeon 6970. No monitor as using my tv atm in the lounge. I'd like to game at high frame rate with 144hz so a complete rebuild as the pc I made was 11 or 12 years ago now.
Rubs the games like Heroes of the storm and destiny 2 fine albeit low settings.
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Intel 9900k is the best for gaming.

But I would get a better CPU cooler(if you can) and overclock the 2500K and see how you go.
 
At current prices the 3600X, 3700X and 3800X are the chips to consider, but if you plan on holding onto the CPU as long as the 2500K I’d probably look at a 3900X.
 
Buying bits over time is rarely a good idea because by the time you buy the final piece of the jigsaw, the bits you bought first may have got cheaper. Only makes sense if you can use all the bits you buy first (e.g. putting gfx card in an old system).

For gaming GPU is king and you get much more bang for buck by overspending on the GPU and underspending on the RAM and CPU.
 
Ahh ok cool. Thank you for the advice so far. I'm going to go ryzen this time just because of the good reviews and how amd are atm vs Intel. Looks like I might be buying abit more then as to bits over time haha.
 
I've paired my 2080Ti with a 3800X, so far it's an awesome system for gaming and ML/AI stuff.

I was (and still am) tempted by more cores, but no way to justify the cost to myself at present.

TBH the 3700X is probably just as good, and has a lower TDP and is cheaper.
 
Jeff.m said:
Hey. I've not bought anything yet. Slowly going to buy the bits over time as and when I can afford them

I've made my mind up I defo want a 2080ti eventually but was thinking what would be the best ryzen and ram for it. I dont want to go stupid on the whole build just the gpu, but then I dont want to bottleneck anything. I'll stick off the 3950 straight away
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Grab a good X570 board, 3600C16 ram and 3700X. There is always path to upgrade this year and especially next year.

9900K is on dead platform, as the next CPUs will be on their new Z490 boards at 1200 socket.
Which is going to be dead in 2021 as new socket will come from both Intel and AMD
 
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Jimmy Weirdarms said:
I've paired my 2080Ti with a 3800X, so far it's an awesome system for gaming and ML/AI stuff.

I was (and still am) tempted by more cores, but no way to justify the cost to myself at present.

TBH the 3700X is probably just as good, and has a lower TDP and is cheaper.
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exactly where I went. 3800X seems like it might have a bit more under the hood "one day" when the dust absolutely settles on bios changes/updates/etc.
More than 8 core at the moment seems... less useful as games will rarely even use 8.
 
HangTime said:
For gaming GPU is king and you get much more bang for buck by overspending on the GPU and underspending on the RAM and CPU.
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This. I've got my 2080ti paired with an older 7700k/board that I bought second hand - still chews through anything you care to throw at it and I saved a bunch of $$$ (which I needed to considering the price of 2080ti's!) not purchasing the latest motherboard/cpu just for those extra few frames. Don't go overboard on anything other than the GPU for maximum fun :D
 
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