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mercyless said:
Curious to know if ordering the 13 series, are you guys keeping it on z690 or going for the z790 as well?
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I'm upgrading from Z390 9600K to 13700K; grabbed an MSI Z690 Tomohawk DDR4 for £220 (discount code), no compelling reason for Z790 and DDR5 at the moment for my usage and I can carry over my excellent TeamGroup/8-Pack 32Gb DDR4 RAM.

By the time I've sold my old MSI Z390 board and 9600K the upgrade cost is comfortable, for what should be a nice jump in performance.
 
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Moving from my gaming laptop with 8th gen CPU back to an full base unit.

Ordered the Z690 motherboard with 32GB of DDR5-6000 and Arctic Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280. Wasn't worth paying extra just for Z790 motherboard.

Will order the 13700K next week.
 
Canon-man said:
I'm upgrading from Z390 9600K to 13700K; grabbed an MSI Z690 Tomohawk DDR4 for £220 (discount code), no compelling reason for Z790 and DDR5 at the moment for my usage and I can carry over my excellent TeamGroup/8-Pack 32Gb DDR4 RAM.

By the time I've sold my old MSI Z390 board and 9600K the upgrade cost is comfortable, for what should be a nice jump in performance.
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I was looking at the MSI boards but ended up getting a Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite DDR4 for £201. Hopefully the Q-Flash doesn’t give me any grief as I don’t have another Intel cpu to boot it up with.
 
f1racer said:
Im upgrading from an i7 9700, so a new board for me. Bagged an Asus z790 Maximus Hero for £512, so wasn’t worth going for a Z690 board…
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That’s a good price. Can’t find one for less than £650ish.
 
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Pre-ordered mine too i7 13700k as I do a fair bit of productivity task and use a CPU heavy game, else I would have kept my monster of an i7 8700k which is still super.

Mobo I went for an ASUS Strix Z690-F so will have to use the Flashback :) I liked the Carbon however I wanted two USB C at the back and I did not like the two PCI "5" as one is pointless as it would work x8, I think by the time 5 is relevant new hardware will be out.

I wonder if the chip will be delivered on the 20th or shipped on the 20th, fed up of having boxes all over ha ha
 
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Trustdesa said:
Pre-ordered mine too i7 13700k as I do a fair bit of productivity task and use a CPU heavy game, else I would have kept my monster of an i7 8700k which is still super.

Mobo I went for an ASUS Strix Z690-F so will have to use the Flashback :) I liked the Carbon however I wanted two USB C at the back and I did not like the two PCI "5" as one is pointless as it would work x8, I think by the time 5 is relevant new hardware will be out.

I wonder if the chip will be delivered on the 20th or shipped on the 20th, fed up of having boxes all over ha ha
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Same as me, I was tempted by moving over to the Carbon as I got a Suprim x 4090 and you know all same brand..... but i think im going to stick with the Strix z690-F, Lets be honest i will most likely scrub or skip most of the vendor software off once im set up.

Oh and I've got boxes for days in the spare room.
 
House said:
Same as me, I was tempted by moving over to the Carbon as I got a Suprim x 4090 and you know all same brand..... but i think im going to stick with the Strix z690-F, Lets be honest i will most likely scrub or skip most of the vendor software off once im set up.

Oh and I've got boxes for days in the spare room.
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Naaa I do not do brands :) I buy value for money even though not restricted by any particular budget. I think 790 was pointless, it introduces nothing for the average and above average user, spent two weeks searching details on either platform. Only time I go brands is with fans as they would look silly if half and half.

I just need to flash the bios, which without a CPU in I have never done it before :) done yours?

Ha ha no I like to keep them around here, also because I keep measuring the new case and decide what to do as this 3090 can be too loud for my comfort (Corsair 4000D Airflow), just find custom loops a theft especially with restricted space as options are less.
 
random_matt said:
Pre-ordered 13700KF for £453, I like to save a few quid, frugal me. Components for new itx build completed.
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What gpu you pairing that with?

I'm thinking whether to do a drop in upgrade from a 12700k to a 13900k for the extra oopmh on a Asus Z690 ITX Strix board but not sure if its worth it even though it would be fairly easy to do.
 
Jay85 said:
What gpu you pairing that with?

I'm thinking whether to do a drop in upgrade from a 12700k to a 13900k for the extra oopmh on a Asus Z690 ITX Strix board but not sure if its worth it even though it would be fairly easy to do.
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Pairing it with the experimental A770. You would have to wait for reviews, it would likely help with the 4090/4K. Although, if money is no object then why not.
 
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