Do you really put what you saved on a board & cpu away for 2 to 3 years for your next build ?
Surely by the time 2 or 3 years has gone past your buying interest would be something else.
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Intel to Cut Prices of its Desktop Processors by 15% in Response to Ryzen 3000
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Surely by the time 2 or 3 years has gone past your buying interest would be something else.
Soldato
Erm, no. I think you missed the point though, if you have a £1000 budget, and then spend only £700, that leaves £300 to add to an upgrade sooner if needs be, without a justification for an 'extra' outlay vs your original allotted amount.
I know, I know, don't use logic on the internet.
You make a really good point with pci 4.0. My current board was the first with 3.0 and I'm not even sure if that is really being utilised with my 1080ti.I totally get that, but my argument was based on the fact you may end up having to upgrade mid-life, if for some reason GPU's suddenly become fast inside of your intended system life span.
The point about the RAM still stands, unless you are buying the RAM for the RGB, then it isn't worth it.
I've waited so long now for an upgrade and now it looks likely that I'm going to have to see what intels answer to Zen2 is going to be for the next 6 months at least
.16gb wasn't really needed 8 years ago but I'd say it is arguably needed now
Soldato
You make a really good point with pci 4.0. My current board was the first with 3.0 and I'm not even sure if that is really being utilised with my 1080ti.
I've waited so long now for an upgrade and now it looks likely that I'm going to have to see what intels answer to Zen2 is going to be for the next 6 months at least
1080 Ti doesn't saturate a 3.0 16x slot, nowhere near.
I think I'd be buying a B450, R5 3600, and 16GB 3000MHz RAM until then, will cost you ~£315 and give you a massive upgrade from your 2600K. You can flog it in 6-12 month when Intel do 'something' or you might end up loving the budget beast.
I play at 4k and only really game on my rig so the upgrade was never going to produce a huge performance change if any.... I'm not upgrading the gpu until nvidia release the 30xx series but only if it's not the complete disaster that the 20xx series has been.1080 Ti doesn't saturate a 3.0 16x slot, nowhere near.
I think I'd be buying a B450, R5 3600, and 16GB 3000MHz RAM until then, will cost you ~£315 and give you a massive upgrade from your 2600K. You can flog it in 6-12 month when Intel do 'something' or you might end up loving the budget beast.
Caporegime
You make a really good point with pci 4.0. My current board was the first with 3.0 and I'm not even sure if that is really being utilised with my 1080ti.
I've waited so long now for an upgrade and now it looks likely that I'm going to have to see what intels answer to Zen2 is going to be for the next 6 months at least
Nothing, small price drop already announce, aside from that aggressively pretending they are still relevant?
There are alternatives to X570 you know.... you don't need X570 if you don't want PCIe 4.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/motherboards/amd/am4-x470-b450-ryzen?sPage=1&sSort=3
16gb is needed now...get 32gb of DDR5 when it is !
Well if I was going the AMD route then I'll want to take advantage of all features such as pci 4.0
1080 Ti doesn't saturate a 3.0 16x slot, nowhere near.
I think I'd be buying a B450, R5 3600, and 16GB 3000MHz RAM until then, will cost you ~£315 and give you a massive upgrade from your 2600K. You can flog it in 6-12 month when Intel do 'something' or you might end up loving the budget beast.
a rtx2080ti doesn't either
i think a few people will be making all sorts of claims who get a x570 board just for pcie4 for their graphics card for a couple of years trying to prove its being fully utilised. end of the day unless you NEED it for storage or are looking for the best overclocking board no need for a x570.
Caporegime
Fair enough, They are already bringing out PCIe 4 NVMe drives if you want a ridiculously fast Boot Drive? https://www.anandtech.com/show/14391/gigabyte-teases-pcie-4-ssd
All I was saying is that when I got 16gb 8 years ago it was worth it to me as it is relevant now and I haven't had to change a thing
Ssd is fast enough for me to be frank
Caporegime
All I was saying is that when I got 16gb 8 years ago it was worth it to me as it is relevant now and I haven't had to change a thing
Yeah, all I wS saying is that by the time 32gb ram is needed DDR 5 will be mainstream
They are ^^^
But New Shiny?
Only if the performance is there...that’s why I’m still rocking a 1080ti...
And then I will change to that easy. The point I'm making is that I'll buy it and not need to touch it for a maximum amount of time
Caporegime
Only if the performance is there...that’s why I’m still rocking a 1080ti...
Yeah, 1070,