Weighing up the possibility of getting a 7800x now that the price have dropped under £250, as on paper it looks a viable alternative to 8600K (double the thread count, double the memory channels).
However from what I've read early benchmarks were poor due to the different architecture (Mesh?) on the X299 platform. On the flipside to that I know that the 7740x at least is deemed a very good overclocker.
Factoring in overclocking, does it warrant paying the bit extra for X299 mobo compared to Z370 mobo or is the platform still unviable at the current price point? As I understand it X299 is perhaps a better platform in terms of features but I don't want to go that route if it is fundamentally flawed from a gaming perspective.
Looking to ditch my 3570K as having only 4 threads is starting to cause issues in a couple of titles such as Mafia 3 and Mankind Divided.
However from what I've read early benchmarks were poor due to the different architecture (Mesh?) on the X299 platform. On the flipside to that I know that the 7740x at least is deemed a very good overclocker.
Factoring in overclocking, does it warrant paying the bit extra for X299 mobo compared to Z370 mobo or is the platform still unviable at the current price point? As I understand it X299 is perhaps a better platform in terms of features but I don't want to go that route if it is fundamentally flawed from a gaming perspective.
Looking to ditch my 3570K as having only 4 threads is starting to cause issues in a couple of titles such as Mafia 3 and Mankind Divided.