New CPU

[Rusko187]

I'm in the market for a new CPU and have had my eyes on the i7 8700k, is there likely to be another generation of intel processors coming out imminently? I'm looking to order end of the month.

I'll be using the build for streaming, editing and gaming. Alternatively are there any other suggestions recommended?

 

[Rusko187]

8 core mainstream Intel chips and a new Z390 chipset are due in 2H 2018.

I'm not overly up on Processor news and I appreciate there may not be much detail out. Do you suspect this will be a "worth waiting for" upgrade?

 

[Rusko187]

All we know is 8 core Intel is coming, if its anything like the 8700K it will be a good chip albeit hot so i doubt it will clock anywhere nearly as high.

If your after a rig to stream, edit and gaming, then you should also consider the new AMD 2700X with an X470 motherboard and some decent ram, that will handily do all of the above as well plus you can drop in 7nm Zen2 when it arrives hopefully next year.

As you have a 1060 you probably arent playing ultra high FPS games either, imho the Ryzen would probably be the smarter choice.

If you was driving a 1080ti and gaming on a 1080p 144hz+ monitor then the 8700k would be the obvious choice.

But like i say, given your workload, the 8 core 2700X will be more than sufficient, you can actually do all 3 of those things at once on the Ryzens, Game, Stream and Edit, i think AdoredTV has a video showing that off on Gen1 Ryzen.

Ah sorry signature is my gaming laptop, my old desktop has a GTX 1080... just that I'm in the market for new motherboard and processor. Monitor wise I'm running Ultra Wide 1080p at plus 144mhz.

I will admit I've always had intel so never considered AMD after a friend years back had one with a lot of issues, what's the overall perception of AMD now?

 

[Rusko187]

I can only comment on the 8700. Got one just over two weeks ago, and it clocks well for someone who doesn't bother normally. 4.9 on all cores was really easy, but it was touching 80 on two cores, it's now running happily at 4.8 sub 75 temps under prime 95.

The 2700x I almost bought instead of the 8700, but o/c had no matx boards ready to drop the chip in.

Ahh see I need an mATX board. Worth considering though.

 

[Rusko187]

Thank you for the feedback all, I've looked around in addition to the comments and I'm going to go towards the i7 8700k.