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imginy said:
What does?

Maybe I'm missing something but to me looks like this i5 is 4 core and the i5 8600k is 6 core and are the same price with motherboard.

Or you could get 8400 and save £100.
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There are 200£ 250£ x299 motherboards as well
 
That i5 price seems good, less than I paid for my 2500K when it was new. Though I'm not sure why you would go X299 and then get a 4 thread i5...
 
Mainstream chips only usable on high end boards which cost significantly more than the chip. One can only hope someone got a kick in the ass for that idea.
 
Acme said:
That i5 price seems good, less than I paid for my 2500K when it was new. Though I'm not sure why you would go X299 and then get a 4 thread i5...
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Twice the memory performance and a better platform. The 4 core 2011 chips are also pretty solid for 100 FPS gaming in DX11.
 
jigger said:
Yeah X299 has very a good CPU upgrade path.
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I feel like if someone gonna think/plan for a CPU upgrade it should be only within the near future. If an upgrade is planned for let's say in 2-3 years time it's not worth it, he/she better off buying the new platform at that point of time. Looking at people with X99 platform and 5820K/6800K, when they upgrade they are not likely buying 6950X/6900K/5960X (1696 v3 maybe :D) but rather recent AMD/Intel platform. Unless they got some sweet deal something like 6950X @ £500 :D
 
Core i5-7640X is now £149.99, the Core i7-7740X is £199.99, and the Core i7-7800X is £259.99 :)
 
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