The mroe I start to read about CPUs the less I get interested.

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I am still using my I74790 which will run 3.8ghz across all cores and I have had it for quite a while now.

I was thinking of buying a whole new system at some point, I would be going all out though. I9-9900k RTX2080TI and 32gb ram.

But the more I read about the more faster and powerful cpus and their temperatures plus how they don't tend to run stable at 5ghz anyway the more I am thinking it would be a waste of money to buy a top of the range cpu.

Do you think that they will improve on cpus in the near future when it comes to temperatures? It seems that you have to delid them to be able to run a stable 5ghz without overheating and as soon as you do that the cpu's warranty is voided anyway.

And then there is the other thing of how some building games which I feel I should get a new system for still don't run very well even on a top of the range computer anyway.

 

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Ugh, well I don't like the fact of having water being circulated around inside my computer I just don't trust it but that's just me although with this type of system it seems to be the best way of keeping temperatures low although I have seen a video on the deepcool assassin 3 cooler.

My budget would probably be £3000 although I am not rich lol. Although I would probably only need to spend £2500. I don't plan in playing in 4k resolution either so the over kill of the gpu would be for future proof.

 

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Why worry about 5Ghz? the 9700k or 9900k will run 4.6 to 4.7 all core boost (I've not checked). Difference between 4.7 and 5.0 is 6%... When are you really going to notice a 6% improvement. You have been running your current system without an overclockable CPU. I upgraded from a 4770k @ 4.4 to my current 8700k and it was a decent improvement in CPU bottlenecked games. Not a blow your socks off improvement but tangible, and I think its from a combination of clockspeed, IPC gains and switching from DDR3 to DDR4. The platform as a whole just has less bottlenecks that everything is that bit faster and smoother with more breathing room.

Ignoring increased IPC and memory speed gains going from your current CPU to one clocked at 4.7Ghz would be a near 24% improvement.

I understand what you are saying, it's not all about just the clock speed.

 

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Do people really still use GHz as a measure of performance and assume linear scaling of frequency and performance? 5Ghz is just a number, it’s the difference in IPC and and improvement in efficiency that should be more important - the whole P4 debacle should have taught everyone that.

No need to be flippant, you should get that checked out. On a side note I doubt ghz should be ignored.

 

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You seem very sensitive, are you OK? What you choose to perceive as flippant is amazement that someone would actually think GHz is a good metric for comparison in this day and age, it’s not usually indicative of performance and very rarely will performance in a given task and GHz scale in a linear manner. Use actual performance data in whatever task you use, GHz is largely meaningless. It’s like trying to compare engines based on rpm but ignoring everything else that’s actually important.

I'm fine you seem to be the one with pent up stress, definately some underlying issues going on there how ever you try to twist it to suit your narrative and delusion. Only someone with a sound mind can see through your transparency. Its still possible to share your knowledge and opinions without having a flippant tone for what ever reason you feel the need to (well for people of sound mind at least anyway). I'm not saying that I disagree with you on the topic as you know a lot about it so it seems to somebody like me with my level of knowledge at least anyway.



Thank you to everyone elsws replies I appreciate it

 

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I've unwatched the thread now as I'm happy enough with the answers. Have a good Easter weekend everyone!