Time to upgrade my 9900k

[agnes]

I've been running the 9900k under water at 5Ghz now since January 2020 and it's been flawless! However, the time has come to start considering an upgrade as like the E6600, the 9900k has more than outlived it's expected lifetime for me as sad as that is.

I've always been intel, however I'm open to opinions from other CPU manufacturers and my knowledge is 5 years out of date... Budget isn't a concern, but longevity, overclocking and decent temperature control is all required.

Let's see what ya'll suggest!

 

[agnes]

That's going to be an issue.


What do you do with the PC that's now too slow?

Why is overclocking going to be an issue? As for the current hardware, it'll likely be repurposed into a small home NAS.

 

[agnes]

9900K is great for gaming. Get a new GPU instead.

What are your complete rig specs?

I'm not sure if the value from upgrading the gpu first would be worth it. I think I'd get a lot more from a cpu/mobo upgrade. Plus, I'll wait for '5k' series from Nvidia which could be a while.