Time to upgrade

MrClippy

MrClippy

MrClippy

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Hi all, time to upgrade the PC, I'm moving away from ATX and down to m-atx form factor, but I still want the performance.

I'm (still) into gaming, and I'm going to start dipping into vr, I want my PC to be a bit more mobile between office, living room and man cave (where vr will be) and figured if I could treat my desktop PC like a laptop with a dock, so much the better.

I am a bit confused as I am seeing intel I9 10th gens listed as LGA 1151, but aren't these LGA 1200?

Also OCUK doesn't seem to have Asus ROG Strix z490-G (Wifi)... will they be stocking this?

wanted to buy Asus ROG Strix z490 with a CORE I9-10900X but it reads like they are incompatible?

 
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/\/\/\ Correct. You need core i9-10900K not X. Intel have only just announced this at the end of last month. Vendors such as OCUK will either have stock already or it will be on its way, Intel vendors all over the world will not be allowed to sell them until intel says yes they can, its part of their contract with Intel as a reseller. It just that Intel has a 'procedure' in order to maximise sales at launch so it can 'stiff' the early adopters on price.

That 'procedure' is to announce launch by press release when they feel its ready, wait a few weeks in order to 'whet the early adopters' appetites & 'stir up the hype' then lift the NDA a few days before they permit vendors to sell them, so that the internet reviewers can review the new hardware. I'd sit tight for now, as they are expected to go on sale at the end of this month, if I read whats on the internet right.

My opinion is there isn't much more they can do on 14nm (5 years they've been stuck on that size now) & the performance percentage increase will roughly be as it was in the previous 4 generations, i'd say 10% ish more than a equivalent core 9th gen.
 
If you want the ultimate portability then a SSF case with m-itx board is the way to go although I'm not sure how feasible this will be with Intel 10th gen as those CPUs especially the high end ones suck a lot of power and will need really good cooling.
 
Yep I intend to go ssf, I don't want crazy overclocks, but as you say they still might need too much cooling...

Sounds like I got a month to wait
 
MrClippy said:
Yep I intend to go ssf, I don't want crazy overclocks, but as you say they still might need too much cooling...

Sounds like I got a month to wait
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Personally would go for Aorus z490 ITX .

8* 90amps and 10 layer PCB that should allow 5000hz ram :D and much better RMA

Also their AIO/CLC rated better then Nzxt/Asus for cooling
 
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