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What to do with with intel prices?

3lackMamba

3lackMamba

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Hi guys

I’ve been saving for a while now and was ready to upgrade literally this week, I had everything budgeted but as my luck would have it, 8700K prices have sky-rocketed in the past week as you all know.

Now I’m left in a pickle of a situation and I don’t know what to do. I don’t fancy waiting until next year for prices to become normal again and I’m also 90% sure I do not want to go AMD. So my choices are these.. I think.

1. 8600K - I’m primarily gaming so I think this would be a viable option with a nice OC?

2. Buy from the states, but what would the conversion and rates be like?

3. Literally my last option, but go ryzen? Limit of around £300

What’s your opinions guys? Or if you have any other suggestions, fire away :)

Thanks
 
~>Dg<~ said:
if you have a decent rig now wait till christmas for the new intel stuff. wouldnt buy a rig now when 1-2 months you can have a better pc.

if its just mainly for gaming go intel. its been funny listening to one person off here in particular saying how good ryzen is then he swapped to a 8076 and even admits now how its so much better than the previous ryzen.

ryzen can game well. just intel do it better.
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I’m not running the best of rigs, 4670K with a 770.. can’t even run bf1 comfortably on low..

All these ryzen suggestions but if I’m using it for gaming primarily wouldn’t an 8600K be the better choice? Or should I factor that I’m running two monitors, one 1440p and one 1080? Plus I usually have chrome (YouTube, twitch) open in the bg and from time to time two games running at once.

I completely appreciate that intels prices are a disgrace, but for what I will be using it for and for future proofing.. eugghhhh
 
Orange Nexus said:
Wait for the 2070 or something. I saw the 8600K maxing out in BF1. If you can wait for the new intel cpus, then the 8700K might go down in price. What's a few more weeks?
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Well if the prices right now are anything to go by then i won’t be purchasing any of intel’s 9th gen.. And reports that I’m reading seem to think this price spike including the 8700K will easily lead into 2019..

I’m not the sort of person that needs 200 fps on ultra High settings @ 4K, but 60fps on most current games on high settings @ 1440p is the goal.
 
2nd hand 4790K’s still going for around £200 plus a decent mobo and chip for next upgrade will be about £500 at the very least.. also my current mobo isn’t mine, it’s a friends who needs it back within the next couple of months.. so there’s more £ I would need to spend.. plus the risk of buying a second hand chip from the bay.. lol

Mr Krugga said:
Agreed. You can get a used i7 4790k for around £100. Overclocked to 4.6-4.8 GHz, it should last you well past the next round or two of CPUs.
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Where on earth did you see one for £100?
 
Looking up gaming benchmarks from the 2700X and the 8700K with a 1080(which is the card I’m getting in my upgrade).. the only difference I am seeing is 10 and occasionally 15 fps...

I’m not starting a debate but rather genuinely asking.. In regards to gaming is this what intels defence is? 10-15 fps?
 
@Journey I was never looking anything cheap, like everyone else I just want it at a normal price lol

But yes.. the more I look into it that’s quickly becoming the juicer option :rolleyes:
 
What’s the rumoured release date of Ryzen 2? I know it’ll be 2019 but I’m just wondering if it would be wiser to get the 2700X instead if the 2600X IF I was to go Ryzen.
 
I know the 8700K is better for gaming and single core usage, but from the benchmarks I’ve saw compared to the 2700X it’s only by 10 fps or so, or else is there something else it does that I’m missing?

I know for the fps junkies this is a must but when the 2700X is constantly hitting over 100fps in games anyway, I couldn’t give a fiddlers if it’s a 100 or 110 fps?
 
Okay thanks guys I’ve got some rethinking to do.. I might give Ryzen a chance.. I had the worst experience with a Radeon 280x and never wanted to think about AMD again but.. idk I’ll defo have an open mind toward this situation. Intel is just not within my financial capabilities right now, not with those ridiculous prices.

I’m gonna stick with the 1080 as it’s more in my budget but also whilst that gigabyte 1080ti is a great deal, there are a few things I don’t like about it. On top of that I’m going for an aesthetic build and I’ve had my heart set on the EVGA 1080 FTW edition for some time now.
 
So.. Did the build guys, what do you's think? And who do you's think I went with, AMD or Intel? I know it's kinda obvious but meh, I'm so bloody delighted!

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It's not as blue IRL, its more of a pastel purple. I had actually planned to do an all white/black build but when I saw this purple against the white and black, I fell in love :)

So I wen't with the 2700X, Asus x470 Pro, 16GB 3200 Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro, Kraken x62 and just some visual peripherals after all that. Already had an SSD and HDD.

Coming from a Corsair 650D this NZXT H500 was TINY, so it took me literally hours to manage cables.. Next on my agenda is to get a fully modular PSU and a full braided cable set instead of the extensions.. Way too much wiring for a case like this..

But yeah, super happy :)
 
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