Which i9 for gaming? OR i7?

[xSamuraix1x]

Hi people...

Wanting to upgrade now to a really good system...

Been so not into PC gaming for a good few years now and I'm so out of the loop.

What I need it for is gaming only, to get the most out of games. I have a RTX 2080 TI card ready and 32gb ram, just confused oon the CPU. I'd want a Asus gaming motherboard too. So, a few bits listed below, or should I go all out and buy an Extreme Edition i9?

In your opinions which i9 or even a i7 would you buy for gaming? I have a few shortlisted which are:

**No Competitors **

 

[koooowweeee]

Neither. New CPUs out soon. Them chips are overpriced and sort of old tech too.

 

[Phatzy]

If your system isn't struggling then wait a little longer no point in spending now

 

[xSamuraix1x]

Ah, what new CPU's are out soon?

 

[chaparral]

WOW them prices you linked almost £900 for a 9900k Do People actually pay that crazy amount

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-65j-in.html

 

[snips86x]

Ah, what new CPU's are out soon?

Zen3 4000 series, announcement on 8th October

 

[rn2]

WOW them prices you linked almost £900 for a 9900k Do People actually pay that crazy amount

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-65j-in.html

I remember when the ks was only about £100 more. But now they're so rare so the prices went up. But I don't know why anyone in their right mind would pay that for a ks lol.

As for the K. Surely that's priced up wrong?

 

[signal11th]

Tbh I've always been an Intel CPU lad but with the new AMD chips I finder it harder and harder to recommend them.

 

[uscool]

If anything my next upgrade probably be the zen 3 , multi workloads it's great just needs to improve on the gaming side

 

[pp111]

The i7 is even slightly overkill for many games, which tend to use fewer cores. The i9 is definitely overkill! So between the two the i7 is the best choice for gaming. The only time you might consider the i9 is if you are streaming at the same time. Right now the 10700K is a good choice.

 

[humbug]

10700K (8 core 16 threads) is good for that GPU, you not going to benefit from the extra 2 cores on the 10900K, especially not for the near £200 more, save the money or get yourself a big fat NVMe drive and not have to worry about space to put your games on for a while.

But if you can wait a couple of weeks AMD have a Ryzen 5000 event on the 8'th of October.

 

[kevman]

But if you can wait a couple of weeks AMD have a Ryzen 5000 event on the 8'th of October.

You can tell intel are worried - I have seen 10700kF going for about 330quid which is a pretty good price for 8 cores/ 16 threads

 

[humbug]

You can tell intel are worried - I have seen 10700kF going for about 330quid which is a pretty good price for 8 cores/ 16 threads

That is a good price, yes. Intel becoming the budget brand?

 

[kevman]

That is a good price, yes. Intel becoming the budget brand?

I reckon. All the 10th Gen boards are coming down in price as no-one is buying. Could possibly get a cheap intel deal after ryzen 5000 is released.

 

[humbug]

I reckon. All the 10th Gen boards are coming down in price as no-one is buying. Could possibly get a cheap intel deal after ryzen 5000 is released.

Yup.

 

[rn2]

The i7 is even slightly overkill for many games, which tend to use fewer cores. The i9 is definitely overkill! So between the two the i7 is the best choice for gaming. The only time you might consider the i9 is if you are streaming at the same time. Right now the 10700K is a good choice.

There are some games that I play including building games and unoptimised games which I've heard if you go from an I7-4790 to an i9-9900k it can help.

Maybe done i7s are better but not all of them.

I can't imagine that big of a jump between those two cpus would not be benificial for gaming.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

In your opinions which i9 or even a i7 would you buy for gaming?

I wouldn't buy either for gaming. I wouldn't buy Intel for anything to be honest.

AMD are due to release a new lineup soon which would be worth waiting for.

 

[Gray2233]

There are some games that I play including building games and unoptimised games which I've heard if you go from an I7-4790 to an i9-9900k it can help.

Maybe done i7s are better but not all of them.

I can't imagine that big of a jump between those two cpus would not be benificial for gaming.

The 10700K is just a more modern version of the 9900K, they're both 8c16t chips using the same architecture while running at similar clocks.

Don't get hung on up the i7 vs i9 stuff, it's not always relevant, especially when looking at different generations of hardware.

That said, if you MUST buy Intel right now you might as well spend the extra on a 10850K over a 10700K. You're essentially buying into a dead end platform so for the sake of longevity the small amount more for a couple of extra cores/threads is worth it in my mind.

The sensible option would be waiting to see what the new Ryzen chips have to offer, even if you're stuck on Intel for whatever mind boggling reason there's a chance prices will come down.

 

[rn2]

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The sensible option would be waiting to see what the new Ryzen chips have to offer, even if you're stuck on Intel for whatever mind boggling reason there's a chance prices will come down.

I am definately waiting. I'm just glad I didn't decide to buy a new system earlier. The thing with Intel is the power usage and heat too. I'm hoping amd have it better under control.

 

[kevman]

You're essentially buying into a dead end platform so for the sake of longevity the small amount more for a couple of extra cores/threads is worth it in my mind.

Thing is though arent we at the end of the road for AM4? At least with intel you would get RL out of the 490 platform aswell.