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Worth upgrading to a 9900k from a 8086k

I wouldn’t have thought so. I’ve just upgraded from 6700k to 9900k and can definitely notice the difference in most games. Yours is only 2 cores under the 9900k. Although if you can get good money for yours second hand then maybe it is.
 
Ever since upgrading to the 8086k just under a year ago now, I havent really pushed my pc at all in anyway and Im still using the R9 290 gpu. But If I could get £200 or more, then it might be worth upgrading for the sake of it?

There have been talk about the z370 boards not handling the 9900 cpu's well, is this still the case?
 
if you doing this wait till summer which is only two months away. if amd new cpus match or are very close to the 9900k it will drop down quite a bit. in two months nothing currently is going to trouble your cpu.i personally wouldnt upgrade from your current cpu but in two months time it maybe 100 quid cheaper.
 
There's a serious problem if modern intel chips need replacing after only 10 months.
The 2600k can still handle modern games with a good GPU and that's 9 years old. I guess they don't make them like they used to.
 
Phil2008 said:
Ever since upgrading to the 8086k just under a year ago now, I havent really pushed my pc at all in anyway and Im still using the R9 290 gpu. But If I could get £200 or more, then it might be worth upgrading for the sake of it?

There have been talk about the z370 boards not handling the 9900 cpu's well, is this still the case?
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What is your 8086k @ 4.9 currently failing to do? Where are you limited in terms of performance by it at the moment? I cannot envisage too many scenarios in which the 8068k is the constraint in your system compared to the GPU and in the event it is a heavy constraint (editing / rendering) then I would have thought a 9900k offering only 2 more cores would not be far behind and an entirely new platform would be on the cards.
 
I'd wait for next CPU's from AMD or Intel to be honest. I went back to a backup system 6700K to tide me over which is still good enough for the moment.
9900K is a good CPU but I wouldn't upgrade from a high frequency 6 core to one at this stage. Even if you don't want to buy AMD, wait for Intel to bring something new.
 
Im just think my current cpu wont be worth much soon, so instead of doing what I always do and thats keeping the cpu until the bitter end, do I change the cpu now while I can get a bit of money for it and considering my board can take a 9900k cpu, it might be a cheap upgrade, even though I dont really need it?
 
Phil2008 said:
Im just think my current cpu wont be worth much soon, so instead of doing what I always do and thats keeping the cpu until the bitter end, do I change the cpu now while I can get a bit of money for it and considering my board can take a 9900k cpu, it might be a cheap upgrade, even though I dont really need it?
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The more expensive chip has more to fall in price so when Zen 2 comes out and Intel aren't so capacity constrained the 9900k will likely lose you more in the long term.
 
Phil2008 said:
Im just think my current cpu wont be worth much soon, so instead of doing what I always do and thats keeping the cpu until the bitter end, do I change the cpu now while I can get a bit of money for it and considering my board can take a 9900k cpu, it might be a cheap upgrade, even though I dont really need it?
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Depreciation isn't necessarily a bad thing.

You could have that chip for 6 years and not be really troubled in games. That's great value and much cheaper than flipping your CPU so soon.
 
If you’re a frequent upgraded (2-3yrs) there’s no point. If you like to keep your cpu/mobo/ram for 5-7 years and won’t lose out on much, then might want to look into it.

You’ll also need to be careful with your z370 board and ensure your VRM’s can handle it.
 
No point IMO and your board might not handle the 9900k other than at stock.
Why not push your 8086k more? Sync all cores to 5ghz for a start. It should be good for 5.2ghz
 
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