Should I get a i7-8700k with 2080ti or a 2650x with a 1080 ti?
What will you be using it for?
If you can get an 8700K for a reasonable price, then do that.
Otherwise, look at how much the Ryzen 5 2600 or 2600X are going for in your country.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tz8vvn
Super simple basic components there, depending on how much you want to spend, upgrade to the 2600X first, then 3200 RAM, then a Crosshair VII for the motherboard. Then if you have more money to burn (or if it's just a insignificant price jump in your country) go for a 2700 or 2700X.
Can you actually purchase those? A huge issue has been supply, with 9th-gen being almost unattainable in the US right now from Etailers.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117959
In stock right now. It's the 9700k and especially 9900k that are hardest to find.
I already have a 1080 TI that I'm going to use with my new PC, as well as 3 SSDs and 3 HDDs. Also currently using 2 monitors, WQHD and Full HD. I'm going for "high-end but not totally fucking insane."
My plan until now has been to get a i7-8700k and then 32 gigs of RAM. But then Intel's new Coffee Lake happened and once again Intel prices went fucking bananas. The i7-8700k went from 350€ to 450€. The barely better (but newer) i7-9700k currently costs 500€ upwards, and the i9-9900k is entirely out of question, cause that's a whooping 700€ for slightly more performance.
I usually don't care too much about brands and I'd have gotten an AMD by now if certain games wouldn't perform slighty worse with Ryzen CPUs.
So, I'm finally biting the bullet and I'm building an entirely new computer, I guess, after about 4 years with this one. Ryzen 5 2600x, and an RTX 2070. Way I see it, the 2070 is already about 12-20% better than the GTX 1080 and they're the same price, plus one has a neat gimmick so why not. Only reason I felt the need to mention it here is I'm wondering if anybody thinks I should ditch Ryzen and hop over to Intel, but then again I've been checking benchmarks and the 2070 looks really good with Ryzen.
I'm using an Asus 2080 Ti Dual with a Z68 motherboard (PCIe 2.0) and an i7-3770k without issues so far
Intel's competition at that price bracket is kind of a joke. A 2600X serves me very well and it should serve you well, too.
Also, the 1080 and 2070 are identical in most respects, they don't have any differences in performance to speak of. If you can grab a 1080 for significantly cheaper, get that. Otherwise a 2070 is a great choice.
No reason to go with Intel unless you just want to spend the maximum amount of money.
Hey great, anecdotal evidence of your one case doesn't discount that other people are reporting issues. Glad you're not having issues though.
Having a bad experience with amazon. Ordered my computer on Sunday with one day shipping, still hasn't shipped. I may cancel and order from newegg if it's not shipped today.
So i7-8700k, i7-9700k or 2950x? Current build has the i7-8700k, but I'm leaning towards the 2950x for future proofing as new games should hopefully use more cores. Casual use, gaming in 4k, compiling packages on Linux and watching youtube in 4k HDR @ 60FPS which the Vega GPU doesn't hardware decode very well.
If I go newegg I'm probably grabbing one of the Vega 64 for $400. My monitor uses freesync anyway.
That's assuming you're CPU bottlenecked though, right?
I can't imagine anything running at 3Ghz or higher on four or more cores is going to struggle keeping up with your GPU at 144hz
Any reason to use the i7-8700k over the i7-9700k?
There are only four types of customers who actually need Threadripper
Super-multitaskers needing a good workstation
Small businesses that want a solid multi VM rig
3D artists and designers who need a monster CPU for Blender
Hardware porn enthusiasts who want the highest benchmark numbers
Or optionally Linus
2950x should actually technically perform just a smidgen better than the 2700x, due to a better bin and larger heat dissipation surface. Benchmarks on Techspot show it to be that way in synthetics, and generally a wash in actual titles.
Though I do agree, if you're buying Threadripper to future-proof games in the future, that's a bad choice; by the time games can use 16 cores we'll be on DDR6 or something.
In general I think the 8700k is an over-hyped processor, yes it has six cores (finally), yes it can hit 5GHz, but it does that using considerably more power. Then the fact that even removing the heat generated from that power becomes a problem due to Intel design decisions, for what, about a 10% performance improvement over the Ryzen 2nd gen parts in high-refresh gaming. Especially considering price and availability, I think it's pretty no-brainer to go with AMD right now, unless you have cash needing to be burned on squeezing the last 10% from modern hardware.
You're still GPU locked in almost all gaming situations. A 2080 Ti is about where an AMD CPU might start bottlenecking you
Hey, I'm looking at getting a new case d9r my pc, as my current one is pretty small and only just fits my 1070 into it, I was wondering if you guys know any decent big towers, price range is £100-£200
The be quiet! Dark Base 900 is a good full tower if you're willing to pay the price and especially if you care about noise.
I should have no problems moving all my stuff from a budget tower to that right?, I'm not too great with computers so don't want to buy it then have problems lol
It's a really crappy budget thing my friend bought then I bought off him years ago, sharkoon is the brand name I think, also don't mind the dust, it's such an awkward case to clean and get around, hence why I want a new one lol
I feel kind of weird about the fact that these days, almost every case recommendation I make is either the Define R6 or Meshify C
but the truth is, they really are just that good
Gave up on amazon. Lets see if NewEgg can get the product here by Friday whereas amazon is still twiddling their thumbs since Sunday.
On the plus side, went with a 2700x build and a Vega 64 so saved $1500.
I wasn't trying to discount other's people issues, but the problem with these kinds of things is usually that everyone without issues is the silent majority.
Don't let anybody tell you the Vega 64 is a bad GPU. It's not.
Out of mainly curiosity, what's the situation you'd buy one for gaming? As far as I can tell, it benches marginally worse than the 1080 but (at least in the UK) costs a smidge more. I'm definitely not saying it's got no value, just wondering if there's a reason I'd buy it over a 1080 for primarily gaming? I'm not too informed on this shit so yeah.
Freesync, mainly. It dips a little bit below the 1080 in price sometimes. Sapphire's coolers are also very good and look great.
Also, while corporations are not your friends, some people feel a little bit better giving their money to AMD rather than Nvidia (or Intel) and will always buy something from them rather than a competitor.
Do all monitors with freesync HDR have freesync 2? Can't get a straight answer out of LG on this monitor (27UK600-W)
It's called the youtube game. R9 200 series does it, Vega 56 does it and Vega 64 does it.
https://i.imgur.com/QJJ6ji5.jpg
I feel silly. I hadn't even considered Freesync, that's actually an extremely compelling reason considering that my main monitor has Freesync because like all decent monitors do by default whereas Gsync is gonna net you another £200+ on top of the usual cost. While I'd never intentionally gimp myself, I'd definitely tank an extra £20 to buy from the good guys, but considering the Freesync bit Vega may actually be a better option for me.
I'm think of upgrading my GTX 970 soon, so we'll see.
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