10900K...Purchase or skip? :-/
10900K...Purchase or skip? :-/
I share your view, though sometimes everything gets lost and you end up using the strongest mainstream gaming CPU just because it’s available. AKA the i9 9900K – it’s a great experience playing AAA games on Ultra and maintaining steady 80-120 FPS.**** Some buyers will choose this CPU (depending on future benchmarks and reviews) simply to achieve that performance.
You hit it on the nail. There is a market for these CPUs and as long as they are enthusiast type chips there will be buyers; however, I thing its important for Intel to show some promise beyond tinkering and high clock speeds. Like many of you have said we have to wait and see the reviews to be able to really quantify the performance. Only then can we speak on the value. As of now I'm a bit underwhelmed, but maybe just maybe Intel will prove me wrong once they are released for review. I'll be watching.........
I’m not sure if I should wait or choose the i9-9900K. Some say to go AMD, but others think Intel is better for gaming. I’ve heard you might get a better deal with Intel at the same price. Since I’m new to building computers, I need to decide carefully.
That is a good question and its entirely subjective. Whatever you create should be tailored to what you do; however, I must say that AMD CPU's are really good in gaming as well. Price to performance the 3700x and 3800x are really good value and do really well in gaming. If your main focus is gaming then the 9700k is awesome and will edge out the prior mentioned cpus in gaming alone; however, you are paying a premium and the 3800x will give you good gaming and excellent multi core performance plus all the ryzen chips are future proofed with their new 7 nm architecture that offers more L3 Cache and PCIe 4.0. If you want the best of both worlds (outside of the pricey 3950x) then currently the 3900x gives you amazing gaming performance plus amazing multi core performance so if you are streaming it will handle that with ease due its 12 core/24 threads. Now if all you care about is FPS. I mean literally ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS FPS. and you plan to play on either a 240 hz monitor or a ultra wide/super ultra wide and (this is important) you plan to purchase a 2080 ti. If all of those are checked then go with an high end intel chip. Me personally I love clock speed and gaming performance. I'm rocking a 9900KS with a 2080 ti connected to a LG38GL950G. I did this to be able to put out as many Frames as possible while playing Modern Warfare, Division 2, Resident Evil 2/3, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order etc on ULTRA. I don't care about synthetic multi core performance as to me my cpu does amazing in adobe premier and various other things I do for work. So to get through this long message building a PC is a huge decision. If you like clock speed, overclocking, your main focus is gaming, and you plan to build an expensive gaming rig with all the highest end parts then WAIT and see what this 10900k will do. It should perform better than the 9900k and will offer better multi core performance at the same price point as the 9900k today. I'm sure its clear as mud. lol But that's the beauty of today's market there are so many options and really in the DIY space the options are plentiful. Enjoy building its one of my favorite past times.