The availability date for Intel's 10th generation i9 is not specified in the current information.
The availability date for Intel's 10th generation i9 is not specified in the current information.
Eh probs chill tbh. My current Intel setup was cheaper than my AMD one lmao. $330 2700X on a $290 Crosshair VII Hero vs the $290 j-bin 5960X on a $99 X99 Classified I run now. AMD isn't for broke people, a lot of peeps on this forum are just angery at Intel because they're not the underdog and held back core counts in the past due to lack of competition. Very similar to the constant reeee against Apple amongst a lot of the tech community. IMO peeps do push AMD a bit too hard, Intel still kicks ass at a lotta shit. One of those being overclocking. If you have the cooling needed, you'll likely have way more fun with an X299 chip than any of the threadrippers, OC headroom on Ryzens has been consistently meh. On lower end chips it can be fun, but on my 2700X I couldn't even get above stock boost so that left a bad taste in my mouth. That and I just flat out like Intel's HEDT shit for really no reason, my main is pretty much always going to be that if I can fit it in my budget (thanks to going used, I can). If you've got the budget for the 10980 XE then fuck yeah! Go for it, sure you'll have a shitload of fun assuming you love the platform. No need to get mean about it to people who reccomend AMD, though to be fair they could probs chill a bit given that you're pretty committed to Intel. At the end of the day you'll be fine, hell I've seen a stock 7900X pushing 144Hz 1080p and 1440p just fine, and the X299 bois were shit on for their "bad gaming performance". If you're doing workstation stuff it'll kick absolute butt too, 18c is still nothing to sneeze at, especially given that the clock overhead is massive compared to AMD's stuff. lol. IDK what you're on about, I've had a fuck ton of fun with my Intel shit. My 8600K was one of the "shit" 14nm boyes, thing curbstomped my (much more expensive) 2700X, its family, its relatives, and ran over the family dog, all without breaking a sweat. Absolutely devoured the 2700X in every single game I tried. SLI also played much nicer on Intel than AMD (and I had the nicest AMD mobo you could buy at the time, the aforementioned Crosshair VII Hero). I didn't do a lot of multicore stuff so I never really leveraged the advantage the 2700X had there. TL;DR: Neither platform is shit, both have advantages and disadvantages. OP is obviously committed to Intel, no need to harass them over that lmao. Tbh y'all legit make me not want to run AMD purely out of spite, stepping back a bit and taking a chill pill would actually help you out. At this point y'all are making it into a platform war and making your own side look bad.
Because I can be honest, what kind of workload are you handling? You might benefit more from a quicker 10-14c processor instead of the slower 18c version. Most HCC tasks finish before reaching 10c/20t, let alone 18c/36t—but you could drop to under 0.5ghz in clock speed.
Yeah. I mentioned that. But... if I purchase a 1680 v2 from 2013 and upgrade it to 4.6Ghz all the way, I can outperform a 2700X across every measure, even input latency. My current 5960X matches a 2700X if cooling improves further, which would extend my advantage. It’s from 2014 and costs $40 less than my 2700X on a motherboard that was $190 cheaper. I have 40 PCIe lanes instead of 24, quad channel RAM, and I can use my preferred motherboard, an EVGA Classified. Only with Zen 2 has my X99 options lost much of their value compared to performance, but there are still good reasons to stick with it. OP has solid reasons to favor Intel too, why dismiss them? I don’t want to push people who like Ryzen to ignore Intel completely.
You’re looking at a 5960x model, which means you’ll likely see a significant jump to 2700x since it’s no longer available in stock. When comparing similar models, 2700x performs quite competitively with the 5960x, especially when considering future upgrades and value. The 2700x offers better upgrade potential on AM4 and provides strong value for money. At around $190 a year, it’s a solid choice for budget performance. An Intel 8c/16t CPU from 2010 is no longer cutting-edge compared to AMD’s 7nm Zen 2 chips, which have advanced rapidly in just a year. Intel is trying to move away from 14nm, while AMD has successfully transitioned to 12nm and below. The difference between 8700k and 9700k isn’t huge enough to justify the cost for an upgrade. Unlike AMD, the 2700x delivers much better productivity, making it a strong alternative to the 3700x, which now matches up closely with the 9900k. I used to play games on Intel but switched to AMD because the 3700x and 9900k are now on par in performance. With a $330 budget, you can comfortably keep up with the 2700x against prices over $475.