I might swap my poorly overclocking 8600K for 9700kf myself, come Black Friday, at ~$329 I'm willing to bite. I read you can use MCE with the i7 9700 on a Z motherboard(4.7Ghz allcore?) A beefy heat sink/fan combination won't give you much headroom (though it should be fine for stock operation, unlike Intel's Core i9-9900K). I don't think that 9700k is a future proof product. At BEST they'll be quite a bit AHEAD. It's practically the same for gaming. Go for 3700x instead of the 3600 for the 8 cores. It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. Intel does cap its Core i7-9700K at a base frequency of 3.6 GHz, which is 100 MHz less than Core i7-8700K's base clock rate. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. EDIT: 3600 seems to perform same as 3700X for £200!!! You are using an out of date browser. And also more stable with program overall - they say! It may not display this or other websites correctly. Absolutely, the 9700 is great for both gaming and streaming. However because of the cost taking up too much into the overall build budget that it ended up pairing with a 1660ti. If you're going to want the new rig to last that long, just buy a 9900k. It seems you really have to push Intel, to handily surpass AMD. Anyone is welcome to seek the input of our helpful community as they piece together their desktop. Intel’s Core i7-9700K is an unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake CPU. After all, some software performs notably better on physical cores rather than logical ones, and the two-core increase compared to the Intel Core i7-8700K largely offsets the loss of Intel's simultaneous multi-threading technology. It comes clocked at the same 3.6 GHz base frequency … Whats your opinion of putting an extra 100 towards a used 1080ti and going 3600? I'll also say that we should remember about the safety issues on intel. That thing is at last 8 years old. NY 10036. Current page: Get instant access to breaking news, in-depth reviews and helpful tips. Well I just went from an I5-4690K to an AMD Ryzen 7 2700 after seeing the price of intel's current lineup, and knowing that Ryzen2 is coming in another 6mo or so. Watch AMD's Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 'Where Gaming Begins' Livestream Here October 8 at 9am PT, PS5 Specs, Features and Price: Everything We Know, Where and How to Buy an RTX 3080, 3090 or 3070 (Prime Day Won't Help), AMD Zen 3, Ryzen 4000, Ryzen 5000 Release Date, Specifications, Performance, All We Know, 1-2 Cores - 5.04 Cores - 4.8 8 Cores - 4.7, 1 Core - 4.92 Core 4.8 4 Core 4.78 Core 4.6, 1 Core - 4.62 Core - 4.54 Core 4.46 Core 4.3, Eight cores excel in parallelized workloads, Strong single-threaded performance thanks to high Turbo Boost clock rates, No bundled cooler means enthusiasts face additional expense. If I was to personally spend that much money on CPU, I wouldn't touch anything lower than 12 threads. The 3600 is pretty much within 1 or 2 FPS for £100 less I think that’s the best value right? But given a higher core count, that actually adds up to less cache per core than Intel's previous designs. If you want to stream, use multiple programs at the same time etc, then 3700x is a better choice. If you go AMD, make sure you do your research on motherboards - there are a lot of BIOS issues plaguing the new launches and it's causing folks some headaches. Why the 3700x is 360 and not under 329 Idk. Planning on building a computer but need some advice? It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. Because on Haswell, Intel forced the mobo vendors to remove MCE for non-K CPUs with later BIOS versions. If you plan to overclock, take that into consideration. I used to over clock everything but now if it runs cooler and lasts longer then lets have it run at stock speeds thank you. If you can return the 9700K, yes you absolutely should. It’s fine for gaming and light streaming but AMD has shown it does a little better in the stream and gaming. Meanwhile the competing AMD Ryzen 7 2700X retails for $329. /r/buildapc is a community-driven subreddit dedicated to custom PC assembly. At 1080p, the Ryzen 7 3700X is at least 10fps slower than the Core i7-9700K in everything except Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, with the gulf widening to a massive 20fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Intel isn't even worse cost-wise; the 9600k is $200 and the 9700k is $300 if you have a MicroCenter nearby and they're both easily overclockable to 5Ghz which puts them ahead of anything that AMD has for gaming. Pricing is a bit of a problem, though. For gaming, the 9700k is better than the 3700x. the intel looks a LOT faster with OCs etc and there is only 3600x right not 3600? I'd say that i7 8700k was a better choice than 9700. At WORST an i5-9600k/9700k/9900k are going to be EQUAL in gaming performance to AMD's best CPUs. Last month the 9900KF was only $420. What everyone here is missing/ignoring is that Ryzen 3000 has very little room for overclocking, where the intel can have 10-20% or more headroom. You can find the HP EX920 for similar price with better performance and better durability. Got it from Newegg and based upon the policy I can return it as long as it’s unopened. I don't think that 9700k is a future proof product. Its the end of the line for the intel LGA 1151 and they are moving the next gen to 1159 socket. The chips with hyperthreading just last longer. Core i7-9700K drops into existing 300-series motherboards after a BIOS update, though Intel's partners also have a slew of Z390-based motherboards available. At 1440p, the gap is admittedly a lot smaller, but you’re still looking at a boost of around 5fps on the Core i7-9700K, if not more. So, even with the STIM, thermal density presents challenges. I've had one since April and have really enjoyed its performance.

It includes an integrated UHD 630 graphics engine, sports unlocked ratio multipliers for easy overclocking, and supports dual-channel DDR4-2666 memory. Assuming a 15-20% uptick from HTT under ideal conditions, we'd hypothesize that an 8C/8T -9700K should be faster than the 6C/12T -8700K in most workloads.

It even boasts a number of improvements compared to the previous generation. Thanks, what would be the amd equivalent? Previously working GPU not working with new motherboard. However, it doesn't benefit from Hyper-Threading. Intel also responded to increasing RAM density by doubling memory capacity support up to 128GB. Intel Core i7-9700K 9th Gen CPU Review: Eight Cores And No Hyper-Threading Great balance between price and performance By Paul Alcorn 21 … The Intel Core i9-9900K sells for more than $500, requires a high-end cooler, a beefy motherboard, and really needs to be paired with lots of fast memory. Mainstream is relative, though. If you want to just game, Intel simply because it's still 15 to even 20% faster than AMD. In a full-whack, all-core run of Cinebench R15, the i7 9700K manages to top its hexacore compadre by just 100 points, managing 1,486 to the i7 8700K’s 1,386.