Hi!
I need help by choosing the best system:
System 1
7700k CPU
Z270 mainboard
~$480
System 2
7740X CPU
X299 mainboard
~$580
difference $100.
The question: What system should I buy?
For InGame-performance, these systems are almost identical (FPS, that's the point here). So at first it does not make sense to spend $100 for "nothing".
But with the X299 platform I have the opportunity to upgrade to an 8-Core CPU in the future, once this is actually necessary (ratio as current 2C vs 4C). When this 8C-era has arrived, there will be an Intel 8C for ~$350 for sure and in all likelihood compatible for the just released X299 platform, which I then don't have to upgrade!
This path seems to me even more useful, if also more expensive, than now buying an 8C (Ryzen 7 1700), which has currently less power than the 7740X or a future 8C.
Lookin' forward to some answers!