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I9 9900k vs I7 9700k

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Hi! I’m really stuck on which cpu I should get. First off I only play games on a 1080p monitor ( I know that my setup is overkill but I will get a new 1440p or 4K display ) and I want to play on max settings. I have a GTX 1080 TI Strix OC and a i7 4790.

 

Now to the juice I have heard that the i7 is not as good because it’s not capable of hyper threading however the i9 shows minimal performance boost in FPS but will it’s extra 8 threads help in general? so I have no idea and is it worth to splash out another £100 to future proof my system and I will not go to ryzen as I would prefer intel.

Many thanks!

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If you only care to gaming either the i7 8700K or i7 9700K suffices for max settings CPU side of things and will provide nearly identical gaming potential as the i9.

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i7 will get you 1-2 frames more than i9 and for gaming only I would consider 9700k. It also overclocked higher than i9.

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Just now, GGPLAYING said:

i7 will get you 1-2 frames more than i9 and for gaming only I would consider 9700k. It also overclocked higher than i9.

 

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

If you only care to gaming either the i7 8700K or i7 9700K suffices for max settings CPU side of things and will provide nearly identical gaming potential as the i9.

I will also have plans for overclocking

PC Specs: Motherboard: MSI Tomahawk X570  CPU: Ryzen 5900X  CPU Cooler: NZXT 240 mm Kraken Series AIO     GPU: Asus Strix ROG 1080 TI OC Edition    PSU: Corsair RM850 850W   Storage: 2 X 4TB, 2 X 1TB HDD And 1 X 1tb m.2 samsung 980 pro Case:  NZXT H440 2015 Edition

 

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I wouldn't bother, the graphics differences will not be noticeable in any meaningful way. You'll see more improvement going to a RTX 2080 / RTX 2080 Ti card. Sure, the i9 has hyperthreading, but most programs and games won't use more than 4 cores anyway, let alone 8 and beyond.

Stop and think a second, something is more than nothing.

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go for a 8700k 9700k and save the money for a good 144hz/240hz 1440p gsync monitor , even my 8600k can run at 144hz 1440p easily

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hyperthreading would not help a lot on network gaming,but there is other ways to solve:buy 9900k and close hyperthreading for extra 4MB than 9700K，or just go back 8700K，

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