CPU Selection Troubles

[MISTERSANDMAN]

I'm struggling to select which CPU I should get? My requirements are for 1080p 144Hz gaming (80% use) and 20% rendering in Premiere. I purchased a 1080ti recently from a 980. I currently have a 4790K. So I was thinking either getting an 2700x, an 8600K or wait till the potential 3800x that will have higher clock speeds. The reason I didn't straight away go for the 2700x is that I've noticed in many benchmarks that while it keeps up at the same FPS at 1440p and 4K, it's almost 20% worse for high FPS gaming at 1080p. Any thoughts are appreciated. 

[RobbinM]

So what FPS are you getting now?

What is your current CPU clock speed, memory size and speed?

[MISTERSANDMAN]

21 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

So what FPS are you getting now?

What is your current CPU clock speed, memory size and speed?

All that is irrelevant as I'm upgrading aren't I loll

[ch3w2oy]

You could go 2600 for now and then upgrade later, or just wait altogether. I'm planning on upgrading as well so I got the 2600X (at same price as 2600).

[RobbinM]

If you like to throw away a lot of money for a 20% increase in FPS while your CPU might be overclocked 20% then be my guest. I was just trying to help.

 

Just go buy a 9900K please.

[MISTERSANDMAN]

6 minutes ago, tomswife said:

You could go 2600 for now and then upgrade later, or just wait altogether. I'm planning on upgrading as well so I got the 2600X (at same price as 2600).

Hmmm, that's an option.

[Jurrunio]

just wait, nothing some overclock can't do atm. At least see what Zen 2 can do first

[ch3w2oy]

9 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

just wait, nothing some overclock can't do atm. At least see what Zen 2 can do first

If you can wait, this is the best option, unless you don't care about motherboards. I think the X570 boards might have something better than what's currently on the market for Ryzen. Most current Ryzen motherboards really suck. The only ones worth getting are the Asus ones.

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, tomswife said:

Most current Ryzen motherboards really suck.

If you only count those from Gigabyte, that is. On AM4 their only excellent boards are the X370 K7, X470 Gaming 7 and a good board called the X370 Gaming 5. The rest all carry some major flaw in some way

 

3 minutes ago, tomswife said:

The only ones worth getting are the Asus ones.

Eh, as far as I'm concerned (With price considered) only the X370-F, X470-F, Crosshair 6 Hero, Crosshair 7 Hero and Crosshair 6 Extreme are worth buying. The rest are low end products for mid range board money, or bottom of the barrel boards for low end product money (not even dirt cheap).

 

Asrock only has Pro4 and Taichi boards that are worth buying, Pro4 because they are the cheapest stuff without being crap, Taichi because it's the cheapest high end board. MSI has good mid range boards, but low end ones aren't as good as Asrocks and high end ones don't have as much potential as Asus boards so no good up there either.