X299 vs. Z390 + NVLink for gaming/workstation

[ShinRamen]

Wow thanks for the ton of info guys. That makes it even more complicated though. However, I'm definitely not going to delid a 79x0 CPU, so I'm left with 9980XE and 9900K. Very interesting video and data nonetheless.

 

 

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On 12/19/2018 at 3:32 PM, Kalm_Traveler1 said:

You are correct that the 9980XE likely won't reach 5 gHz,

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well, that was my point

 

23 hours ago, AMGPower said:

He is comparing coffee lake vs skylake-x, not skylake-x vs skylake-x refresh. The coffee lake chips do over clock better than skylake-x even with a delid.

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Exactly

23 hours ago, ShinRamen said:

Wow thanks for the ton of info guys. That makes it even more complicated though. However, I'm definitely not going to delid a 79x0 CPU, so I'm left with 9980XE and 9900K. Very interesting video and data nonetheless.

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for me build two systems if you want the best of both worlds, or like I said, take a look at what your professional applications need.