i5 8400 vs i5 9600k (not overclocking)

[Ilikecomputerlul]

Is worth spending 80$ CAD more for a i5 9600k over a i5 8400? And why? I wont be overclocking 

[badreg]

No. It's a 500-600Mhz extra across the board at stock, which is not worth it if you are not going to take advantage of the unlocked multipler.

[Swes]

not enough info, would have to know what the rest of the setup looks like but it probably doesn't matter except if you think about resale

[Ilikecomputerlul]

Im using it for gaming only. With a rtx 2080 ti. And a b360 motherboard 

[Ilikecomputerlul]

5 hours ago, Swes said:

not enough info, would have to know what the rest of the setup looks like but it probably doesn't matter except if you think about resale

Using a rtx 2080 ti and a b360 board

[Stormseeker9]

1 hour ago, Ilikecomputerlul said:

Im using it for gaming only. With a rtx 2080 ti. And a b360 motherboard 

With a beast of a card like that... 9900k

/jks 

 

from what I’ve gathered you should be ok, maybe a 10-15% bottleneck depending on your silicon and game. But mostly should be fine.  (I googled your question and this is what I came up with)

[VladusD]

Your setup is heavily skewed towards the GPU, but you haven't really mentioned what kind of refresh rates or resolutions you're targeting, so not much to say. Regarding the i5-8400, the clock speeds are quite low, so if you have something like a 144 Hz monitor, I would say it could be a bit inadequate.

[Swes]

I'd say go for the 9600k, im not a huge fan of i3/i5 series right now but if you go that route for the the 2080 Ti little bit extra might be worth it