I7-9700k with Asus Strix z370-e

[Olivialifts]

Hey all! I’m wanting to upgrade from 8700 to 9700k. I know I have to update the bios. But does this motherboard okay for this cpu?(I already have an aio for cooling) I don’t plan on doing any major over clocking, maybe some here and there. I just don’t want to have to buy a new board because I just bought the 370. Let me know what you all think. Thank you! 

Another random question- do you think and 8700 paired with 2080ti is a little crazy?

[Beerbuddy]

Should work fine after BIOS update.  Nothing wrong with an 8700 paired with 2080 ti... an 8700 chip is still very good! I wouldn't do the CPU upgrade unless I had extra money to waste lol.

 

EDIT: Make sure you do the BIOS update before changing the CPU!

[TempestCatto]

What exact motherboard? Just reread the title. Here's the CPU QVL for your board, it does say upto 9900K so going by Asus, you should be fine. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z370-E-GAMING/HelpDesk_CPU/

 

As long as you do the BIOS update, and your board has good VRM's, you'll be fine.

[Olivialifts]

Asus strix z370-e

[Alex Atkin UK]

An 8600k doesn't generally get CPU bound on an RTX 2080, so I doubt there is any point upgrading the CPU from an 8700.

 

From what I've seen the 8700 and 9700 are neither better or worse than each other on average, it kinda balances out with some games being better on one, some on the other.

[Alex Atkin UK]

I guess the 9700k has some overclocking headroom though, depends if you want to mess with all that hassle.

 

I've been tempted to go up to the 9900k as I ocassionally do video encoding, but as my board is only the z370-i I'm not sure the VRMs are up to it.

[CharminUltraStrong]

1 hour ago, Olivialifts said:

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I think it'd be a waste of your money to upgrade to a 9700k. The 8700k has 12 threads vs. the 9700k's 8 threads, and the 8700k has hyper threading which the 9700k does not. I think a hyper threaded CPU with more threads would be a much better pairing with a 2080ti. Granted the 9700k is an 8 core CPU whereas the 8700k is a 6 core but as someone who uses a hexacore CPU that lacks hyperthreading and the extra threads that the 8700k has, it is well beyond capable. I have my doubts that you'd see usage of all 6 cores, especially in an intensive manner. Also, your motherboards BIOS would have to be flashed to support the 9700k since the Z370 does not support the 9 serios CPU's out of the box.