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So recently I killed my x79 board and instead of paying too much for a second hand board I decided its time for an upgrade. Currently I'm looking at an i9 9900k and an i7 7820x. I game a bit but I need something for game development. I do high poly modelling, high res texturing and also do some renderings from time to time. What platform would be a better option?

 

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more like AMD TR1920X 12 core versus Intel i9-9900k 8 core. TR has more multi core performance and supports larger memory capacity which is useful for work, but i9 has more single core performance which benefits in gaming and single core work. They both cost about the same to buy (TR itself is cheaper, but the motherboard is more expensive).

 

Gaming or work, which one do you value more?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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No interest in Ryzen or ThreadRipper?

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

more like AMD TR1920X 12 core versus Intel i9-9900k 8 core. TR has more multi core performance and supports larger memory capacity which is useful for work, but i9 has more single core performance which benefits in gaming and single core work. They both cost about the same to buy (TR itself is cheaper, but the motherboard is more expensive).

 

Gaming or work, which one do you value more?

 

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

No interest in Ryzen or ThreadRipper?

Don't wanna step on any toes but literally every experience I've had with any AMD product has been a nightmare, so I wanna avoid them :/

 

How much of a difference does the TR make with those kinds of workloads? Truthfully, my kind of work isn't as demanding as something like heavy video editing or rendering insane scenes, but I'd like to have a bit of power if I should ever need it.

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2 minutes ago, TehStranger said:

 

Don't wanna step on any toes but literally every experience I've had with any AMD product has been a nightmare, so I wanna avoid them :/

AMD is unwieldy most of the time...

 

So 9900k then, a platform that has no upgrades but is noob proof as long as you dont go cheap.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, TehStranger said:

Don't wanna step on any toes but literally every experience I've had with any AMD product has been a nightmare, so I wanna avoid them :/

No one can really help you if you closed your mind...

you have no options left, and seems no budget limit. so go with 9900k

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1 minute ago, TehStranger said:

I can't really wait. I have no other machine to use and like I said I'm not sure if I even want an AMD system.

Threadripper is seemingly. the way to go. the 16 core is quite cheap these days for what it offers. 

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