Help for choosing the best gaming processor between these two for my first build.

[Dhananjay More]

i5 8600K or i5 9600K.

Which one is better with an RTX 2060 (Founders Edition).

[Snipergod87]

well the 9600k is faster but either would be fine with a 2060

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7 hours ago, Alexsolo said:

But if it's available I'd get the I7-8700K if it's cheaper or comparable in price to the 9600K

 

That wouldn't be advisable in this situation as his use case as stated is gaming.

 

An i5-9600K running at 4.3GHz will beat an i7-8700K running at 4.4GHz in many games by relatively quite a considerable margin:

 

 

[Dhananjay More]

14 hours ago, Alexsolo said:

But if it's available I'd get the I7-8700K if it's cheaper or comparable in price to the 9600K

No, actually 8700K is almost 18K (INR) extra compared to 8600K or 9600K.

And considering its my first proper gaming (more than 2 core) rig is should save that for future upgrades and build.

Anyway still thanks guys for your help.

14 hours ago, Snipergod87 said:

well the 9600k is faster but either would be fine with a 2060

[Dhananjay More]

23 minutes ago, Alexsolo said:

With the I7-8700K You'll get an added 6 logical processor cores, making it 6c/12t, allowing you to take advantage of hyperthreading.

Hyperthreading in games allows for decreased CPU usage. Unused cores can be allocated to other tasks like running game servers, chat servers or clients (like Discord and Teamspeak) and streaming. 

 

 

But I do agree that if it's STRICTLY gaming, OP will get by perfectly with the 6c/6t I5 processor.

Actually, I won't be streaming games and stuff.

It's for Pure Gaming purpose plus some editing (not of any considerable amount).

[Dhananjay More]

A little off topic question.

Will the Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU cooler will be enough for 8600K or should I buy AIO.

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10 hours ago, Dhananjay More said:

Will the Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU cooler will be enough for 8600K or should I buy AIO.

you actually have the budget!

how about 8700 non-k +cm212 & b360 mobo , shall be cheaper than

8600k/ 9600k + AIO + z370

 

[Dhananjay More]

After much thinking and research, I've decided the following specs and parts.

If you guys think there's a better option for any part please let me know.

 

PCPartPicker part list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$264.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$31.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$152.96 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$98.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital - Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$42.49 @ OutletPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.78 @ OutletPC
Video Card	NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Power Supply	SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$41.98 @ Newegg