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Intel i9-9900K or AMD 3900X? Need Help

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Hi all,

 

Kinda stuck, looking to spend about $2250 USD (I live in Ireland but for ease I'm sticking to USD pricing due to Newegg and PCPartPicker). 

 

For the Intel build I'm fairly set on the 9900K on an ASUS Prime Z390A with a Gigabyte 2060 Super and 16GB G.Skill 3600 Ripjaws V Series, and an Optane H10 32GB + 512GB Boot Drive (Currently in a bundle with the motherboard for a good price).

 

I've seen that at the moment the 3900X pricing is very competitive but what has me tied is the motherboard, I want to keep the Thunderbolt 3 capability as my laptop and external SSDs use it.

 

If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Pádraic

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2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

What's the build for? If gaming, a 9900/3900 with a 2060 super is pretty unbalanced, you should shift more money from cpu to gpu

Gaming mainly, dont want to run into any CPU bottlenecking, which is my reasoning for high investment in the CPU.

 

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4 minutes ago, PadraicOD said:

Gaming mainly, dont want to run into any CPU bottlenecking, which is my reasoning for high investment in the CPU.

 

Then you decided to go with a GPU bottleneck instead?  Why?

 

What resolutions are you gaming in?

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

I would go with a ryzen 3700x and a 2070 super

Why would you go that way then out of curiosity?

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Max 1440

Just now, jstudrawa said:

Then you decided to go with a GPU bottleneck instead?  Why?

 

What resolutions are you gaming in?

 

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6 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

Then you decided to go with a GPU bottleneck instead?  Why?

 

What resolutions are you gaming in?

Sorry mistype 2070 super

 

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1 hour ago, Hhhhh said:

Max 1440

 

Then a 9900K + 2070 Super would be better.  More balanced than previous.

 

 

 

 

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx : AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

- Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

- MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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2 hours ago, Hhhhh said:

Hi all,

 

Kinda stuck, looking to spend about $2250 USD (I live in Ireland but for ease I'm sticking to USD pricing due to Newegg and PCPartPicker). 

 

For the Intel build I'm fairly set on the 9900K on an ASUS Prime Z390A with a Gigabyte 2060 Super and 16GB G.Skill 3600 Ripjaws V Series, and an Optane H10 32GB + 512GB Boot Drive (Currently in a bundle with the motherboard for a good price).

 

I've seen that at the moment the 3900X pricing is very competitive but what has me tied is the motherboard, I want to keep the Thunderbolt 3 capability as my laptop and external SSDs use it.

 

If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Pádraic

Hi,

There are actually several Ryzen motherboards with thunderbolt 3.

I think AsRock makes two of them.

Rig 1                                                              Rig 2

DeepCool Macube 550                                  ThermalTake View 31 TG RGB

DeepCool Castle 360mm AIO RGB               FractalDesign Celsius S36 360mm AIO

R9-3900x oc'ed to 4.3ghz all core                  i7-970 oc'ed to 4.4ghz

ASUS X570 TUF                                            ASUS Sabertooth TUF X58

32GB G.Skill Tridentz RGB                            12gb Corsair

Gigabyte 5700 XT Gaming OC                      ASUS ROG STRIX RX480

Corsair RM850X                                            Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 750W RGB

Corsair MP600 NVME                                    Samsung 850 EVO

Adata SX8200 PRO NVME                            Intel 320

Seagate Barracuda                                        Seagate Barracuda x 3

Corsair K70 LUX w/MX Blue                          Western Digital Black x 1
Logitech G903 Lightspeed                             Corsair K70 LUX w/MX Blue 

MSI Optix 34" Ultrawide oc'ed to 120hz         Razer Mamba

                                                                       Benq 28" oc'ed to 85hz

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17 hours ago, NubCak said:

Hi,

There are actually several Ryzen motherboards with thunderbolt 3.

I think AsRock makes two of them.

Thanks thats great

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5 hours ago, Hhhhh said:

Thanks thats great

now that theres a viable thunderbolt 3 solution for you in Ryzen, theres really no reason to go intel. 

Unless you are chasing every last one of those fps at 200+Fps. 

 

Rig 1                                                              Rig 2

DeepCool Macube 550                                  ThermalTake View 31 TG RGB

DeepCool Castle 360mm AIO RGB               FractalDesign Celsius S36 360mm AIO

R9-3900x oc'ed to 4.3ghz all core                  i7-970 oc'ed to 4.4ghz

ASUS X570 TUF                                            ASUS Sabertooth TUF X58

32GB G.Skill Tridentz RGB                            12gb Corsair

Gigabyte 5700 XT Gaming OC                      ASUS ROG STRIX RX480

Corsair RM850X                                            Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 750W RGB

Corsair MP600 NVME                                    Samsung 850 EVO

Adata SX8200 PRO NVME                            Intel 320

Seagate Barracuda                                        Seagate Barracuda x 3

Corsair K70 LUX w/MX Blue                          Western Digital Black x 1
Logitech G903 Lightspeed                             Corsair K70 LUX w/MX Blue 

MSI Optix 34" Ultrawide oc'ed to 120hz         Razer Mamba

                                                                       Benq 28" oc'ed to 85hz

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