Need advice on CPU

[Fictionvl]

Hello LTT, 

 

I hope everyone is staying safe!

 

I currently have a 8700k rig which I'm going to give down to my little brother because he doesn't have a PC and I'm going to build a new one, and I was wondering what would be an upgrade from the 8700k

both from the intel and ryzen side, note that I'll be using at least 2 m.2 nvme drives, a GPU and a PCI-E capture card so the PCI lanes are going to be pretty busy,

I don't want to go over the top but I've been eyeing the 3950x from AMD and also I'm thinking about the 10700K when it drops here. 

 

so what are your thoughts? what should I go for? 

[TeachMeGamers]

if price is not an issue i would recommend the 3950x but a simple 3900x would do just fine and it would be a better choice than a 8700k

[Fictionvl]

27 minutes ago, TeachMeGamers said:

if price is not an issue i would recommend the 3950x but a simple 3900x would do just fine and it would be a better choice than a 8700k

Price isn't really a big issue, I just need something effecient and reasonable and will handle the work load

Any recommendations for a motherboard to go with that 3950x? 

[TeachMeGamers]

Any x470 or x570 board would do tbh I would recommend a x570 though because its a better model than the x470

[SyedHamed]

1 hour ago, Fictionvl said:

Price isn't really a big issue, I just need something effecient and reasonable and will handle the work load

Any recommendations for a motherboard to go with that 3950x? 

3900x is good enough if you don't need all the cores amd has squeezed into am4. Get an Asus motherboard, x570 one. They have better build and quality componants than others. Reccomending the strix x570-e, i'm getting that with a 3900x.
As your pci-e ports will be busy, going amd is the best option for the gen4 support.
Intel is still trying to shape their market, so i'd wait to get something compelling from intel. At least not before 11th gen. 10th gen is a waste of money. 

[TeachMeGamers]

5 minutes ago, SyedHamed said:

3900x is good enough if you don't need all the cores amd has squeezed into am4. Get an Asus motherboard, x570 one. They have better build and quality componants than others. Reccomending the strix x570-e, i'm getting that with a 3900x.
As your pci-e ports will be busy, going amd is the best option for the gen4 support.
Intel is still trying to shape their market, so i'd wait to get something compelling from intel. At least not before 11th gen. 10th gen is a waste of money. 

I agree 10th gen isn't worth it better go with amd

[SyedHamed]

2 minutes ago, TeachMeGamers said:

I agree 10th gen isn't worth it better go with amd

I really hoped Intel would do something great with 10th gen. They broke my heart. 

With the heat this chips are gonna dissipate, the tdp that's gonna add quite some bill, same old architecture with no new benefits, no surity about compatibility, Intul sucks in 2020 and atleast upcoming 2 years.

[ImAyaanKhan]

4 hours ago, Fictionvl said:

Price isn't really a big issue, I just need something effecient and reasonable and will handle the work load

Any recommendations for a motherboard to go with that 3950x? 

Any x570 board, I personally like the ASRock x570 Taichi