Upgrade from 8700k

[Ebony Falcon]

Hello, I will be grabbing a 3090 ftw3 when it’s released I have a 1440p 144hz monitor 

and a 8700k at 5ghz 

 

im considering the 3950x or the 10c new intel 

 

I play lots of esports like overwatch valerant ect but Ryzen is more than capable for this anyways.

 

I like to stream and make YouTube videos but not professionally and waiting a few more mins for a video to render is not costing me money lol

 

but I want something that is going to last me a long time and I think the 16core will edge Intel out in the long run ? 

[Haro]

for mainly gaming, just keep the 8700k, it's still a pretty good cpu, games don't really scale up to 12/16 cores.

 

[alirafi321]

3 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Hello, I will be grabbing a 3090 ftw3 when it’s released I have a 1440p 144hz monitor 

and a 8700k at 5ghz 

 

im considering the 3950x or the 10c new intel 

 

I play lots of esports like overwatch valerant ect but Ryzen is more than capable for this anyways.

 

I like to stream and make YouTube videos but not professionally and waiting a few more mins for a video to render is not costing me money lol

 

but I want something that is going to last me a long time and I think the 16core will edge Intel out in the long run ? 

NO , dont get a cpu now , the 8700k is still a high end cpu .... wait till ryzen 4000 series release or the 11th gen intel cpus

[Prodigy_Smit]

2 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

1440p 144hz monitor 

and a 8700k at 5ghz 

Don't really know why you want to upgrade the 8700k is still a good chip. I suggest you wait for the 3090 and see if the 8700k bottlenecks it (at 1440p I highly doubt it) then decide if its time to upgrade.

[Ebony Falcon]

2 minutes ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

Don't really know why you want to upgrade the 8700k is still a good chip. I suggest you wait for the 3090 and see if the 8700k bottlenecks it (at 1440p I highly doubt it) then decide if its time to upgrade.

 

2 minutes ago, alirafi321 said:

NO , dont get a cpu now , the 8700k is still a high end cpu .... wait till ryzen 4000 series release or the 11th gen intel cpus

 

3 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

for mainly gaming, just keep the 8700k, it's still a pretty good cpu, games don't really scale up to 12/16 cores.

 

Ok il get gpu first and see how it is at 1440p

[sam_streetracer]

this is still and great CPU why do u want to change. 

[Ebony Falcon]

21 minutes ago, sam_streetracer said:

this is still and great CPU why do u want to change. 

Because if a 2080ti is 30 percent more powerful than my 2080 and a 3090 is say 50 percent more than that I’d be looking at double the gpu performance roughly and I don’t no if my cpu would bottleneck ?

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Because if a 2080ti is 30 percent more powerful than my 2080 and a 3090 is say 50 percent more than that I’d be looking at double the gpu performance roughly and I don’t no if my cpu would bottleneck ?

 

No. The 9900K and 10900K are 14nm 8700K chips with a face lift and slightly increase clock frequency. The difference between all the above chips all say at 5ghz will be single digit performance differences.

 

But the suggestion to wait and see what Ryzen releases isnt a bad idea. 

 

If you had the upgrade itch for today, I'd say a 10700K would be a good chip to consider for gaming (high end).