Intel 10850K vs 10900K

[AncientPistol]

My friend is upgrading his PC to for the new RTX 3000 GPUs. In my region the 10900K is more than 40% more expensive than 10850K even though the specs are very similar. From what I have read 10850K is just lower binned 10900K that can't reach the advertised boost speeds. So should he go for 10850K or is there any other significant difference? Because otherwise the huge price different makes the choice a no-brainer.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, AncientPistol said:

is there any other significant difference?

Nope, it's just a lower binned 10900k and that's it.

 

though if you're waiting for ampere wait for zen 3 as well and check what it has to offer and then decide, also if you're just gaming, a 10600k performs similarly since games do not scale up to 10 cores.

[AncientPistol]

4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Nope, it's just a lower binned 10900k and that's it.

 

though if you're waiting for ampere wait for zen 3 as well and check what it has to offer and then decide, also if you're just gaming, a 10600k performs similarly since games do not scale up to 10 cores.

I did suggest 10600K but my friend also streams and edits videos for youtube so he wants 10 cores for that. In terms of AMD he is not a fan for some reason, he's been on Intel platform for almost 15 years and doesn't wanna switch.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, AncientPistol said:

In terms of AMD he is not a fan for some reason,

Well tell him to wait and check what it has to offer and then decide.

 

10 hours ago, AncientPistol said:

also streams and edits videos for youtube so he wants 10 cores for that.

you could use the nvec encoder on the gpu and offload that work to the gpu's encoder, but again to answer your question..

 

10 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

Nope, it's just a lower binned 10900k and that's it.

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[Mister Woof]

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