i7 9700k vs i7 10700F which one is better for gaming?

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Chris Redfield said:

So you suggesting 9700K over 10700F?

I just don't want to buy new CPU for next 4-5 years because it lack of threads.

This is dilemma-either higher frequency and less threads or more threads and lower frequency.If I look for performance and future gaming,what would you chose?

I'd shell the money out for a 10600K and overclock it honestly. I wouldn't choose either of these cpus. (9700K 10700F)

[Chris Redfield]

17 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

If you overclock and only game, the 9700k is better, as i already sated.

 

Some games and some apps will benefit from hyperthreading.

 

You can't do anything to make the 9700k grow Hyperthreading, but you CAN make the 10700 effectively boost almost as high as a stock 9700k by modifying the power limits and even doing some BCLK overclocking.

 

Up to you.

I just can't decide,I literally spent 7  hours today by  doing research and I can't decide what is better for future games-more threads and hyperthreading or higher frequency and overclocking with 8 threads less.

If I choose 9700K I will probably have to buy new CPU sooner which I certainly don't want to.

If I choose 10700F I will have more threads for future,but I'll lack in frequency power.

I really don't know what to choose.

I even thinking about i5 10600k,which has good frequency and can be OCd,plus it has 12 thread which is fine,but 6 cores would be problem in future.

7 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Do not buy a 2080 ti. The RTX 3070 will have similar performance for less money. 

 

If you plan on 1440p or 4K then I would go with a Ryzen cpu as you are more gpu bound at higher resolutions, especially 4K.

Thanks for the tip,I won't be buying new GPU for at least 4 years.

I never liked AMD to be honest and almost every game I played was ''made'' for Intel,plus I heard it's better to pair intel and Nvidia.

[Chris Redfield]

21 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

I'd shell the money out for a 10600K and overclock it honestly. I wouldn't choose either of these cpus. (9700K 10700F)

But wouldn't 6 cores be insufficient in 4-5 years?

 

[Mister Woof]

7 minutes ago, Chris Redfield said:

But wouldn't 6 cores be insufficient in 4-5 years?

 

No way to know. Probably not, if just gaming, if you look at historical trends.

 

I personally usually buy a little bit more than I need, and mainly since I've already owned a 5ghz 10600k for 3 years already I would have to have a larger uplift to make it meaningful, even if it is just lateral growth.

[Guest]

32 minutes ago, Chris Redfield said:

But wouldn't 6 cores be insufficient in 4-5 years?

 

It's 12 threads. It'll work for 4 to 5 more years just like my 8700K. 

 

I don't plan to upgrade any further until DDR5 gets released to desktop personally. I don't need to spend a bunch of money for single digit upgrades.

 

Since most games don't scale 8 cores, I'm not worried about it myself. 

 

 

[Guest]

13 hours ago, Chris Redfield said:

Thanks for the tip,I won't be buying new GPU for at least 4 years.

I never liked AMD to be honest and almost every game I played was ''made'' for Intel,plus I heard it's better to pair intel and Nvidia.

So you are using the 1080 ti for the next 4 years ?

 

You get a lot more for your money with Ryzen, and there shouldn't be any difference in the way the game runs. Also it isn't better to pair Intel with Nvidia. An AMD gpu will work just as well. Same goes for Ryzen with an Nvidia gpu.

[Brent744]

The i7 9700k is a great chip but personally, i'd get the i7 10700f if I was building a PC right now. It's more future proof and I'm not a big overclocking fan so I usually opt for the non k chips, hence my i7 9700f build.