Good CPU to pair with 3080

[mino636]

Hi so i was able one of the lucky people to order a 3080, however my current CPU would bottleneck with it too much. What are good CPU's to pair with a 3080?

[SignatureSigner]

Are you on a current Intel or ryzen platform? what cpu company are you using?

[Drama Lama]

5 minutes ago, mino636 said:

Hi so i was able one of the lucky people to order a 3080, however my current CPU would bottleneck with it too much. What are good CPU's to pair with a 3080?

10700K if you want max FPS 

 

also what is your budget?

 

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What about thinking first and buying later?

i mean you wouldn’t buy a plane and then think on what to use it

 

don‘t feel attacked I‘m just a little jealous 

 

Edited September 29, 2020 by Drama Lama

[mino636]

Just now, SignatureSigner said:

Are you on a current Intel or ryzen platform? what cpu company are you using?

I have an AMD CPU/motherboard currently but im going to be getting a new motherboard aswell. Only reason i havent just gotten a i9-10900k is because thats out of my price range, if possible $500 for the CPU would be a good limit

[mino636]

4 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

10700K if you want max FPS 

 

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What about thinking first and buying later?

i mean you wouldn’t buy a plane and then think on what to use it

 

don‘t feel attacked I‘m just a little jealous 

 

I was thinking of getting that but worried about bottleneck $500 if possible

[Drama Lama]

Just now, mino636 said:

I was thinking of getting that but worried about bottleneck

Well what is your current configuration?

do you want to carry parts over from your old system?

[mino636]

1 minute ago, Drama Lama said:

Well what is your current configuration?

do you want to carry parts over from your old system?

Im only converting my 32 GB RAM, 650w PSU, and 2 TB ssd. im open to getting a new PSU if thats needed

[Drama Lama]

1 minute ago, mino636 said:

Im only converting my 32 GB RAM, 650w PSU, and 2 TB ssd. im open to getting a new PSU if thats needed

So the only thing you need are cpu, mainboard and a case , right?

so how much money are you willing to send on those components?

[mino636]

21 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

So the only thing you need are cpu, mainboard and a case , right?

so how much money are you willing to send on those components?

I already picked out the case, NZXT H510 Elite, so a cpu and mainboard at a max of $700, Although if possible a white rgb motherboard because pretty, the ASUS Prime Z490-A is what I'd get if i got tenth gen intel.

[BTGbullseye]

4 minutes ago, mino636 said:

Although if possible a white rgb motherboard because pretty

I can find no white motherboards for modern CPUs.

 

From what I can find, you'll probably be better off waiting a couple weeks to find out if the next generation of Ryzen CPUs beat out Intel in gaming, as that's literally the only category they haven't obliterated Intel in at the same price point. (CPU comparisons only, including motherboard prices reduces the cost in AMD's favor) The announcement happens on Oct 8th.

[mino636]

1 minute ago, BTGbullseye said:

I can find no white motherboards for modern CPUs.

 

From what I can find, you'll probably be better off waiting a couple weeks to find out if the next generation of Ryzen CPUs beat out Intel in gaming, as that's literally the only category they haven't obliterated Intel in at the same price point. (CPU comparisons only, including motherboard prices reduces the cost in AMD's favor) The announcement happens on Oct 8th.

uh, ASUS Prime Z490-A is white, but yea im gonna wait. Although i dont think its possible for AMD to beat both Intel and NVIDIA in performance since they do both cpu and gpu while intel focuses on one and nvidia focuses on one. We'll see how good they are though, excited!

[BTGbullseye]

On 9/29/2020 at 10:26 AM, mino636 said:

uh, ASUS Prime Z490-A is white

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-Z490-A/

 

Looks awfully black on that PCB to me, and awfully grey on the accents.

On 9/29/2020 at 10:26 AM, mino636 said:

Although i dont think its possible for AMD to beat both Intel and NVIDIA in performance since they do both cpu and gpu while intel focuses on one and nvidia focuses on one. We'll see how good they are though, excited!

A Ryzen 5800X benchmark has leaked already, and if it's accurate, then it will outperform an overclocked i9-10900k. So, it's possible that AMD may have no competition for their next generation of CPUs.

 

If they straight up double the performance of the 5700XT GPU and add 8GB of VRAM, they will easily take the top slot for GPU performance as well. (since that would be 3090 performance in the 3080 competitor)

 

We'll see won't we.