Should I pay 269.99 for the i7 8700k?

[2plash6]

I want to build a PC, and I found the i7 8700k for $269.99 Last week, it was 290, and on Saturday it was 369.99 and now it dropped by 100 dollars.

 

Is this a good deal?

I really want an 8700k, and I prefer it over the 10600k, which is the same price.

 

The performance is nearly identical to the i5 10600k, and they both cost the same price.

 

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1356634-REG/intel_bx80684i78700k_core_i7_8700k_3_7_ghz.html

269.99

 

Is it worth paying an extra $30 for the 9900k from Micro Center?

[CommanderAlex]

I would rather pay the extra $30 for a i9-9900k than not for a 3 year old processor. You would have 8C/16T with the 9900k vs 6C/12T with the 8700K, as well as IPC improvements (marginally with Skylake due to 14nm). 

[kelvinhall05]

18 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

Is it worth paying an extra $30 for the 9900k from Micro Center?

It would be stupid not to.

[2plash6]

6 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

It would be stupid not to.

I already have a Z390 board.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, 2plash6 said:

I already have a Z390 board.

You should've included that in your OP.

 

In that case, get the i7.

[2plash6]

2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

You should've included that in your OP.

 

In that case, get the i7.

Ok, I forgot to mention that I got an SSD, 500W EVGA PSU, Optical Drive and Mother Board. 

The board is compatible with a 9900k.

[xg32]

37 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

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the 8700k without a delid is nowhere close to a 10600k with a ringbus oc, i'm pretty sure the meltdown/spectre fixes also affects the 8700k pretty badly (got a friend who complains about it)

 

Get the 9900k

[Avocado417]

39 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

I want to build a PC, and I found the i7 8700k for $269.99 Last week, it was 290, and on Saturday it was 369.99 and now it dropped by 100 dollars.

 

Is this a good deal?

I really want an 8700k, and I prefer it over the 10600k, which is the same price.

 

The performance is nearly identical to the i5 10600k, and they both cost the same price.

 

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1356634-REG/intel_bx80684i78700k_core_i7_8700k_3_7_ghz.html

269.99

 

Is it worth paying an extra $30 for the 9900k from Micro Center?

definitely the 9900k. 

[Fasauceome]

$200 is where an i7-8700k is worth it

[CommanderAlex]

15 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

Ok, I forgot to mention that I got an SSD, 500W EVGA PSU, Optical Drive and Mother Board. 

The board is compatible with a 9900k.

Go for it!!!

[Mick Naughty]

Pretty sure the 9700k was on sale for $200 at microcenter. 
if I was buying now I’d prolly go 10 series but if I was limited because of the board and budget, 9700k it is. 

[2plash6]

I think I should go for the i5 9600k. The main reason I wanted to go with an 8700k was because I wanted more money to save for my GPU.

 

But the i5 9600k is only $150 @ Micro Center.

 

I think I should go for the 9600k.

[jwwagner25]

and you're okay with only six threads, for however long you plan to wait for the next upgrade?

[2plash6]

Just now, jwwagner25 said:

and you're okay with only six threads, for however long you plan to wait for the next upgrade?

I probably won't upgrade for a long time.

[2plash6]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/1356634/intel_bx80684i78700k_core_i7_8700k_3_7_ghz.html

I found out that it only costs 228.95 used.

 

Will this still come with a warranty?

[Mick Naughty]

Not sure why it would come with a warranty. Nor should you be looking for one with used products, especially a cpu in this case. 

[2plash6]

On 12/14/2020 at 9:52 PM, SpiderMan said:

Go for it!!!

 

On 12/15/2020 at 8:29 AM, jwwagner25 said:

and you're okay with only six threads,

 

On 12/14/2020 at 9:40 PM, xg32 said:

Get the 9900k

It's been exactly an entire month. I have bought all of my components except the CPU and GPU.

 

Specs:

• MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus
• Cougar MX330-G
• Some LG Optical Drive from Micro Center.
• G.Skill DDr4 3200 (2x8gb) TridentZ Z370(Probably also works with Z390)
• Hyper212x Turbo Dual Fan.
• EVGA 80+ 500w PSU.
• Inland Professional 120gb SATA SSD.
• Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 3TB (I am worried about drive errors, because this costed the price of a 1TB HDD on Amazon, and this was new, not used. When it came in the mail, there was a little piece of paper that gave instructions, and told me to format it before I use it.)
• i9-9900k or i5-9600k. IDK which to chose.
• For my Video Card, I want a 1650 super, but it is out of stock everywhere for some reason. Idk why, because it is form 2019. But I am participating in giveaways for a 3000 series card.

 

On 12/14/2020 at 9:22 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

It would be stupid not to.

The price of the i9 9900k has raised by $70. I talked to a worker at Micro Center(When I was buying my CPU cooler(Hyper 212x Turbo(Better than evo)) and I asked if the price of the 9th gen CPUs will be on sale again, and he said that there might be another sale this summer.

 

But I was debating this entire time(exactly a month) whether I should get the i5 9600k @ Micro Center (Only raised by $20) or the 9900k from NewEgg. I am thinking about the 9900k from Newegg, which comes with Crysis, and it costs $410. https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i9-9900k-core-i9-9th-gen/p/N82E16819118147?Item=N82E16819118147

 

The i3-9100F costs $70.

The i5-9600k costs $170.

The i7-9700k costs $270.

The i9-9900k costs $370.

 

($100 dollar increase in a pattern.)

 

But if I get the 9900k, then I will pay $410, for Crysis and the other software.

 

So which processor should I get?

 

I will be running Virtual Machines, Video calls, and Minecraft on my PC.

[RTX 3090]

5 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

Virtual Machines

Then those extra cores will be handy, I would advise 9900k

[xg32]

37 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

 

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for those prices id go for the 9700k or the 9900k

[CommanderAlex]

1 hour ago, 2plash6 said:

I will be running Virtual Machines, Video calls, and Minecraft on my PC.

Get the extra cores for VMs. There is no reason to get a non-hyperthreaded 9th gen processor in today's age, unless its a office PC or for grandparents. 

[2plash6]

9 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

Get the extra cores for VMs. There is no reason to get a non-hyperthreaded 9th gen processor in today's age, unless its a office PC or for grandparents. 

 

37 minutes ago, xg32 said:

for those prices id go for the 9700k or the 9900k

 

1 hour ago, RTX 3090 said:

Then those extra cores will be handy, I would advise 9900k

I am planning to run a Virtualbox VM within a VMWare VM(or the other way around) and I will have a different operating system on each system, and I will have a VPN on each system, with antiviruses on each system, and I will have the most secure  system ever. 

 

Will a 9900k (or maybe 9600k) with 16gb of RAM be enough?

[2plash6]

42 minutes ago, xg32 said:

9700k

I am not getting the 9th gen i7 9700k. 

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, 2plash6 said:

I am planning to run a Virtualbox VM within a VMWare VM(or the other way around) and I will have a different operating system on each system, and I will have a VPN on each system, with antiviruses on each system, and I will have the most secure  system ever. 

 

Will a 9900k (or maybe 9600k) with 16gb of RAM be enough?

Still a 9900K, but probably 32GB of RAM depending on how many VMs your doing. 

[2plash6]

1 minute ago, SpiderMan said:

Still a 9900K, but probably 32GB of RAM depending on how many VMs your doing. 

I am not running two seperate VMs on the host. Instead I am running VMs within VMs if you know what I mean.

[CommanderAlex]

3 minutes ago, 2plash6 said:

I am not running two seperate VMs on the host. Instead I am running VMs within VMs if you know what I mean.

Then 16GB will do. Otherwise if your going crazy with them, 32GB. You won't know until you try.