what z490 should I go with?

[Jedibrysen]

In the next couple months around when 11th gen comes out i want to upgrade my 9700k to one of 3 options 11700k, 11900k or 5900x. It all comes down to pricing for choose cpu but if i do go with Intel im probably just gonna get a z490 and I have been debating between two mobo. MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK or MEG Z490 UNIFY the price difference is $125 i just dont know if they unify is worth the extra money. I just wanted a good mobo that can run my Patriot Viper Steel 4400mhz and get some better timings and clocks. If anyone here has tried these or knows more than I do if you can help me decide that would be great or maybe even recommend other boards thank you!

[PecaCZE]

I´d say don´t upgrade !

Your CPU is good you better wait end of the year for 12th gen.

I would not buy 400 series motherboard as 500 is coming and will be better. 

[xg32]

just wait for z590, z490's dead

[Mister Woof]

Upgrading from a 9700k is a hard to justify upgrade unless you're playing ultra high refresh 1080p or doing professional work that needs more cores

[Jedibrysen]

2 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

Upgrading from a 9700k is a hard to justify upgrade unless you're playing ultra high refresh 1080p or doing professional work that needs more cores

I’m doing 240-360hz 1080p lol and I stream sometimes

[Jedibrysen]

3 hours ago, xg32 said:

just wait for z590, z490's dead

how is z490 dead legit the only difference is Gen 4 and a few more lanes?

[Jedibrysen]

3 hours ago, PecaCZE said:

I´d say don´t upgrade !

Your CPU is good you better wait end of the year for 12th gen.

I would not buy 400 series motherboard as 500 is coming and will be better. 

12th Gen is going to be super expensive especially ram. Why upgrade when I already have 4400mhz and can easily use that for 11th Gen or Zen 3

[xg32]

1 minute ago, Jedibrysen said:

how is z490 dead legit the only difference is Gen 4 and a few more lanes?

the memory oc and other stuff is only gonna get better, i wouldnt touch z490 for 50% off atm, and there's no guarantee that z490 will work flawlessly with rocket lake out of the box.

[Jedibrysen]

Just now, xg32 said:

the memory oc and other stuff is only gonna get better, i wouldnt touch z490 for 50% off atm.

I really doubt it will be much better but whatever you say. 

[Mister Woof]

28 minutes ago, Jedibrysen said:

I’m doing 240-360hz 1080p lol and I stream sometimes

Then I'd go for the ryzen

[Jedibrysen]

3 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

Then I'd go for the ryzen

im gonna wait for 11th gen benchmarks. this wasnt a post about going with z590 or zen 3 it was about which z490 to buy!

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, Jedibrysen said:

im gonna wait for 11th gen benchmarks. this wasnt a post about going with z590 or zen 3 it was about which z490 to buy!

Well you did say it was down to 3 options with the 5900x being one of them

[Jedibrysen]

1 hour ago, Mister Woof said:

Well you did say it was down to 3 options with the 5900x being one of them

“if i do go with Intel im probably just gonna get a z490 and I have been debating between two mobo. MAG Z490TOMAHAWK or MEG Z490 UNIFY the pricedifference is $125 i just dont know if they unify is worth the extra money. I just wanted a good mobo that can run my Patriot Viper Steel 4400mhz and get some better timings and clocks.”

[Mister Woof]

Ok

[SavageNeo]

5900x would be a nice upgrade. beats 10900k at gaming and is very good at workloads that need a lot of cores. i would get 5900x.

 

The rumors show that the 11900k will be priced the same with 5900x. but the thing is that the 11900k is 8c/16 while 5900x is 12c/24t. so 4 more cores. And the 11900k is rumored to be singe digits better than the 10900k, which is really not good at all.

 

But these are all rumors. we will have to see.

 

[Jedibrysen]

29 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

5900x would be a nice upgrade. beats 10900k at gaming and is very good at workloads that need a lot of cores. i would get 5900x.

 

The rumors show that the 11900k will be priced the same with 5900x. but the thing is that the 11900k is 8c/16 while 5900x is 12c/24t. so 4 more cores. And the 11900k is rumored to be singe digits better than the 10900k, which is really not good at all.

 

But these are all rumors. we will have to see.

 

what I read from rumors/leaks is the 11900k is gonna be $450 pre tax. Also after tax if i add the mobo to the cost of my upgrade 5900x/b550 will be $792 and the 11900k/z490 will be $694 all of this is after tax it all comes down to the gaming benchmarks maybe ill get a $350 11700k we shall see! also please mind what this whole thread is for “if i do go with Intel im probably just gonna get a z490 and I have been debating between two mobo. MAG Z490TOMAHAWK or MEG Z490 UNIFY the pricedifference is $125 i just dont know if they unify is worth the extra money. I just wanted a good mobo that can run my Patriot Viper Steel 4400mhz and get some better timings and clocks.”