7800X or wait till Coffee Lake

[LahryMusic]

Thoughts? 

 

Looking at building a new desktop main uses will be gaming and content creation and running handbrake quite often budget is $2500. Streaming might also become a thing in the future not sure if i could use more than 32gb of ram on the mainstream desktop platform. I usually run a couple VM's but not constantly. Not sure what else to include in here. After looking at "leaked" pricing the 8700k will be 420$ vs the 379$ 7800k. would it be worth it to move up into the 7820k at the point?

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Coffee Lake supposedly comes out in October. That's a short enough time to be on the wait train.

 

Unless you really need that system now.

[LahryMusic]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Coffee Lake supposedly comes out in October. That's a short enough time to be on the wait train.

 

Unless you really need that system now.

Not really in a rush, just looking for outside opinions.

[Coaxialgamer]

I would not get lower end x299 chips...  

[LahryMusic]

4 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

I would not get lower end x299 chips...  

The only chips I would consider to be low end would be the 7640X and the 7740X. They really don't have a place in the X299 product stack but for some reason the still exist.

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, arcticfox159 said:

The only chips I would consider to be low end would be the 7640X and the 7740X. They really don't have a place in the X299 product stack but for some reason the still exist.

i meant the 7800x and 7820x mainly , but kaby lake x is also pat of it .I wouldn't buy those chips because there are better and cheaper options out there.

If you're looking at 6 core chips , your best bet is ryzen or coffee lake . You'd be paying a premium with x299 for no real performance gain .

[LahryMusic]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

i meant the 7800x and 7820x mainly , but kaby lake x is also pat of it .I wouldn't buy those chips because there are better and cheaper options out there.

If you're looking at 6 core chips , your best bet is ryzen or coffee lake . You'd be paying a premium with x299 for no real performance gain .

Oh, I see what you mean. That's a valid point, I'm looking for a 6 to 8 core CPU. 

[TheBean]

wait

[Enderman]

Don't go x299.

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, arcticfox159 said:

Oh, I see what you mean. That's a valid point, I'm looking for a 6 to 8 core CPU. 

I'd argue that x299 is only really worth it for the i9 . the board cost is high , and all the i7's are kneecapped in some way . 

If you want a cpu now , get an r7 for 300$ . If you can wait  , then i'd recommend waiting to see how coffeelake turns out . It could turn out to be quite a capable chip.

[Megah3rtz]

I'd either get an r7 1700 or wait for the 8700k. 

[LahryMusic]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

I'd argue that x299 is only really worth it for the i9 . the board cost is high , and all the i7's are kneecapped in some way . 

If you want a cpu now , get an r7 for 300$ . If you can wait  , then i'd recommend waiting to see how coffeelake turns out . It could turn out to be quite a capable chip.

I'm more or less in the planning stage not in any rush to get this built. I have a pretty capable laptop that can get me through until the October release. Just looking for some opinions on the matter.

 

 

[LahryMusic]

4 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

I'd argue that x299 is only really worth it for the i9 . the board cost is high , and all the i7's are kneecapped in some way . 

If you want a cpu now , get an r7 for 300$ . If you can wait  , then i'd recommend waiting to see how coffeelake turns out . It could turn out to be quite a capable chip.

What are your thoughts on a workstation class motherboard in the 1151 platform?

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, arcticfox159 said:

What are your thoughts on a workstation class motherboard in the 1151 platform?

Well , it depends on your needs . Keep in mind that lga 1151 (OG , not the v2 for coffeelake ) only accommodates quad cores . You have the standard complement of gaming boards, which should all do the job as well as all the others . You also the choice of going for quad core e3 xeons , but you'll need c230 series chipset boards , as z170/270 will not work.

[Mooshi]

7820k is a stupid chip that shouldn't exist.

[LahryMusic]

1 minute ago, Mooshi said:

7820k is a stupid chip that shouldn't exist.

I feel that it should exist but not at its price point and socket. If it were for say on the 1151 socket and priced at maybe low 400$ then it can be justified. 

[LahryMusic]

3 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Well , it depends on your needs . Keep in mind that lga 1151 (OG , not the v2 for coffeelake ) only accommodates quad cores . You have the standard complement of gaming boards, which should all do the job as well as all the others . You also the choice of going for quad core e3 xeons , but you'll need c230 series chipset boards , as z170/270 will not work.

Yea, I wasn't sure if the feature set was worth the extra money. I know Linus has praised the Asus WS boards.