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Good Mid-Range Budget Coffee-Lake CPU?

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What CPU Would You Chose?  

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  1. 1. i7

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  2. 2. i5

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    • i5-8500
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  3. 3. i3

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Hey LTT Community. My name is Ryan and i am a student in Grade 10 (or sophomore year) with no part time job.

 

I currently have a budget of $400 AUD ($310 USD or $390 CAD) and am looking for a good easy on the bank Coffee-Lake Processor to upgrade to from my current Skylake i5-6500 (4C/4T).

I understand my GPU is definitely a bottle-neck in my situation (look bellow for specs) however in a month or two i will be upgrading to a ASUS GeForce Strix GTX 1070 Ti ROG 8GB.

 

I've currently got my eye on the i3-8350K (4C/4T) @ 4GHz as it wouldn't be a downgrade on my current performance (My current build listed bellow). However after watching some videos (Science Studio's i3-7350K Rant + Some benchmark videos) i have now gained a bit of confusion. I feel i should go with the i5-8400 or the i5-8500 (Both 6C/6T) for the extra 2 cores, 2 threads for future use as i might be doing some video editing as i may start moving over to TAFE (NSW Australia version of a 'Community Collage' i think). But id really love to overclock and and i feel for my steam library none of my games require 6 cores 6 threads. All i currently do is game currently and i have a Z370 board in a box ready for use and i've never overclocked a CPU (but id love to) so i would really love some help on my situation.

 

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My PC Specs::

Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 (4C/4T Skylake)
Graphics Card: ASUS Cerberus GTX 1050 Ti OC Edition
RAM: 16GB G.Skill 4 2133MHz DDR4 Blue (4 x 4GB)
Solid State: 120GB WD Green M.2
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-Pro4 (LGA1151-1 Micro ATX)
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART RGB 700W (80+ Bronze)
Wifi/Bluetooth Card: MSI Herald-AC Intel AC 8265 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac + 
Bluetooth 4.2)

Hard Drive 1: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM
Hard Drive 2: 500GB WD Blue 7200RPM

CPU Cooler: DeepCool Gammaxx 400 (with Blue LED)
Fan 1: Deepcool 120RF 120mm RGB Fan (with RGB Controller
Fan 2 + 3: BitFenix Spectre Black 120mm Fans

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Going from a 4c/4t to a 4c/4t would be a really dumb investment.

 

Frankly i don't see why upgrade any thing since that 1050 Ti isn't really being limited by the i5 6500 and even if you do upgrade it to a 1070 Ti here in 2~ months you're better off just waiting on the next generations as you'll have a better budget and better offerings to work with.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Just now, Princess Cadence said:

Going from a 4c/4t to a 4c/4t would be a really dumb investment.

 

Frankly i don't see why upgrade any thing since that 1050 Ti isn't really being limited by the i5 6500 and even if you do upgrade it to a 1070 Ti here in 2~ months you're better off just waiting on the next generations as you'll have a better budget and better offerings to work with.

I 100% agree with this sentiment, save a little more and get something that will last you a little longer. 

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Yeah, i also don't see any reason for you to upgrade, especially from 4 threads to 4 threads.

That cpu doesn't bottleneck your current or future gpu, and a new cpu wont make your pc feel faster.

The only real upgrades would be the i7 8700k or the r7 2800x.

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2 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

Yeah, i also don't see any reason for you to upgrade, especially from 4 threads to 4 threads.

That cpu doesn't bottleneck your current or future gpu, and a new cpu wont make your pc feel faster.

The only real upgrades would be the i7 8700k or the r7 2800x.

There isnt a R7 2800X...

 

Plus a R5 6c/12t would still be a massive upgrade for him. 

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Note that with Intel CPUs, going for overclocking itself uses money and drops performance/price ratio, unlike AMD ones like Ryzen.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Just now, Ben Quigley said:

There isnt a R7 2800X...

 

Plus a R5 6c/12t would still be a massive upgrade for him. 

There will be soon, but fine for now the r7 2700x is also a very good cpu.

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Just now, Some Random Member said:

There will be soon, but fine for now the r7 2700x is also a very good cpu.

It's not confirmed. Besides, 2700X is already hitting the clock speed wall at default turbo clocks. Cant see where the potentially 2800x can stand.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

It's not confirmed. Besides, 2700X is already hitting the clock speed wall at default turbo clocks. Cant see where the potentially 2800x can stand.

Yeah, I really can't see how they can pull a rabbit out of the hat on this one. 

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So just so I’m clear. Hold off on the upgrade from Skylake to Coffee-Lake unless I want an i7-8700k or either wait for Intels 9th Generation ‘Ice-Lake’ sometime this year or go with the new Ryzen 7 2700X?

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10 minutes ago, rejm0901 said:

So just so I’m clear. Hold off on the upgrade from Skylake to Coffee-Lake unless I want an i7-8700k or either wait for Intels 9th Generation ‘Ice-Lake’ sometime this year or go with the new Ryzen 7 2700X?

yes

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11 minutes ago, rejm0901 said:

So just so I’m clear. Hold off on the upgrade from Skylake to Coffee-Lake unless I want an i7-8700k or either wait for Intels 9th Generation ‘Ice-Lake’ sometime this year or go with the new Ryzen 7 2700X?

yep!

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  • CPU
    Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-GAMING 5
  • RAM
    32GB DDR4 3200
  • GPU
    Inno3D 4070 Ti
  • Case
    Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P
  • Storage
    Western Digital Black 250GB, Seagate BarraCuda 1TB x2
  • PSU
    EVGA Supernova 1000w 
  • Display(s)
    Lenovo L29w-30 29 Inch UltraWide Full HD, BenQ - XL2430(portrait), Dell P2311Hb(portrait)
  • Cooling
    MasterLiquid Lite 240
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