Buying 7th gen Intel

[Ryzen 2600X]

I'm currently in the planning stage of my first build.

 

7th Gen Intel are good processors, right? Should I go 7th gen, or just jump on the Coffee Lake CPUs? Whats the difference?

[AngryBeaver]

The coffee lake cpu's have 2 more cores on average.

[TheGlenlivet]

More speed, More Cores, Newer Motherboards.

If you get 7th gen you are stuck on Z270 which has no further updates.  There is a chance 8th gen CPUs will work on the upcoming Z390.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

18 minutes ago, masterRACE said:

I'm currently in the planning stage of my first build.

 

Budget? Location? Use Case? Ryzen may be a better fit for you depending on your use and budget

[Christophe Corazza]

1 hour ago, masterRACE said:

Whats the difference?

 

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[TetraSky]

1 hour ago, TheGlenlivet said:

More speed, More Cores, Newer Motherboards.

If you get 7th gen you are stuck on Z270 which has no further updates.  There is a chance 8th gen CPUs will work on the upcoming Z390.

Realistically, how many people will actually give a damn about Z390 if they already have a Z370 motherboard? Sounds like a pointless waste of money to buy a new motherboard just to be on the "bleeding edge", not like it will actually affect your system's performances in anything.
Or how many will actually go out and buy a newer CPU when they already have a CPU that performs just as well as the latest one, except maybe 5 to 10% less IPC which is barely even noticeable?

Saying a platform has "no further updates" is a flawed argument based around the crazy idea that everyone has a large amount of money to spare that they can throw into computer parts they don't actually need.

This is like recommending someone who is on a strict budget to buy a low end Pentium right now to then buy a better CPU later on, instead of just saving up for a few more weeks to buy the thing they actually want without pointlessly losing money buying shit hardware with next to no resell value, resulting in a much longer time of not having what they really wanted.

 

Just buy whatever fits your needs. If the 7th gen fits your budget better and you really couldn't give a f*** about the small increase in performances you'd get with an 8th gen CPU(that's more expensive), go for it.

[minervx]

7th gen intel is pointless.  8th gen intel offers much better performance.  and the ryzen line offer similar performance for less money

[AskTJ]

If buying new, 7th gen isn't worth it. If you can find it for really cheap and used, it might be okay, but 8th gen is your best bet.

[ravenshrike]

What monitor will you have?

What range of budget do you have?

What games do you play?

 

These questions need to be answered prior to anyone telling you what processor to get.

[EPENEX]

7th to 8th gen is more of a jump than 6th to 7th was as far as I understand (they put more cores in 8700k and such). It all depends on your budget though and if you can find a good deal on 7th gen CPU's.