Should I upgrade this pc?

[NovaTronG]

I currently have a 4 year old system that I use for gaming, and was planning to use for heavy 3D Modelling and photo editing and some light video editing. My system runs on a i7-4820k not OC'ed, an Asus P9X79 MoBo, 16GB of DDR3 1666MHz ram and a GTX 970.

So I was thinking on purchasing a Ryzen 7 2700X (or a i7 8700k, havent decided yet) tomorrow, so I can as soon as possible working with the 3D Modelling and rendering and editing. But my question is, should I go for it and purchase the hardware tomorrow or wait for the new intel CPUS that were supposed to be announced the 1st of August (i7 9700k)? I dont have that much of a hurry, but all my current hardware can be sold for almost the same prize of a Ryzen 7 2700X, Asus X470-F and 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200MHz (or an i7-8700k with a Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 and same ram, which again, hasn't been decided yet). Also, I know my GPU will bottleneck the CPU, but im getting soon a 1080ti or a 1180. So the questions is, should I get the Ryzen/intel CPU this week? Or wait for new gen intel cpu?

[sillypenguin213]

No. The new series is coming soon. The 9700k should be 8C8T, so it worth the time of waiting 

[NovaTronG]

2 hours ago, sillypenguin213 said:

No. The new series is coming soon. The 9700k should be 8C8T, so it worth the time of waiting 

Alright, and will it be faster than the Ryzen right? Because I know the Ryzen has 8 cores too, but those 16 threads will make a difference agains a 8 threaded cpu? Don't really know how threads work to be honest. And is there a known or predicted price and release date for the i7 9700k and the i3 9100?

[sillypenguin213]

45 minutes ago, NovaTronG said:

Alright, and will it be faster than the Ryzen right? Because I know the Ryzen has 8 cores too, but those 16 threads will make a difference agains a 8 threaded cpu? Don't really know how threads work to be honest. And is there a known or predicted price and release date for the i7 9700k and the i3 9100?

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I guess 9700k won't beat 2700x but 9900k will. 9700k $350 and 9900k $450 in Oct.

[NovaTronG]

4 hours ago, sillypenguin213 said:

I guess 9700k won't beat 2700x but 9900k will. 9700k $350 and 9900k $450 in Oct.

But the 9900k kind of destroys my budget, I was about to get the Ryzen over the i7 8700k, but decided to see if the 9700k was better, but if it isnt then should I just get the Ryzen? The only thing that worries me about the ryzen is the RAM compatibility issues, and the NVIDIA compatibility issues.

[sillypenguin213]

8 minutes ago, NovaTronG said:

But the 9900k kind of destroys my budget, I was about to get the Ryzen over the i7 8700k, but decided to see if the 9700k was better, but if it isnt then should I just get the Ryzen? The only thing that worries me about the ryzen is the RAM compatibility issues, and the NVIDIA compatibility issues.

Correct. And check the list of supported ram. The GPU should be fine

[Zeorth]

7 hours ago, NovaTronG said:

Alright, and will it be faster than the Ryzen right? Because I know the Ryzen has 8 cores too, but those 16 threads will make a difference agains a 8 threaded cpu? Don't really know how threads work to be honest. And is there a known or predicted price and release date for the i7 9700k and the i3 9100?

A Core runs a process on your computer that you tell it to do. When you make a core have 2 threads instead of one that core can do 2 things at the same time instead of just one. However unless you’re hardcore rendering,editing etc you will never need that many cores/threads. But in the future you will

[NovaTronG]

9 hours ago, OreoPandas said:

A Core runs a process on your computer that you tell it to do. When you make a core have 2 threads instead of one that core can do 2 things at the same time instead of just one. However unless you’re hardcore rendering,editing etc you will never need that many cores/threads. But in the future you will

Exactly, and I want to make a kind of future proof system. So should I wait for the i7 9700k that lacks that hyperthreading or go for the 16 thread Ryzen? I really don't know what to get, not even between the 8700k and the 2700X.

[Zeorth]

12 hours ago, NovaTronG said:

Exactly, and I want to make a kind of future proof system. So should I wait for the i7 9700k that lacks that hyperthreading or go for the 16 thread Ryzen? I really don't know what to get, not even between the 8700k and the 2700X.

8700k for games and 2700X for streaming, rendering, editing etc. However if you have a higher budget I would wait for the 9700k to see what it offers. 

[NovaTronG]

9 hours ago, OreoPandas said:

8700k for games and 2700X for streaming, rendering, editing etc. However if you have a higher budget I would wait for the 9700k to see what it offers. 

How much extra budget do I need for the 9700k? And I know it has 8 cores, and those cores clock speeds per core are higher than the 2700X, but wont those 8 missing threads compared to the 2700x affect me?

[Zeorth]

On 07/08/2018 at 6:52 PM, NovaTronG said:

How much extra budget do I need for the 9700k? And I know it has 8 cores, and those cores clock speeds per core are higher than the 2700X, but wont those 8 missing threads compared to the 2700x affect me?

I would say around 50 dollars more (USD) and unless your doing a lot of video editing/rendering the 8 threads won’t do much. For streaming and video editing  I use a 2600X and it’s amazing value. However if you want one with 8 cores I would go 2700X because it will be cheaper then the 9700k and the clock speeds won’t do a lot.