New build, X370 or wait.

[B_T_B]

Hi all. 

 

I'm about to build a pc for my Sons birthday in November. Normally I would go right ahead and build it, but having a dilemma with AMD. Here are some of the parts minus GFX as well its either gonna be a 1080Ti or Ahem.. the other thing He is a big gamer, doesn't stream live but does like his photoshop and a small amount of video editing as well.

    
Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor
Corsair - H100i PRO 75.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
 Asus - ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Western Digital - Red 8TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

So either I would build the equivalent with  AMD 2700x or do I wait for the 2800x or go 9800k and x390! Gah!! I used to be on the ball with this but now I'm just too old  not kept up with it all, In fact, I'm still rockin' a 2700K

 

Thanks for taking the time to read.. If you have any ideas to ease the pain, fire away! 

 

 

 

[Jurrunio]

Because the situation changes every week, it's better to ask when you're ready to pull the trigger.

[B_T_B]

Well, the trigger is ready Just keep looking at different speed tests.. Back in the day, I was all AMD. I personally will change my pc to the Ryzen as a desktop. For my 16 yr old I have to get this done by the beginning of Nov. As I don't see much benefit to the x390 at the moment, EDIT.. As @meme smurf just said, I am tempted to hang on for the 9800K and then will wait for a decent board to go with it. 

 

 

[Salacious B Crum]

2 minutes ago, B_T_B said:

Well, the trigger is ready Just keep looking at different speed tests.. Back in the day, I was all AMD. I personally will change my pc to the Ryzen as a desktop. For my 16 yr old I have to get this done by the beginning of Nov. As I don't see much benefit to the x390 at the moment.

 

Well being that I now have 3 Ryzen builds under my belt I can tell you that I am more than pleased, my question for you would be at 16 will 10 less FPS verses a machine that he may take to college or use for more work or productivity, if its the latter I firmly recommend Ryzen if he's got solid gaming in his heart then Intel is prolly the better route and I base this on price to performance not as a fan of either my retired i7 6700 is happily doing NAS/HTPC/VM duty and doing a fine job at that

[B_T_B]

Thanks @mrbilky I would have gone straight Ryzen but it was the look on his face . So I dont want to build the 8th gen when its just in the middle of changing but it seems like its just a mild upgrade to me, and with what I have seen Linus talking about production issues with Intel ... mmm.. .. 

So basically the same parts apart from changing to the below. 

    
AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor
Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) ATX AM4 Motherboard

 

Hope I don't start the AMD vs Intel war! 

 

Everything I'm buying is in the UK. I have been watching all pc's I have in mind on PC Part Picker. I don't know that is the way to go but its helping! 

[Kodiak.]

2 minutes ago, B_T_B said:

Thanks @mrbilky I would have gone straight Ryzen but it was the look on his face . So I dont want to build the 8th gen when its just in the middle of changing but it seems like its just a mild upgrade to me, and with what I have seen Linus talking about production issues with Intel ... mmm.. .. 

So basically the same parts apart from changing to the below. 

    
AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor
Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) ATX AM4 Motherboard

 

Hope I don't start the AMD vs Intel war! 

 

Everything I'm buying is in the UK. I have been watching all pc's I have in mind on PC Part Picker. I don't know that is the way to go but its helping! 

      The 8700K or 9700K will offer a considerable boost in performance in many game titles, but the 2700X is a better investment. The 2 extra cores as opposed to the 9700K will serve him well in productivity later in his life.

[B_T_B]

Thoughts on the 2800X? or this going to be next year? 

[B_T_B]

So.. I ended up building two machines.  One 8700k and one Ryzen 7 2700X that am typing from now. Rather happy. with the results on my end but I do notice after playing with the 8700k it seems snappier.  Still waiting for the gfx card so sort the price out as might as well stick the 980 TI in one and my old 770 as I don't play as many games as much.. So.. I ended up building two machines.  One 8700k and one Ryzen 7 2700X that am typing from now. Rather happy. with the results on my end but I do notice after playing with the 8700k it seems snappier.  Still waiting for the gfx card so sort the price out as might as well stick the 980 TI in one and my old 770 as I don't play as many games as much..