i7 8700k vs i9 9900k vs i7 9700k

[rekt1]

Hi, I am building a pc and i am looking at these 3 cpu's. I am thinking of the i7 8700k. Pls recommend me any other options that u think will be better or recommend me which 1 of the above cpu's will be the best for gaming thanks.

 

I will be using the desktop for gaming only.

 

my current specs are 

 

Corsair h100i pro rgb

G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200Mhz

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

Segate Barracuda 2TB HDD

EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3

Fractal Design R6 TG White

Seasonic Titanium 650W or 750W still deciding.

 

[r2724r16]

The 9900K is the best, the 9700K is the second best, and the 8700K is the worst (of these three).

 

Are you playing games at 1080p, 1440p, or 4K?

[Jurrunio]

9900k is the fastest, but make sure your bank account can take a big hit

[rekt1]

 

9 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

9900k is the fastest, but make sure your bank account can take a big hit

But if i am on a budget, than which should i get??

[rekt1]

10 hours ago, r2724r16 said:

The 9900K is the best, the 9700K is the second best, and the 8700K is the worst (of these three).

 

Are you playing games at 1080p, 1440p, or 4K?

1080 p as my monitor is a 1080p monitor

[Jurrunio]

17 minutes ago, rekt1 said:

 

But if i am on a budget, than which should i get??

How much? You need about 1500USD budget to effectively use the 8700k/9700k, more than 2500USD to justify the 9900k. Less than 1500 USD is basically Ryzen 5 2600 only

[rekt1]

8 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

How much? You need about 1500USD budget to effectively use the 8700k/9700k, more than 2500USD to justify the 9900k. Less than 1500 USD is basically Ryzen 5 2600 only

Is the 8700k more worth it to the 9700k?

 

[Canada EH]

18 hours ago, rekt1 said:

Hi, I am building a pc and i am looking at these 3 cpu's. I am thinking of the i7 8700k. Pls recommend me any other options that u think will be better or recommend me which 1 of the above cpu's will be the best for gaming thanks.

What will you be using it for?

 

I play games like Tetris and Chess.

[rekt1]

56 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

What will you be using it for?

 

I play games like Tetris and Chess.

I will be using it for gaming.

[rekt1]

Just now, rekt1 said:

I will be using it for gaming.

Gaming *only*

[Jurrunio]

7 hours ago, rekt1 said:

Is the 8700k more worth it to the 9700k?

 

not for a gamer, but yes for an overclocker

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6 hours ago, rekt1 said:

I will be using it for gaming

@Canada EH is asking for the name of the games you play

[rekt1]

2 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

not for a gamer, but yes for an overclocker

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@Canada EH is asking for the name of the games you play

Ok then i must as well get the 9700k instead. Some of the games i ply is fortnite n pubg n overwatch. 

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, rekt1 said:

Ok then i must as well get the 9700k instead. Some of the games i ply is fortnite n pubg n overwatch. 

these games don't really give a crap on whether you run with 9900k or 8350k tbh, but whatever.

[jones177]

If you want the single core speed of the i9 9900k on a chip that can run cool on air without deliding at 5ghz on all cores go i7 8086k. 

[Canada EH]

1 hour ago, rekt1 said:

ply is fortnite n pubg n overwatch. 

Are those the games you play most often and all the time?

 

I honestly still dont know what pubg is, I read it all the time in here, my son plays fortnite at his moms place, overwatch I can only assume is the same, heavy graphics. But as far as I know cpu's aren't dependant on gaming, only the gpu. You just want high through put, ipc or whatever its called, maybe idc, someone knows.

[rekt1]

12 hours ago, jones177 said:

If you want the single core speed of the i9 9900k on a chip that can run cool on air without deliding at 5ghz on all cores go i7 8086k. 

I will be using an aio

[rekt1]

12 hours ago, jones177 said:

If you want the single core speed of the i9 9900k on a chip that can run cool on air without deliding at 5ghz on all cores go i7 8086k. 

I will be using a evga gtx 1080 ti ftw3 for my gpu...

[rekt1]

With a fractal design r6

[rekt1]

20 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

these games don't really give a crap on whether you run with 9900k or 8350k tbh, but whatever.

what do u mean??

[Dedayog]

Watch a few like this... (Personally I think the 8700K is where it's at)

 

 

[jones177]

7 hours ago, rekt1 said:

I will be using a evga gtx 1080 ti ftw3 for my gpu...

I use a EVGA 1080 ti SC 2  with the i7 8086k to play at 4k. All the non modded games I play run over 60fps. My modded games need a RTX 2080 ti. 

 

None of your picks are bad choices, but keep this in mind. Going by the reviews, these new chips seem to have heat issues. Some run hot, others don't. I respect all the reviewers involved and trust there findings. The difference must be in the chips. 

 

I have come across this before.

In 2016 I built 2 computers with i7 6700ks.  The only difference with builds was that one computer had a slightly higher ram speed. Same case, same motherboard, same cooler & GPU. One of the computers ran more than 10c hotter than the other & would throttle under high load. To keep heat in control I upgraded the Intel tower cooler I used with a Noctua nh-d15. I also replaced the ASUS Pro motherboard this year with a Maximus hero board. The board upgrade confirmed that it was the chip. I lost the silicon lottery big time.

 

When I got my i7 8700k in the beginning of this year I overclocked it. I soon discovered that for a 5ghz overclock I would need to delid & get a better cooling solution than my Noctua Nh-d15. I had lost the silicon lottery again. 

 

At this point you can see why a binned chip from Intel appealed to me. I did not want to roll the dice again. My i7 8086k with 5ghz on all cores on air has the exact same heat output that my i7 8700k does with an overclock of 4.7ghz on all cores. Both with these overclocks run over 10c cooler than my i7 6700k did stock.

 

My goal with the i7 8086k was to be over 60fps at 4k on all my vanilla games on stock clocks. My i7 6700k ran in the 50s at 4k so I got what I wanted out of the i7 8086k. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rekt1]

32 minutes ago, jones177 said:

I use a EVGA 1080 ti SC 2  with the i7 8086k to play at 4k. All the non modded games I play run over 60fps. My modded games need a RTX 2080 ti. 

 

None of your picks are bad choices, but keep this in mind. Going by the reviews, these new chips seem to have heat issues. Some run hot, others don't. I respect all the reviewers involved and trust there findings. The difference must be in the chips. 

 

I have come across this before.

In 2016 I built 2 computers with i7 6700ks.  The only difference with builds was that one computer had a slightly higher ram speed. Same case, same motherboard, same cooler & GPU. One of the computers ran more than 10c hotter than the other & would throttle under high load. To keep heat in control I upgraded the Intel tower cooler I used with a Noctua nh-d15. I also replaced the ASUS Pro motherboard this year with a Maximus hero board. The board upgrade confirmed that it was the chip. I lost the silicon lottery big time.

 

When I got my i7 8700k in the beginning of this year I overclocked it. I soon discovered that for a 5ghz overclock I would need to delid & get a better cooling solution than my Noctua Nh-d15. I had lost the silicon lottery again. 

 

At this point you can see why a binned chip from Intel appealed to me. I did not want to roll the dice again. My i7 8086k with 5ghz on all cores on air has the exact same heat output that my i7 8700k does with an overclock of 4.7ghz on all cores. Both with these overclocks run over 10c cooler than my i7 6700k did stock.

 

My goal with the i7 8086k was to be over 60fps at 4k on all my vanilla games on stock clocks. My i7 6700k ran in the 50s at 4k so I got what I wanted out of the i7 8086k. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok cus austin evans recently upgraded his rig into a i9 9900k with a corsair h100i pro rgb so yeah...

[rekt1]

ok cus i was thinking about getting the 9700k and already started searching for good motherboards already.

[Jurrunio]

2 hours ago, rekt1 said:

what do u mean??

these games wont run better on 9700k than 8350k because they aren't demanding enough

[rekt1]

14 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

these games wont run better on 9700k than 8350k because they aren't demanding enough

ok but i am still gonna get the 9700k so i do not have to upgrade in to a better 1 in the future and my budget is enough to spend quite a bit of money on the 9700k. Just looking for a motherboard, any ones u recommend??