Multi-Purpose Build - Advice needed

[SirStiggie]

Hello,

 

I'm looking into upgrading my current rig to better support my current workload which is gaming (primary) and running a number of VM's in Hyper-V for a test environment. The caveat is that while the primary use is gaming, performance of my VM's is very important from a productivity standpoint which is where my current rig is failing. Specs for my current rig are as follows:

 

Asus Maximus 8 Hero

Intel 6700K

32GB of G.Skill DDR4 RAM

2 X EVGA 980ti Hybrid

Corsair HX1200i

A bunch of miscl SSD's

 

I was waiting on reviews of the i9 9900k with the aim of going that route but they have been mixed at best. As such, I'm of two minds whether I should go with Intel or move to AMD with a Threadripper 1920X or 1950X which are in the same price range as the 9900k.

 

I'm in the US and have budgeted up to $2,500 USD. I'll be reusing my SSD's, GPU's, and all other hardware where applicable to really looking for advice on the CPU/Mother Board combo.

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[ThePD]

I would recommend Threadripper over the 9900K as having additional cores will be helpful running VM's, especially should you chose to add more VM's in the future.

[Shanhara]

25 minutes ago, SirStiggie said:

Hello,

 

I'm looking into upgrading my current rig to better support my current workload which is gaming (primary) and running a number of VM's in Hyper-V for a test environment. The caveat is that while the primary use is gaming, performance of my VM's is very important from a productivity standpoint which is where my current rig is failing. Specs for my current rig are as follows:

 

Asus Maximus 8 Hero

Intel 6700K

32GB of G.Skill DDR4 RAM

2 X EVGA 980ti Hybrid

Corsair HX1200i

A bunch of miscl SSD's

 

I was waiting on reviews of the i9 9900k with the aim of going that route but they have been mixed at best. As such, I'm of two minds whether I should go with Intel or move to AMD with a Threadripper 1920X or 1950X which are in the same price range as the 9900k.

 

I'm in the US and have budgeted up to $2,500 USD. I'll be reusing my SSD's, GPU's, and all other hardware where applicable to really looking for advice on the CPU/Mother Board combo.

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

I have a similar setup on which I run VMs.

MY rig is:

ROG Rampage VI Extreme

Intel 7820x

32 GB G.skill trident z

Strix 1080ti OC

a few HDDs and SSDs

Corsair HX1200i

and two other GPUs

 

With your budget, Threadripper would most certainly be the best option.

I also use my rig for the primary purpose of gaming and do some light editing on one of the other with light office work on the other.

I went with intel even though Threadripper was out because I found that Ryzen VM systems that I built for my friends had been having issues slight instability.

I'm not sure why but that happened but it made me go with intel.

If you're primary purpose is gaming, I would go with intel cuz it hits higher clocks.

 

If you do go with intel, do not under any circumstance use a mainstream series chip cuz they have only 16 cpu pci-e lanes.

[brob]

In terms of performance I don't think the i9-9900K reviews have been mixed. It outperforms other cpu in its class, often by a significant amount.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($579.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($146.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($184.90 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $911.78
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