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2019/03/21 09:33:38 (permalink)
I am looking hard at replacing my mobo and i7 7700k when I finally replace my last 980ti with a 2080ti. From what i have read, the 9900k is overkill and for the most part over priced, but i would like something I wont need to upgrade in a year or two.
 

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    Re: i7 8700k or a i9 9900k for 4k? 2019/03/21 09:40:11 (permalink)
    Do you do CPU intensive work with your PC ?
     
    Plans for more than 1 GPU ?
     
    What other hardware will you need PCIe lanes for ?

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    Re: i7 8700k or a i9 9900k for 4k? 2019/03/21 09:52:58 (permalink)
    not really, no rendering or anything. right now the only thigns the PCIe lanes will be would be the 2080ti and I am considering useing the 980ti to power my other 2 monitors which are used only for web, or messenger. possibly another game  from time to time. I mostly do not want to be bottlenecked by my CPU a year or two down the line.

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    Re: i7 8700k or a i9 9900k for 4k? 2019/03/21 10:14:20 (permalink)
    i9 9900k is hands down better 5GHz --> if its in your Budget  
     
    Intel Core i9-9900K Coffee Lake 8-Core, 16-Thread, 3.6 GHz (5.0 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151
     
    also the i7-8086K Coffee Lake 6-Core 4.0 GHz (5.0 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151
     
    Are the Games you play CPU intensive ?

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    Re: i7 8700k or a i9 9900k for 4k? 2019/03/21 10:36:14 (permalink)
    Not much, but who knows in the next year. going to be getting Division 2 and c yberpunk 2077 when that is out. Now its Ark, total warhammer, Vermintide 2.

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    Re: i7 8700k or a i9 9900k for 4k? 2019/03/23 23:17:12 (permalink)
    IMO going from 7700k to 8700k not worth it, the 9900k if within budget as COOL GTX said would be a much better option, from my experience with my 9900k coming from 6700k I
     
    saw a good improvement. Also overclocking it to 5.0 all cores was easy just changing one setting to accomplish. It only runs a bit warmer with 8 cores at 5.0 than the 6700k with 4
     
    cores at 4.7. 
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