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2018/10/19 01:47:24 (permalink)
Hi all I'm a wee bit stuck in thoughts about what to buy. I am looking at the choice of the new Intel 9800X cpu for the X299 dark motherboard that I have or a RTX 2070 Ultra Gaming card.
 
The new RTX 2070 will be going into the rig that I am using just now (specs in my sig) it would be replacing a EVGA GTX 680 Classified
 
Or if I go with the 9800X it will go into the X299 dark that I won at the end/start of this year and I would be moving all of the parts from the rig in my sig over to the X299 platform
 
I'm just stuck at a fork in the road as to which way to go

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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/19 04:24:42 (permalink)
    I would sell the X299 motherboard. Go with whatever video card you want. The Z270 has a lot of life left in it. I would probably look for a nice mid tower case. A full tower case is overkill for a single GPU setup.


     
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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/19 04:34:32 (permalink)
    To me it would depend on what you DO with your Rig....gaming? the X299 really isn't worth it...the Z270 is...but if you multimedia edit and such...yeah, X299...
     
     

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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/19 09:34:23 (permalink)
    Knightviper
    Hi all I'm a wee bit stuck in thoughts about what to buy. I am looking at the choice of the new Intel 9800X cpu for the X299 dark motherboard that I have or a RTX 2070 Ultra Gaming card.
     
    The new RTX 2070 will be going into the rig that I am using just now (specs in my sig) it would be replacing a EVGA GTX 680 Classified
     
    Or if I go with the 9800X it will go into the X299 dark that I won at the end/start of this year and I would be moving all of the parts from the rig in my sig over to the X299 platform
     
    I'm just stuck at a fork in the road as to which way to go


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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/19 10:37:46 (permalink)
    I would say a GPU upgrade would be most effective. That's a pretty nice offer from above. 

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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/19 19:58:03 (permalink)
     
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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/19 20:39:19 (permalink)
    I would surely upgrade the GPU to a RTX 2070 and possibly the SSD or to a M.2 since the prices have finally dropped. 

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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/22 06:26:43 (permalink)
    went and bought a 1070Ti FTW 2 for under £500

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    Re: What is the better choice here 2018/10/22 19:26:19 (permalink)
    Keep your current setup, get a good gpu. be it a 1080/1070 TI FTW2 iCX or the new cards. If you are playing at 1440p I would suggest the 1080 FTW2 iCX or the 1070 TI FTW. If you are playing at 4k go with the 1080 TI or one of the new 2080 cards. I love AMD cards, and their software over nvidia. But once you get a game with gameworks, going with AMD for the gpu is the utter pita on a lot of games sadly.
     

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