4K Gaming 8700K VS 9700X and 1080TI

[mrdetail]

The setups will be identical except for Chipset and Case factor...This will be primarily for gaming..on a 34” curved 120hz monitor possibly dual monitors at a later date as Well as VR.

The 8700k is :
Aurora R7 8700K (6-Core/12-Thread, 12MB 1 Cache, up to 4.7GHz
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
1 850W EPA Bronze PSU Liquid Cooled Chassis
1 NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1080 Ti with 11GB GDDR5X (Room for running dual Ti’s)
1 32GB Dual Channel HyperX DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
1 256GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
1 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
1 Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
1 Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2

Vs

Area 51 running Ryzen 1900X same equipment otherwise.

I understand the 8700K should be faster
My thoughts are the case is in the Area 51 is huge for expansion w/ up to 4 Video cards....more hard drive space ect...

What I’m losing in speed may be made up later if I go with the Area 51 or stay w tth the smaller case...trying to think ahead....

Thanks

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Main suggestion : build your own.

About the parts : for gaming, 8700k it is

You don't need 32gb ram, 2x8gb is more than enough.
Don't need 1080ti sli. A single 1080ti would run a 100hz 3440x1440 screen.

Now if you tell us ur budget and location, we can draft up a part list, including that 34" ultrawide monitor and other peripherals.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from mrdetail : "Choosing between 8700K and 1900x Alienware...."

The setups will be identical except for Chipset and Case factor...This will be primarily for gaming..on a 34” curved 120hz monitor possibly dual monitors at a later date as Well as VR.

The 8700k is :
Aurora R7 8700K (6-Core/12-Thread, 12MB 1 Cache, up to 4.7GHz
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
1 850W EPA Bronze PSU Liquid Cooled Chassis
1 NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1080 Ti with 11GB GDDR5X (Room for running dual Ti’s)
1 32GB Dual Channel HyperX(TM) DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
1 256GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
1 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
1 Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
1 Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2

Vs

Area 51 running Ryzen 1900X same equipment otherwise.

I understand the 8700K should be faster
My thoughts are the case is in the Area 51 is huge for expansion w/ up to 4 Video cards....more hard drive space ect...

What I’m losing in speed may be made up later if I go with the Area 51 or stay w 9th the smaller case...trying to think ahead....

Thanks

Merged question :

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3725381/gaming-8700k-9700x-1080ti.html

 

[mrdetail]

Main suggestion : build your own.

About the parts : for gaming, 8700k it is

You don't need 32gb ram, 2x8gb is more than enough.
Don't need 1080ti sli. A single 1080ti would run a 100hz 3440x1440 screen.

Now if you tell us ur budget and location, we can draft up a part list, including that 34" ultrawide monitor and other peripherals.

The monitor is a 120hz 4K...budget is 3500-4000....
I want future proof and Ultra Settings w no issues...
Not sure if I want to build anymore...just want to play but interested in the savings...I work a lot and have a lot going on...

 

[Lucky_SLS]

If you are buying after the 1180/2080 comes, even better. A 1080ti as place holder for now :


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($347.00 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X72 Liquid CPU Cooler ($181.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg Business)
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB SYNC 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($170.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Extreme Video Card ($798.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Lian-Li - PC-O11DX ATX Full Tower Case ($172.26 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair - ML140 Pro LED 97.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($25.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair - ML140 Pro LED 97.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($25.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair - LL120RGB LED (Three Fans With Lighting Node PRO) 43.2 CFM 120mm Fans ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: HP - OMEN X 35 35.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor ($799.99 @ Newegg Business)
Keyboard: Corsair - K95 RGB PLATINUM Wired Gaming Keyboard ($182.29 @ Amazon)
Mouse: SteelSeries - Rival 700 Wired Optical Mouse ($73.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Corsair - VOID PRO RGB USB (White/Black) 7.1 Channel Headset ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Corsair - Gaming Mouse Pad - Black ($45.99 @ Amazon)
Other: CORSAIR RGB LED Lighting PRO Expansion Kit ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Other: Corsair Gaming ST100 RGB Premium Headset Stand with 7.1 Surround Sound ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Other: CableMod PRO ModMesh Cable Extension Kit (Black/White)
Total: $3552.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-15 15:53 EDT-0400
Put the rad fans in the bottom for gpu intake.

The LL 120 3 pack sets are for rad side intake.

The 2 ML140 pro as top exhaust.