7700K or 8700K Confusion.

[windyborough]

Hi,

Quick question for you guys, as the title says I'm confused between building a PC with 7700K now or wait till 8700K is announced & available.

Not upgrading from Z170 or Sandybridge so I do need to upgrade/build no matter what. Currently Quad core extreme on EVGA 790i motherboard so an upgrade is way overdue!

At the moment I narrowed it to Asus Maximus Formula + 7700K and over the weekend the rumors of Coffee Lake came out and that had me thinking that wait or not?

I'm not sure once the Coffee Lake is announced, the price of 7700K will drop or not, and by how much. At the moment its about £310 to £325. Shall I wait for 8700K or build now. The idea of 6 core 8700K is very tempting along with new standard Wi-Fi + Bluetooth + other features which lack on my current process is very, very tempting.

What is your expert opinion and what do you guys think would be the pricing of 8700K at the time of launch?

Thanks in advance guys and girls.

Cheers

 

[mdd1963]

If folks want/need the add in cards, little sound box extensions, wi-fi cards, or 10 GB ethernet port/included NIC, everyone is of course free and welcome to look at whatever mainboard they feel offers their unique /set need of features. (Little goofy shrouds covering everything and making them look like functional heatsinks, I won't address. It seems popular now to cover M.2 drives, and refer to them as 'heat sinks'....functionality seems limited, as many M.2 drives thermally throttle... until the matching color coded shrouds are removed...

As for wireless, some folks need it, want it, love it, but, it is at least a partial security risk, and, many just make do with wired connection to a router.

As for 10 GB/ethernet, I'd be surprised if too terribly many folks have 10 GB switches at home yet... (Although a 10GB Intel NIC is worth $200 or so for those that need one, so, that feature might be indeed be a valuable for some. ) Having the add in card present but unused or connected to a typical 5 port 1 Gb/sec router might appeal to some as well...

I've seen Z270 boards for $450...I still laugh at them, and unless a GTX1060Ti comes bundled with it at that price, probably will continue to do so. The only thing funnnier than a $450 Z270 mainboard is a $450 case, although I do find the $150 'gaming' mice and $150 mechanical /RGB keyboards humorous as well... (I don't mean to insult those that lust after or purchased such mainboards, and, I apologize if that happens!)

As for integrated water-cooling blocks, that might be a feature desired by some, as some love the fluid. What additional OC headroom is typically attained on a good 'silicon lottery-worthy'- 7700K when resorting to it? Last time I checked....when 5 GHz-capable 7700K's were strapped underneath water blocks, a few newly-liquid-cooled 7700Ks gained perhaps 30 MHz, and, many gained... nothing.

Clearly, however, someone is buying these boards, or, manufacturers would stop making them. If some find a board has about $300 in needed extra features added to justify a $450 total prices, ...awesome, and Godspeed!

 

[YoAndy]

What mdd1963 meant is that 9/10 users won't notice the difference or even begin to use all the features of their 135$ board so a 300$ board is a waste of money

So you wont notice The difference? Who are those stupid people paying for stuff like:
An all-new dedicated EK cooling blocks

if I don't use an EK custom loop, no I won't notice the difference.

Having, Studio quality audio Amplifier. So you enjoy audiophile-grade 32-bit/386kHz, and output of over 6VRMS to your favorite 600ohm headphones.

if you use 100$ headphones or even worse, ome USB gaming headset --- and this is actually the majority of people --- no you won't notice the difference

FASTEST ONBOARD WI-FI UP TO 1300Mbit/s

and how many people have a) an internet connection that can actually achieve 1,3Gbit/s? and b) how many people have a server at home with that kind of infrastructure?

DRAM Over-current Protection

unless you're doing overclocking to a degree where you actually use the custom EK loop and move from water to other liquids, I can't see this feature being really convincing. nice to have, for sure, but hardly necessary for most people who just enable XMP on their RAM sticks.

of course it's a nice board.
but to put it into your words: I don't need a Ferrari if I need a car to get to work on the other side of downtown where traffic and speed limits only allow for 35 km/h anyway.
unless you got to compensate something.

Seems like all you need is a bicycle