Hi, im looking to upgrade my aging i5-3570 & 1600mHz RAM.
I was originally tempted by the 10600k, 6cores, as its meant to be great for gaming at the moment (especially @5mHz). Though i was wondering if new consoles, being 8cores, would push game development moreover to using 8cores.
In which case i was looking at the 10700k, but its quite the price bump... Else there is AMDs 3700x which is cheaper and 8 cores, but it seems that is better suited for work programs than purely for gaming (i dont stream or edit).
Are the new consoles likely to effect games core wise, or would that be more likely over several years?
There is also the temptation to wait for the remainder of AMDs 4000 series to release, i read somewhere that the non-APU versions can be quicker?
Cheers
Zola
Edit: i believe all off these CPUs might be overkill for todays games, but was looking to future proof a little. I think i caught the back end of the '4cores is enough' phase with the 3570 (hope to keep the processor for one or two GPU upgrades)
I was originally tempted by the 10600k, 6cores, as its meant to be great for gaming at the moment (especially @5mHz). Though i was wondering if new consoles, being 8cores, would push game development moreover to using 8cores.
In which case i was looking at the 10700k, but its quite the price bump... Else there is AMDs 3700x which is cheaper and 8 cores, but it seems that is better suited for work programs than purely for gaming (i dont stream or edit).
Are the new consoles likely to effect games core wise, or would that be more likely over several years?
There is also the temptation to wait for the remainder of AMDs 4000 series to release, i read somewhere that the non-APU versions can be quicker?
Cheers
Zola
Edit: i believe all off these CPUs might be overkill for todays games, but was looking to future proof a little. I think i caught the back end of the '4cores is enough' phase with the 3570 (hope to keep the processor for one or two GPU upgrades)
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