Do I sound confused? I shouldn't be. I've been building PCs for years, and done plenty of posting here. But I'm a little torn... I've read lots of threads, benchies, etc. I think I know my answer. Smart money probably goes to 9600k and a 2070. Its just hard to resist the 2080 at $200 more.
PC is mainly for gaming. I have 2 monitors, one 28" 4k I bought to use with my current R9 390X, and an LG 32" ultrawide, 2560X1080. Billed at 75hz, but I can never get it to work right on anything other than 60. Gaming at 4k sounds great, but I really like the ultrawide. Only reason I'm thinking the 2080 may not be overkill is my kid's Rift. It currently runs fine on the rig in my sig. He will be getting my current rig, 390X with 6600k, 16GB Ram. As VR gets more demanding, we can move it to my PC. But I'm guessing by the time that happens, I'll have probably upgraded again.
If I'm being honest, my current rig runs everything I want it to flawlessly. CS:GO, Battlefront II, Battlefield series, The Division, etc. I play lots of stuff. But its been 3 years and I'm ready for a new one.
The 2700 with B450 board is only $30 less than the 9600k with Z390. I do use my PC for work sometimes, but no streaming, video encoding, etc. I have a build in my cart on newegg for just shy of $1800 with 9600K, 2080 2TB M.2 SSD, 16GB Ram. Thought about flipping it to 9700k and 2070, but I'm thinking the 9700 just isn't worth the price premium for me.
Any thoughts, opinions or real world experience?
Thanks in advance.
PC is mainly for gaming. I have 2 monitors, one 28" 4k I bought to use with my current R9 390X, and an LG 32" ultrawide, 2560X1080. Billed at 75hz, but I can never get it to work right on anything other than 60. Gaming at 4k sounds great, but I really like the ultrawide. Only reason I'm thinking the 2080 may not be overkill is my kid's Rift. It currently runs fine on the rig in my sig. He will be getting my current rig, 390X with 6600k, 16GB Ram. As VR gets more demanding, we can move it to my PC. But I'm guessing by the time that happens, I'll have probably upgraded again.
If I'm being honest, my current rig runs everything I want it to flawlessly. CS:GO, Battlefront II, Battlefield series, The Division, etc. I play lots of stuff. But its been 3 years and I'm ready for a new one.
The 2700 with B450 board is only $30 less than the 9600k with Z390. I do use my PC for work sometimes, but no streaming, video encoding, etc. I have a build in my cart on newegg for just shy of $1800 with 9600K, 2080 2TB M.2 SSD, 16GB Ram. Thought about flipping it to 9700k and 2070, but I'm thinking the 9700 just isn't worth the price premium for me.
Any thoughts, opinions or real world experience?
Thanks in advance.