Hello,
I'm at a point where I'm no longer happy with my current CPU. I have an i5 6600k and I recently upgraded almost every other party of my PC, so I'm now stuck with the following system
i5 6600k
ROG strix rtx 2080
32gb ddr4 2400mhz
Samsung evo 850 m.2 + some larger ssds for games + a 3tb hdd 7200 for bulk storage
I run three 1080p 60hz monitors, and that's where my questions really begin.
I usually have a 1080p video running one one screen and a messenger / website / whatever open on the other screen, so my CPU and GPU never really get to focus fully on gaming performance and I'd like to keep it that way.
I don't need the CPU / GPU for anything other than leisure time, I require only basic office applications for my job, so it's all about the entertainment part.
I hardly ever render videos (once a month perhaps...)
Spending 100€ more or less doesn't really make too much of a difference, but I don't want to waste it either, obviously.
So I'm thinking about either getting an i9 9900k, i7 9700k or i5 9600k.
-How would my use case of basically triple-monitor media consumption benefit from the 8 cores?
-Since single-core performance is pretty similar between the three (as in: they're all a huge upgrade compared to my 6600k), would I even notice the difference?
-How many cores do games actually reliably use at this point? I've noticed my CPU running at almost 95% without videos playing in the background when playing the very recently-released Anno 1800.
Also: Since I need a z3xx motherboard for the newer-generation CPUs, should I just get a 370 model or a 390? My next major upgrade is going to take place in 3-4 years, so I assume I'll have to get a new motherboard at that point anyway, so I don't know how much "future-proofing by getting a 390" would actually matter.
Thank you very much.
I'm at a point where I'm no longer happy with my current CPU. I have an i5 6600k and I recently upgraded almost every other party of my PC, so I'm now stuck with the following system
i5 6600k
ROG strix rtx 2080
32gb ddr4 2400mhz
Samsung evo 850 m.2 + some larger ssds for games + a 3tb hdd 7200 for bulk storage
I run three 1080p 60hz monitors, and that's where my questions really begin.
I usually have a 1080p video running one one screen and a messenger / website / whatever open on the other screen, so my CPU and GPU never really get to focus fully on gaming performance and I'd like to keep it that way.
I don't need the CPU / GPU for anything other than leisure time, I require only basic office applications for my job, so it's all about the entertainment part.
I hardly ever render videos (once a month perhaps...)
Spending 100€ more or less doesn't really make too much of a difference, but I don't want to waste it either, obviously.
So I'm thinking about either getting an i9 9900k, i7 9700k or i5 9600k.
-How would my use case of basically triple-monitor media consumption benefit from the 8 cores?
-Since single-core performance is pretty similar between the three (as in: they're all a huge upgrade compared to my 6600k), would I even notice the difference?
-How many cores do games actually reliably use at this point? I've noticed my CPU running at almost 95% without videos playing in the background when playing the very recently-released Anno 1800.
Also: Since I need a z3xx motherboard for the newer-generation CPUs, should I just get a 370 model or a 390? My next major upgrade is going to take place in 3-4 years, so I assume I'll have to get a new motherboard at that point anyway, so I don't know how much "future-proofing by getting a 390" would actually matter.
Thank you very much.
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