First and foremost: sorry for asking something that has been asked multiple times. I'm asking these questions to have them in the same place, hopefully with some answers as well.
So I've decided that it is time to buy a new rig. I'm currently trying to educate myself on different specs as I cared little about the industry since I've bought my current setup.
This thread/question is for Intel + Nvidia exclusively as I didn't do any research regarding AMD (yet). Still, if you'd think an alternative from the Amercians would be nice, please tell me. Please note that the rig is for gaming primarily.
So the actual question: currently I'm debating with myself whether I go with i5-9600k or i7-9700k. If I choose i5 I might go with RTX 2080, but if I go with i7 that will go with RTX 2070S.
Which one if more beneficial for the next 4-5 years considering that I'm currently on a 21:9 full HD monitor which may get an upgrade later but I guess it won't be more than 1440p (it has 144Hz refresh but has no Gsync only freesync...)?
As far as I know there are different reasons to choose either one. I guess i5 is very cost-efficient and can be overclocked well. But I need to ask this: does OC has any real risks or the worst I can get is a lower OC value due to silicon lottery? I am hesitant to OC since I'm afraid my system will get unstable or lifespan gets shortened by a lot...but I don't have much experience with it, only from the Core2Quad times where I had little to no success at all.
So all-in-all:
So I've decided that it is time to buy a new rig. I'm currently trying to educate myself on different specs as I cared little about the industry since I've bought my current setup.
This thread/question is for Intel + Nvidia exclusively as I didn't do any research regarding AMD (yet). Still, if you'd think an alternative from the Amercians would be nice, please tell me. Please note that the rig is for gaming primarily.
So the actual question: currently I'm debating with myself whether I go with i5-9600k or i7-9700k. If I choose i5 I might go with RTX 2080, but if I go with i7 that will go with RTX 2070S.
Which one if more beneficial for the next 4-5 years considering that I'm currently on a 21:9 full HD monitor which may get an upgrade later but I guess it won't be more than 1440p (it has 144Hz refresh but has no Gsync only freesync...)?
As far as I know there are different reasons to choose either one. I guess i5 is very cost-efficient and can be overclocked well. But I need to ask this: does OC has any real risks or the worst I can get is a lower OC value due to silicon lottery? I am hesitant to OC since I'm afraid my system will get unstable or lifespan gets shortened by a lot...but I don't have much experience with it, only from the Core2Quad times where I had little to no success at all.
So all-in-all:
- is there an i5 bottleneck for 2080? And if now not, then will it?
- will the 2080 extra fps get realised with the i5 during the whole expected lifespan (4-5years)?
- will the 6 cores of the i5 become a drag later on?
- what are the experiences with OC? Is it safe? Is it beneficial? Should I go further beyond native TB 2.0 values?
- does any of this matter if I have an 1080p monitor currently and aren't planning to upgrade beyond 1440p (with 144HZ refresh rate however)?
- +1: should I care about memory clockspeed? I heard that 3200 MHz might be optimal as anything faster than that is very costly.
- +2: if you think about Intel's future, would it be easier to buy a new CPU to this LGA later on or would it be easier to change the Graphics card? Because if the i5 run out of gas I can still upgrade to a future i7 if Intel won't change the socket.