Hello all,
I'm building a new PC next month and I'm concerned about the importance of PCIE 4.0 down the road and whether it should dictate me CPU of choice. Initially, my plan was to get a 5800X ($450 msrp) or even 5900X ($550 msrp) but they just released so they're either out of stock or excessively priced. And I doubt they'll drop in price in the next couple of weeks.
So I decided to go for the i7 10700K instead. However, I'm reading everywhere about how PCIE 4.0 has just arrived, RTX 3000 cards will utilize it as well as the newest NVME ssds. So is it worth getting the Ryzen 7 3700X, which is PCIE 4.0 albeit a tad weaker, instead? Ideally, I'm building a PC that will last me at least for the next 5 years and will allow me to play games on high/ultra . 1080p for now, 1440p or even 4K down the road. For anyone wondering, my GPU is the 1660Ti (will upgrade in the future).
So, 10700K or Ryzen 7 3700X?
I'm building a new PC next month and I'm concerned about the importance of PCIE 4.0 down the road and whether it should dictate me CPU of choice. Initially, my plan was to get a 5800X ($450 msrp) or even 5900X ($550 msrp) but they just released so they're either out of stock or excessively priced. And I doubt they'll drop in price in the next couple of weeks.
So I decided to go for the i7 10700K instead. However, I'm reading everywhere about how PCIE 4.0 has just arrived, RTX 3000 cards will utilize it as well as the newest NVME ssds. So is it worth getting the Ryzen 7 3700X, which is PCIE 4.0 albeit a tad weaker, instead? Ideally, I'm building a PC that will last me at least for the next 5 years and will allow me to play games on high/ultra . 1080p for now, 1440p or even 4K down the road. For anyone wondering, my GPU is the 1660Ti (will upgrade in the future).
So, 10700K or Ryzen 7 3700X?