Question I7 8700 NOT “K”, should I got with z370 or z390

[xXAaditXx]

Sup fellow nerds
I am planning to build a gaming PC this year and since this is my first build I wanna have the most performance for every penny I pay. And the penny I am willing to pay is 1k. I am planning to put a i7 8700 in my rig but I am confused b/w z370 and z390. My other planned parts are:

1. i7 8700
2. motherboard
3. cooler master hyper 212
4. Adata xpg ddr4 16 gb rgb ram kit @3000mghz
5. WD blue 500gb m.2 ssd
6. Gtx 1660
7. 600w gold psu
8. NZXT H500

Also if anyone could tell me if the cpu will get bottlenecked by the GPU or not.

Your help would be more than appreciated 👍🏽

 

[iMatty]

You should take a look at this, while that's the only major difference that i can see between these two chipsets, https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Intel-Z370-vs-Z390-Chipset-Comparison-1231/
The answer here for the bottleneck is, it depends on the game you'll be playing to be honest, and if i would guess it might be bottle-necked by 5% or lower if am honest.
Not 100% sure but that processor is a high end processor and that GPU is kind of low, so it might.
but that is not a bad bottleneck, they call that a good bottleneck for a reason, because your processor already processed it and is waiting for the GPU to pick it up and then the processor will start with another processor and so.

 

[bniknafs9]

z370 supports 7th and 8th gen i suppose (although i'm not sure about 7th gen) z390 supports 8th and 9th

 

[SkyNetRising]

z370 supports 7th and 8th gen i suppose (although i'm not sure about 7th gen) z390 supports 8th and 9th

z370 supports 8th, 9th gen (with BIOS update) and doesn't support 7th gen.
z390 supports 8th and 9th gen (out of the box).

 

[bniknafs9]

z370 supports 8th, 9th gen (with BIOS update) and doesn't support 7th gen.
z390 supports 8th and 9th gen (out of the box).

pardon my ignorance

 

[rigg42]

Sup fellow nerds
I am planning to build a gaming PC this year and since this is my first build I wanna have the most performance for every penny I pay. And the penny I am willing to pay is 1k. I am planning to put a i7 8700 in my rig but I am confused b/w z370 and z390. My other planned parts are:

1. i7 8700
2. motherboard
3. cooler master hyper 212
4. Adata xpg ddr4 16 gb rgb ram kit @3000mghz
5. WD blue 500gb m.2 ssd
6. Gtx 1660
7. 600w gold psu
8. NZXT H500

Also if anyone could tell me if the cpu will get bottlenecked by the GPU or not.

Your help would be more than appreciated 👍🏽

This isn't a particularly good config. The only reason to go with z370/z390 (with this non overclockable CPU) is faster memory. A b360 motherboard with 2666 RAM would do fine. The performance gain of 3000 RAM will be minimal in general and non existent in games.

You would do much better with less expensive CPU and a better GPU. The RTX 2060 is actually a pretty good value currently. Pair this with a ryzen 5 6 core/b450 board/3200 mhz RAM or a 9400f /b365/ 2666 RAM. Also ryzen 3000 and Navi GPUs are set to launch in the next few months. If you can wait to see what those offer you will likely get more performance for your money.

 

[rigg42]

You should take a look at this, while that's the only major difference that i can see between these two chipsets, https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Intel-Z370-vs-Z390-Chipset-Comparison-1231/
The answer here for the bottleneck is, it depends on the game you'll be playing to be honest, and if i would guess it might be bottle-necked by 5% or lower if am honest.
Not 100% sure but that processor is a high end processor and that GPU is kind of low, so it might.
but that is not a bad bottleneck, they call that a good bottleneck for a reason, because your processor already processed it and is waiting for the GPU to pick it up and then the processor will start with another processor and so.

An 8700 will not bottleneck a 1660. Not even close. You would need 2080ti card at 1080p to even come close to bottle necking that CPU. As long as its hitting 4.3ghz all core. It should constantly maintain that turbo with proper bios settings.

 

[iMatty]

You'll still get a bottleneck, your GPU will limit your cpu at some point no matter what, if someone is going with an 8700 he shouldn't even go with a 1660.
I would prefer to save up more and get a 1070 or rtx 2060 instead.