TL;DR - Core i7 9700F for 205 euro (250 USD with tax already). Is it a good deal?
Hi guys. Currently I am using i5 6400, 8 GB RAM and RX 470 for my 1080p gaming. This is system from late 2016. I was thinking about upgrading it. I was always leaned towards good price-to-performance ratio and since Ryzen was announced I was pretty sure that that will be my next CPU. I was always thinking about Ryzen 5... But then next-gen consoles were released, both have 8 cores and I think this will be the new standard. I found out that Intel is selling i7 9700F from 2019 for 205 euro. For example R7 3700X goes for 275 euro. I think it is great price for Core i7. Because I always bought Core i5 for around 180 euro and now I can have Core i7 for similar price. I realize it is CPU from 2019. But the difference between that and current Core i7 11700 is basicallay just 200 MHz in boost. That does not justify 120 euro difference.
I need your point of view on this. Should I go into this? My vision is to pair it with 16 GB of RAM and once prices normalize with something like RX 6700XT / RTX 3070 at max. I won't go into hi-end segment. So far I am still using 1080p which I might upgrade to 1440p in two years... And I little behind with new games. Have huge backlog and for example did not buy Resident Evil 2 yet. I am planning to play games like RDR2, Tales of Arise, Gotham Knights, Elders Scrolls VI...
Few additional questions. Does i7 9700 use liquid metal? Is meltdown/spectre still a thing to consider? Computer will be purely for gaming. No work, no rendering, no video editing.
Thank you for your comments in advance.
Hi guys. Currently I am using i5 6400, 8 GB RAM and RX 470 for my 1080p gaming. This is system from late 2016. I was thinking about upgrading it. I was always leaned towards good price-to-performance ratio and since Ryzen was announced I was pretty sure that that will be my next CPU. I was always thinking about Ryzen 5... But then next-gen consoles were released, both have 8 cores and I think this will be the new standard. I found out that Intel is selling i7 9700F from 2019 for 205 euro. For example R7 3700X goes for 275 euro. I think it is great price for Core i7. Because I always bought Core i5 for around 180 euro and now I can have Core i7 for similar price. I realize it is CPU from 2019. But the difference between that and current Core i7 11700 is basicallay just 200 MHz in boost. That does not justify 120 euro difference.
I need your point of view on this. Should I go into this? My vision is to pair it with 16 GB of RAM and once prices normalize with something like RX 6700XT / RTX 3070 at max. I won't go into hi-end segment. So far I am still using 1080p which I might upgrade to 1440p in two years... And I little behind with new games. Have huge backlog and for example did not buy Resident Evil 2 yet. I am planning to play games like RDR2, Tales of Arise, Gotham Knights, Elders Scrolls VI...
Few additional questions. Does i7 9700 use liquid metal? Is meltdown/spectre still a thing to consider? Computer will be purely for gaming. No work, no rendering, no video editing.
Thank you for your comments in advance.
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