Question Is there a reason i would need the Intel K over the KF

[zmihlrad]

Hey guys, looking to order a new i7 tonight.

nor really sure if for some reason I do need the integrated gpu? I’m building a full machine so it will of course have a legitimate GPU.

 

[LORDPrometheus]

Empirically? no not really they will perform exactly the same.
However, having an IGPU is a godsend if you start having GPU or other display issues so my personal choice would be to get the KF just in case. End of the day though it is your wallet so do what feels best for you.

 

[John Chesterfield]

Empirically? no not really they will perform exactly the same.
However, having an IGPU is a godsend if you start having GPU or other display issues so my personal choice would be to get the KF just in case. End of the day though it is your wallet so do what feels best for you.

That, was pretty much typing the same although I think you mean to recommend the K, depends how worth it that is to you. For a few bucks extra, maybe good to have that peace of mind.

 

[zmihlrad]

For the $40 if that’s the case I’ll stay with the K.

thanks

 

[John Chesterfield]

For the $40 if that’s the case I’ll stay with the K.

thanks

If that $40 is easy for you to pony up, it becomes a bit of a no brainer. A nice to have.

 

[Karadjgne]

Gpu's can fail. There's countless posts on 'no video output', even with a brand new pc, and not necessarily because anything is broke, but sometimes just because of a pcie setting being wrong. But that means you can't then get into bios, to fix the issue. Having an igpu as a backup, seperate from the discrete gpu is nothing more than an insurance policy, it's there if you need it. Considering you'll probably own the pc for the next 5 years±, $40 worth of insurance is a no brainer. You'll spend 10x that amount just in Starbucks or McDonald's.

PC wisdom 101: it's better to have and not need, than to need and not have.

 

[geofelt]

I was glad to have a K suffix chip when my psu failed.
My backup psu was not strong enough to run my graphics card so I had to make do with integrated graphics. Actually, it did quite well.

As a plus, the integrated graphics adapter will include Quicksync that will accelerate encoding.

 

[spicy_cat]

Intel igpu can do AV1 decode which is kind of nice if your GPU isn't RDNA2, nvidia 30 or 40 series, or Arc but if you're building with a newer GPU it shouldn't be an issue.