[SOLVED] Planning to buy Intel i5-8400 or i5-9600k

iCeMhaN

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Hi guys im planning to build my computer can you help me out if I will take the i5 8400 or i5 9600k?

My current VC is GTX ASUS Dual 1060 3gb OC
RAM is 16gb Hyper X Predator
MOBO is MSI 360M Bazooka
PSU is 500w

Question is Is there gonna be a problem and any inputs?

I'm not familiar with how you guys say bottleneck is there gonna be a problem?

Is it worth it to pump more $100 for 9600k with my current specs? (8400 is $180 and 9600k is $280)

I'll use it 85% pure gaming and 15% for my office related work.


Thank you for your help.
 
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There's not much overclocking head room for third gen Ryzen, especially due to the fact that the 3600 is a lower tier binned chip. Just enable precision boost overdrive and call it a day.

timbroslice

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With the motherboard, you're losing out on the features that make the 9600k worth it (OC, XMP, Fine tuning, etc).
I would just buy the 8400 unless you plan to upgrade your motherboard too.
 

Samrat97

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Isn't it 8400 is better than 9400F?
In performance - almost same even 5-10% better.. Plus this is current and cheaper than 8400..
With the price of 8400
You could get 9400f + an aftermarket cooler..
One cons.. 9400f don't have any iGPU..
Bt you have GPU already you won't need iGPU!
 
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Hi guys im planning to build my computer can you help me out if I will take the i5 8400 or i5 9600k?

My current VC is GTX ASUS Dual 1060 3gb OC
RAM is 16gb Hyper X Predator
MOBO is MSI 360M Bazooka
PSU is 500w

Question is Is there gonna be a problem and any inputs?

I'm not familiar with how you guys say bottleneck is there gonna be a problem?

Is it worth it to pump more $100 for 9600k with my current specs? (8400 is $180 and 9600k is $280)

I'll use it 85% pure gaming and 15% for my office related work.


Thank you for your help.

Do i think you should bought the most latest version the cpu i5 the best choice will it
 

iCeMhaN

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So what do you guys prefer anyway the R5 3600 or R5 3600x? Also is there any thing I should expect from a AMD chip? Because i've been a intel i5 guy for almost 10 years. Haven't used AMD before.