System comparison - which to buy?

[benjamin_a_hu92]

Hi guys!

There are two build, and i need help which to plan to buy.
Please answer from experience or knowledge, not just "BECAUSE it is better/or not", thank you!
I am looking for a good non-bottleneck build for an RTX 2080, which is i already have.

The builds are the following:
BUILD ONE
- Motherboard H370 chipset
- CPU Intel i7-8700 non-K
- Dual-Channel 32GB 2666MHz RAM

BUILD TWO
- Motherboard Z390 chipset
- CPU Intel i7-9700k - not plan to overclock soon, or ever at all, at base boost clock is more than enough, i think
- Dual-Channel 16GB 2666MHz RAM

These two builds are almost at the same price, which is important part of my dilemma.
I plan to use the PC for gaming mainly, but sometimes i have to do heavy work tasks.

Thank you for any answers, and i open for any suggestion at the same price-range!

 

[Shektron]

What monitor do you have? I would lean towards the second PC mostly because the 32 GB of RAM in a gaming PC is unnecessary, and the 9700K will allow you to overclock and get higher FPS for a high refresh rate monitor. If you can get a 144 Hz panel with the second PC, you'll be good to go.

Also, what is the approximate budget?

 

[benjamin_a_hu92]

What monitor do you have? I would lean towards the second PC mostly because the 32 GB of RAM in a gaming PC is unnecessary, and the 9700K will allow you to overclock and get higher FPS for a high refresh rate monitor. If you can get a 144 Hz panel with the second PC, you'll be good to go.

Also, what is the approximate budget?

I have an ASUS PG258Q, it's a 240Hz G-SYNC monitor, so more fps i gets, the better it will be.
I know it is not neccessary for gaming, the 32GB ram, but the more research i do, i find more and more hints about "i7 processors works better with 32GB ram instead of 16, and the RTX2080 also works better with more ram." and the 9th generation intels are a little overpriced for their actual performance improvement.

The budge is like 1250 USD for now with PC case, coolers and 1TB SSD, without the GPU(2080) and PSU(750W bronze+), these already good enough.

About the budget, the prices i work with are from hungarian shops, so the currency was changed from HUF to USD.

 

[Shektron]

Can you do this, then?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($399.79 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.96 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($209.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($96.85 @ Walmart)
Total: $1126.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-23 23:08 EST-0500

If not, I would say stick with 16 GB RAM, I don't know where you get the statement about the CPU and GPU working better with more RAM.

 

[benjamin_a_hu92]

Can you do this, then?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($399.79 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.96 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($209.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($96.85 @ Walmart)
Total: $1126.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-23 23:08 EST-0500

If not, I would say stick with 16 GB RAM, I don't know where you get the statement about the CPU and GPU working better with more RAM.

I live in a great country where the i7-9700k starts at 530 USD, one of the highest taxes in Europe... etc.,
But my budget is not so bonded, so i try to rearrange my plans to get both 9700k and 32G ram, if it is not possible i will stick with 16G of ram, thank you!