Question Thinking on what cpu to get

[scottlunn0]

Hi I was just debating on getting a i9 9900k or i7 9700k for my gtx 1080 I been hearing a lot of stuff about the i9 does anyone one have any suggestions

 

[BringerOfTea]

what resolution are you gaming at?

 

[mdd1963]

IMO, the 9700K is plenty...

 

[BringerOfTea]

Id be real happy with 8 cores and 8 threads.

if you do not have plans to upgrade GPU soon... the 9700K will be a better option.

although what do you currently have?

 

[maziech]

Hi I was just debating on getting a i9 9900k or i7 9700k for my gtx 1080 I been hearing a lot of stuff about the i9 does anyone one have any suggestions

This is the problem people are having since 10+ years.
"Pay more and take X cores / 2* X threads or pay less and take X cores / X threads?"

At some point of time, Your system just won't be enough to handle some modern games, and then additional threads might come in use. Especially, that AMD pushes multicore solutions, and the market may slowly addapt to it.

9700k is all You need for now and probably next 4-5 years. But You never know what comes later.

 

[scottlunn0]

Id be real happy with 8 cores and 8 threads.

if you do not have plans to upgrade GPU soon... the 9700K will be a better option.

although what do you currently have?

I have the amd 8370 and I don’t like it at all so I was going bigger I wanted to get something for the long run

 

[scottlunn0]

I have the amd 8370 and I don’t like it at all so I was going bigger I wanted to get something for the long run