Build Advice Which build is better?

[Corgoi]

1.Case: Segotep Halo 6 Black (3 front intake installed, 2 intake bottom optional, 1 exhaust rear optional, 2 exhaust top optional fans, all 120mm)
MSI B360-A Pro
I5 9400F
Rtx 2070 (will oc)
Master Hyper 212 Evo
2x8gb ddr4 2666 mhz
P300 1tb 7200rpm
5x Arctic f12 pwm pst
Corsair CX550M

2.Segotep Halo 6 black (same)
MSI Z370 Tomahawk
I5 9600k (will oc)
RTX 2060 (will oc)
DeepCool Captain 240ex
2x8gb ddr4 3000 mhz
P300 1tb 7200rpm
3x Arctic f12 pwm pst
Corsair CX650M

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Segotep Halo 6 black (same)
MSI Z370 Tomahawk
I5 9600k (will oc)
RTX 2060 (will oc)
DeepCool Captain 240ex
2x8gb ddr4 3000 mhz
P300 1tb 7200rpm
3x Arctic f12 pwm pst
Corsair CX650M

 

[FluffyFlounder]

Second one

 

[FluffyFlounder]

Unless PURELY for gaming go for the first one because it has the 2070

 

[Corgoi]

Unless PURELY for gaming go for the first one because it has the 2070

What do you mean purely for gaming?
If you mean not doing stuff like video editing, rendering and that kind of things then no, I don't, but I'm also gonna be doing normal things like watching yt vids lol.

Also i wanna use a second monitor for benchmark-ing while and maybe watching yt while gaming. Is that ok with the 1st build?

 

[FluffyFlounder]

If it is purely for gaming, then you only game on it, so no video making, no rendering and other stuff.

 

[Bearmann]

Here is a comparison at high quality settings, but you can change it to whatever quality you like:

https://www.gpucheck.com/en-usd/com...0ghz-vs-intel-core-i5-9600k-3-70ghz/high/high

That is without the CPU overclock, but I don't think overclocking the CPU will make any appreciable difference in your gaming since the RTX 2060 system is so well balanced and not CPU constrained.

By the way, why do you have your high wattage PSU on the 2060 and your lower wattage PSU on the 2070? It should be the reverse.

 

[Corgoi]

Here is a comparison at high quality settings, but you can change it to whatever quality you like:

https://www.gpucheck.com/en-usd/com...0ghz-vs-intel-core-i5-9600k-3-70ghz/high/high

That is without the CPU overclock, but I don't think overclocking the CPU will make any appreciable difference in your gaming since the RTX 2060 system is so well balanced and not CPU constrained.

By the way, why do you have your high wattage PSU on the 2060 and your lower wattage PSU on the 2070? It should be the reverse.

I was thinking that since on the 2060 build I have the 9600k which I can also oc so I need more wattage xd
But yeah, I think the 2060 build is better also

 

[Bearmann]

I was thinking that since on the 2060 build I have the 9600k which I can also oc so I need more wattage xd
But yeah, I think the 2060 build is better also

Hummmm....... I think you are correct since both are at about 250W at base clocks. In actuality, though, 550W is plenty for either build, even with the overclock.

That's a cool website, isn't it!

 

[Corgoi]

Hummmm....... I think you are correct since both are at about 250W at base clocks. In actuality, though, 550W is plenty for either build, even with the overclock.

That's a cool website, isn't it!

Yeah it actually is!

 

[JonhySmith]

Just get the first one.

 

[Aeacus]

Let's see how the two builds fare against each other. Build comparison, i5-9400F as a base, i5-9600K as an alternative:

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison

Baseline Bench: Game 105%, Desk 69%, Work 61%
CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070
HDD: Toshiba P300 1TB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB
MBD: MSI B360-A PRO (MS-7B22)

Alternative Bench: Game 99%, Desk 75%, Work 66%
CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060-6GB
HDD: Toshiba P300 1TB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB
MBD: MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

While the 1st build is better in gaming (thanks to RTX 2070), 2nd build is better in web browsing and production work (e.g video editing).
Also, 2nd build is more balanced across the board with additional features over 1st build, including: overclockable CPU which you can OC thanks to Z-series MoBo, good 3000 Mhz speed RAM, better CPU cooler and despite the fact that i wouldn't use Corsair CX-series PSU in any PC that has dedicated GPU in it, 650W max output gives you more headroom OC wise than 550W Corsair CX unit.

With that being said and for a overall balanced build, 2nd PC is better choice.

Just get the first one.

Any reason why OP should pick the 1st build? Any at all?

 

[JonhySmith]

Yes because 1st is better for gaming.
And it's proccesor is good enough for video editing.

 

[Aeacus]

Yes because 1st is better for gaming.
And it's proccesor is good enough for video editing.

If you only rate PCs by the fact how well they do in gaming then you know very little about PCs. Gaming is just one task of many what PCs can do.

Reason why i don't suggest i5-9400F build is because that PC isn't balanced. And by balanced i mean CPU performance relative to GPU performance. i5-9400F is slightly below average CPU while RTX 2070 is above average GPU. i5-9400F can keep up with RTX 2070 but barely.

Most of the times, as time goes onward, people will upgrade the GPU to keep the PC up with the time. Upgrading CPU is the hardest thing to do and it's also very tedious, so, the CPU usually remains the same until completely new PC is bought/built. Due to that reason, if OP would go for i5-9400F build and upgrade the GPU in the future (e.g GTX 1080 Ti/ RTX 2080), i5-9400F would be too weak to keep up with better GPU and bottlenecks will rise.

i5-9600K build with RTX 2060 is far more balanced since i5-9600K is above average CPU and RTX 2060 is average GPU as well. Upgrading GPU in the future to e.g GTX 1080 Ti/ RTX 2080 will not produce any bottlenecks due to the better CPU performance. i5-9600K is even powerful enough to run RTX 2080 Ti bottleneck free. Even if there is slight bottleneck with RTX 2080 Ti, i5-9600K can be overclocked (from 3.7 Ghz to e.g 4.7 Ghz) which removes any bottlenecking issue.

Due to the fact that most people buy their PCs for several years to come and GPU is the main component that get's upgraded, you also need to think ahead when suggesting PC build to go for. Sure, at the current moment, the i5-9400F build is better at gaming (which is just one task) but in long-term perspective, i5-9600K build offers better performance (future proofing).