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So just like I thought, not much reason to upgrade from 7700K > 8700k or R5 1600x > 1800x.
So just like I thought, not much reason to upgrade from 7700K > 8700k or R5 1600x > 1800x.
Also noticing pricing of Core i7-8700k seems to be $379 instead of $359.
Been pricing up a 8700K with a ASUS Z370-A Prime and 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB for around £720. Possable buyer for my 6700K ASUS Z170-A and 16GB RAM for £350. worth the cost of £370 to upgrade....
What made you reconsider? I thought it looked pretty good. 6 Cores/12 threads going 5 GHz is not too shabby in my book.
Some of the gaming results shown but like you said 6 cores / 12 threads and 5GHz with some RGB does look nice. Availability will be scarce here for a while but knowing me I will go with it. Cheers Steve
May even beat @solarstarshines Time Spy and Fire Strike scores
Ya that's for sure. Look at that i7 8700K in ROTTR NOT be able to produced a single FPS better than my I7 6700K at 1080P and produce only 2 FPS better at 1440P.
Intel Core i7 8700K processor review - Performance - Games: Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
With all the shiny new Time Spy scores coming out, the above is what I'll be thinking about. But if I was NEEDING an upgrade because of old/unreliable hardware (MB) I would be thinking of an I 7 8700K.
In this console port world we PC gamers live in, someone please wake me up when games start taking advantage of 6 cores/12 threads.