I’ve been using a 9700k since 2018 and am thinking about upgrading. I got a 3090 a bit ago and the 9700k is obviously bottlenecking what I can get out of it. Should I wait another year or upgrade soon?

  • vatiwah@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    don’t listen to people who say “you are buying into a dead platform”. You used the 9700k for +5 years. If you buy 15th gen cpu, I will assume you will also you use it for +5 years. by the time you upgrade from 15th gen to whatever gen, that platform is “dead” as well because intel would have a new socket. this whole “upgrade path” is unnecessary unless you plan on upgrading every gen. Even if you skip a gen, again, most likely a “dead platform”.

    i have a 9900k and im thinking of upgrading as well… mostly because of physics simulations in 3d rendering. takes forever to bake physics and slow view port displays while animating. its also bottlenecking my 4080 (upgraded from gtx 1080).

    • EastvsWest@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I have the 4080 with an OC 9700k and I have zero need to upgrade since I’m primarily gaming on my computer and everything runs great at 3440x1440. What makes you want to upgrade besides the fun in upgrading and prices especially at microcenter are pretty good?

    • dsinsti@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Fair point. I almost only game in a 60Hz 1080p monitor and do work stuff (office, surfing, BS in general) so my i7 6700K is still enough for the rx 6600 i upgraded from the excellent but ancient gtx 1050ti I used to run. I would love to have a 9th gen as it is W11 supported, but it all depends on what you use your pc for. I guess I’m upgrading soon when W10 EOL, but so far I’m in no hurry. If your PC does not the job As ypu want/need just get one. If it still does, hold. No point in waiting, YOLO, don’t wait.