Hey!
So I’ve found some prebuilt pcs. All are new and roughly the same price, here the specs and then I’ll explain my use of it.
1 - i9-9900k/16GB ram/RTX 2060/SSD
2 - i7-9700k/16GB ram/GTX 1080/SSD
3 - R7-2700X/16GB ram/GTX 1080TI/SSD
Obviously the 9900k is the best cpu, but it also has the worst GPU. And the AMD has the best GPU, but not sure.
I will be programming/3D modeling using Unity and Blender and tend to have about 6 applications open and a few google tabs. I will game with friends from time to time. I play games such as OW, Paladins, RCTW, and Forza(s).
How willing are you to open the computer up and perform an upgrade? AMD has the advantage that the socket will be used for at least two more generations (the soon to be released 3000 series and the 4000 series) meaning you could very easily upgrade that computer down the road.
The AMD system is my recommendation then. You’ll be set for upgrades for at least a couple more years, and the GTX 1080 Ti recently gained raytracing support with a driver update (NVIDIA caved on it only being for RTX cards).
Maybe a smart 4th option might be a R7-2700X/16GB ram/RTX 2060/SSD. Or possibly run an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 until the new AMD CPUs are available this summer.
I have an Intel i9-9900K in one of my PCs, and it is underwhelming. I have a high end custom water cooling solution for my CPU and GPU, and the i9-9900K runs warm even without any overclocking. I don’t recommend the i9-9900K for most people.
If it were the x470 it would have been a bit more future safe. There is no telling how x370, x470 or B450 will hold out. But the X370 is 2 gens old and the B450 is a low end chipset. Best bet would probably be x470. I will replace my x370 with a x570 when Ryzen 2 comes.
True but motherboards aren’t terribly expensive and I probably won’t upgrade for a good 4 years so that’s not too big of an issue I would think. Next upgrade I’d need will probably be when AM4 goes out. I’m a 4/4 core 3.2GHz i5 so an 8/16 cpu will hold me out for awhile before I’d be desperate enough to upgrade.
That supposed to be June right? I might wait. Or might just upgrade once they come out. According to what I’ve read the chipset will still work so I’d just trade up and sell my 2700x.
Yes it will work but probably not optimal. The x370 that I have is really dated and it was a premium chip when it came. the B450 is a generation newer but a low end chip. I would atleast get a x470 or wait for x570
edit: They have worked alot on the memory problems, not certain all of those problems are solved on old chipsets.
And in AMD’s defense, this type of situation also exists for Intel. Any time a company releases a new CPU, there will be some compromises when supporting it on older motherboards. That is normal. For best results with the latest CPUs, you want to use the latest motherboards.
On the Intel side, the i9-9900K works best in the latest motherboards. For example, the ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (Intel Z370) will support an Intel i9-9900K with a BIOS update. However, it will not run as well as the ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (Intel Z390).
Intel are worse. They first now start to support older generation chipsets at all with their newer CPUs. I guess because AMD has started to make a hole in Intels wallet
Honestly if there were one aspect of the motherboard that would worry me it wouldn’t be the chipset. It would be the power delivery. That said I don’t consider the B450 to be a low end chipset.
Besides graphics card power you will probably not notice any differance from the cpu’s in real life performance. They are all capable to game, code, develop. I personally have the that ryzen setup and it is great.