Has anyone bought the 9700k? Worth the upgrade from a 6700k ?

easyrider · 4 Nov 2018 at 12:39

I don’t see any Overclocking data here...

Panos · 4 Nov 2018 at 17:12

easyrider said:
I don’t see any Overclocking data here...

Steveocee · 5 Nov 2018 at 13:27

I have been looking for same details.
I'm interested to see some figures vs 8700K to see how much a difference 2 real cores makes against the loss of the HT cores.

IT Troll · 5 Nov 2018 at 13:37

I have one. I haven't overclocked yet and may not even bother. The TechPowerUp review is probably the most thorough so far. I posted links to it in a couple of the other threads. It beats the 8700K in most tests but it can be quite close with highly-threaded tasks. Surprisingly, it beats the 9900K at gaming where loss of HT is a benefit.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i7_9700K/

Nocky24 · 5 Nov 2018 at 14:45

https://youtu.be/rvDU7xGHpNo

Decent comparison for 8700k vs 9700k in games ^^

I managed to grab an 8700k from rainforest while they still had the backorders up for £303 a few weeks ago. Happy with that compared to 9700k pricing tbh.

Panos · 7 Nov 2018 at 15:39

Btw there are some benchmark videos.
Here comparing IPC (all CPUs at 4.2Ghz)

Here all at full blown OC

Please note he is using a heavily overclocked RTX2080Ti and 3866C18 ram.

Any lesser GPU and the performance difference is much smaller.

ancientmariner · 8 Nov 2018 at 04:09

Would be interesting to see how the 9900k compares on a z390 board

Gibbo · 8 Nov 2018 at 09:37

Manage to source a lot of 9700k tray stock, hence the better price now.

Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM @ £409.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/Inte...e-Socket-LGA1151-Processor-OEM-CP-65M-IN.html

CM8068403874212, 3.60GHz Clock Speed, 4.9GHz Single Core Max Turbo, 12mb Cache, 95W TDP, Dual Channel DDR4 Controller, 1 Year Warranty, OcUK Ships worldwide including USA.

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~>Dg<~ · 8 Nov 2018 at 09:55

not bad price.

signal11th · 8 Nov 2018 at 11:05

~>Dg<~ said:
not bad price.

lol

~>Dg<~ · 8 Nov 2018 at 11:15

8700k is literally the same price. it is a good price for a faster cpu.if buying now new.

signal11th · 8 Nov 2018 at 12:08

~>Dg<~ said:
8700k is literally the same price. it is a good price for a faster cpu.if buying now new.

It's a good price out of all the prices out there but it's still way overpriced.

~>Dg<~ · 8 Nov 2018 at 12:13

how can it be overpriced if its the same price as a older slower chip ? but newer and faster ?

i am messing but the original statement is true. its a good price for the cpu.

Gibbo · 8 Nov 2018 at 12:54

signal11th said:
It's a good price out of all the prices out there but it's still way overpriced.

Well I can tell you this if all pound strength remained as it was today and we got 1000 tray in stock at the correct price from Intel for 1000 units, with no additional markup from distribution or gouging, the lowest we could hit would be £359 - £369, so to put it bluntly its not massively out on price any more, but for those who are concerned over saving £30-£50 then wait a few months and I am sure they will hit around that price based on current exchange rate. Pound gets stronger then better, gets weaker than worse.

Most other UK competitors who have stock are still around £500, so were a good chunk cheaper.

esoteric · 9 Nov 2018 at 09:29

Gibbo said:
we could hit would be £359 - £369

I think that's what peeps are waiting for

KarolW92 · 9 Nov 2018 at 10:48

Panos said:
Btw there are some benchmark videos.
Here comparing IPC (all CPUs at 4.2Ghz)

Here all at full blown OC

Please note he is using a heavily overclocked RTX2080Ti and 3866C18 ram.

Any lesser GPU and the performance difference is much smaller.

I viewed this thread and instantly though if I will regret purchasing a z370 board which I did last week.
I'm happy to say that for the money you spend the performance bump is not great if at all noticeable.

Gibbo · 9 Nov 2018 at 11:20

esoteric said:
I think that's what peeps are waiting for

I suspect some are but as were selling 30+ per day, many obviously think our price is great.

signal11th · 9 Nov 2018 at 13:32

Gibbo said:
Well I can tell you this if all pound strength remained as it was today and we got 1000 tray in stock at the correct price from Intel for 1000 units, with no additional markup from distribution or gouging, the lowest we could hit would be £359 - £369, so to put it bluntly its not massively out on price any more, but for those who are concerned over saving £30-£50 then wait a few months and I am sure they will hit around that price based on current exchange rate. Pound gets stronger then better, gets weaker than worse.

Most other UK competitors who have stock are still around £500, so were a good chunk cheaper.

Wasn't having a pop at you specifically more at Intel for their dodgy supply lines. As you mentioned I was going to buy one but I'm just going to wait till it normalises.

Phil2008 · 9 Nov 2018 at 21:34

IT Troll said:
I have one. I haven't overclocked yet and may not even bother. The TechPowerUp review is probably the most thorough so far. I posted links to it in a couple of the other threads. It beats the 8700K in most tests but it can be quite close with highly-threaded tasks. Surprisingly, it beats the 9900K at gaming where loss of HT is a benefit.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i7_9700K/

You must be mad not to overclock when spending that kind of money on a cpu? So the 9900k performs better with the HT disabled, is it worth disabling the HT on my 8086k?

easyrider · 9 Nov 2018 at 23:07

What micro atx Mobo do you recommend ?