That is true. I am really thinking of just cancelling the 11900k order I have with B&H.
Yes, because the issues will resolve any day now. Come on man, this could go on for a couple of years. That 8/8 will definitely be on the struggle bus soon. We will see how these posts age. I was getting this kind of flack for telling people to go 16GB of DDR4 when it was cheap a couple years back, and most were telling builders 8GB was plenty for gaming. And to upgrade early last year. What you guys are stating is what I refer to as the common forum rhetoric. It is based on performance now. That has proven a bad move for years now, I do not see it reverting back anytime soon.
I agree about 6/12, and is why I stated I would go 8/16 or higher. And I don't put as much stock in benchmarks as many seem to still do. Go play the game, with discord running, on your system that does not have fresh install of windows. And whatever else is usually going on while you game, like vids or a browser running on another monitor etc. Those benchmarks don't always tell the tale. Suddenly CPUs doing well in canned bench are struggling in the intense parts of the game, resulting in a less enjoyable gaming experience. I have experienced for myself often enough that I do not depend on Standard benchmark methodology as the definitive evidence.
Well stated, and was the basis of my recommendation back then. Having watched memory pricing go through so many price spikes in my lifetime, I advised it was better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. And of course some ran into games that did benefit from more than 8GB, at the point when the prices spiked. I.E. the worst time to buy. Which is why I think doubling his thread count or better while his current stuff fetches a good price, is the way to go, to avoid being at the mercy of the market later.
This is nonsense imo. I run a dual boot with a W10 and W7 install, the W7 is 5 years old, the W10 less than a year old. There is no discernible performance difference in anything I've played. That obviously does not include DX12 stuff.
I read the comments sections on youtube hardware channels. While I do not watch vids or have a browser running while gaming, I was astonished how many commenters mention those things.
Right on.
I don't care what you buy. And that was some rancid bait, bereft of reading comprehension.
) and the other as a PC for my six year old daughter to hopefully use for a loooooooong time. In neither of these cases did I feel that moving a 9900k would make a wit of difference. The 9700k has a lot of juice.
Yea I wish I would have known! I wasn't browsing the subreddits last week or looking anymore since I had already pre-ordered an 11900k but now I'm 99% sure I'm going to cancel that.You could have basically moved to a 9900k for free.
I think they OP should have done that too, but I built several PCs (FOR FAMILY EVEN) with 9700k @ $200 (or less) with a mainboard discount. One as a Christmas gift for my bro-in-law (upgrade from an 8350 Bulldozer baby! 8 Core to 8 Core, right?
But, a good friend of mine was using a 9700k and he games a lot - a lot. And to him it was worth it, so I bought a 9900k at MC and we swapped at cost so he could have the threads to hold out longer.
I don't think either view was wrong, but getting a 9900k to hold for ~$50 over a 9700k? Given that Intel has moved the bar only just a little teeny bit since then and we are likely a full year of real availability of a platform that moves the bar? Worth it. Especially now when all of sudden a PSU worth buying could be $250 again.
Which reminds me, there was a great deal on a superflower on Slickdeals...
So you think stock/prices of Ryzen 5xxx wont improve? GPUs are another story, but the OP was not talking about buying a gpu.
You may be proven right, but it is a gamble. If you have been paying attention the last couple of years, things have been anything but predictable. Will any fallout from that ship being stuck end up affecting PC hardware prices? I suspect it should not, but my cynical nature says it is a non zero chance. We are already paying for the tariffs. And we have companies like Asus and MSI claiming they have to increase prices because of all the factors they are facing. Including the existing constraints imposed by the pandemic. So while you cannot imagine CPU prices going up in a few months, I can. I am not saying they will, but again, we are in crazy days.
I apologize for not responding sooner, I missed this post.
It's hard to buy things now. Availability of future CPUs will not be as bad 6 months after launch. Future CPU models will be faster. Future motherboards will have DDR5 and/or PCIe5. Your present CPU is adequate for games you play. All these things point to now being a bad time to upgrade... I guess I can't understand.
lulz its not the same as gpu's with cpu at 4k anything will be fine, no need to worry about cpu / psu shortages, sure you cant get it right away but the price isnt any diff when you can. imo there will be zero rolling of dice, you will find something better 1000000% guarantee when you are ready to upgrade. will you be buying the chip released that day? maybe not but we all see the 5000 series for sale everywhere now, waiting game doesnt mean panic'ed buying the second you want to upgrade right? it means waiting for something worth it.
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