Want help? >State the budget & CURRENCY >List your uses e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work >For monitors include purpose & graphics pairing >NO Speccy or "bottleneck checkers"
CPUs based on current prices >R7 2700/X - Best value high-end CPU on a non-HEDT platform >Threadripper - HEDT
RAM >NEVER use only a single stick >8GB - very light use, and/or if you don't mind closing programs regularly >16GB - standard amount. If you have to ask if you need more, you don't >CPUs benefit from fast RAM; 2800MHz+ is ideal. Check "more" for true latency formula
Graphics cards based on current pricing: >Used cards can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty 1080p >RX 570/580 - value. >1660 - Slightly better perf for more demanding games on high/maxed 60fps+; > 1660Ti / 1070 / Vega56 / 2060 - higher framerates 1440p (WQHD) >1070Ti / Vega / 2070 - 60-120fps+ in most games on high/maxed >Radeon VII - may be considered; may need cooler mod to run quiet >2080Ti - higher framerates 2160p (4k) >Radeon VII - weaker than 2080ti >RTX 2080Ti - good, but poor value.
Other >Consider a larger SSD (better GB/$) instead of small SSD & HDD >M.2 is a form factor, NOT a performance standard >Consider 75hz display minimum; 60hz are old models >PLAN BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >AIOs don't change the laws of thermodynamics
When it came out, sure. But now I would say a 9900k is a high end cpu.
Adrian Reed
R7 meant to comparable with i7, not i9. How about Threadripper instead?
Connor Butler
Most reviewers seem to universally conclude that the price and/or power consumption of the 9900k doesn't justify its performance. Also the fact that it's a pain to find a motherboard which can truly run it as advertised. You can get a 12 core Threadripper for that price.
And the 8700k was "high end" a year ago and much cheaper, with the 2700X trading blows with it while being cheaper, more efficient, and having less than 10% of the same security vulns affecting it, all of which are already patched unlike having more than a dozen outstanding on Intel. The 9700k can make sense with a 2080Ti. But when would you ever consider the 9900k? Adobe shit? Completely overblown and software like Divinci's Resolve is better, anyway. The only adobe shit without an alternative is Illustrator which doesn't need a 9900k.
RX560 is fine. You could probably find a used a GTX 960 cheaper which I think is similar.
That user gave you a really clear response. Your BUS is polled at a different rate compared to the muliplier and multiplies the wrong numbers together compared to what they really were. You are also clearly not reading the tooltip correctly. I didn't know anything about that option in HWinfo but it was clear from reading the tooltip and that user's post. Jesus christ.
John Anderson
What is a good ~19" LCD monitor i can buy cheaply and transport around without having to worry too much about it breaking or anything
Henry Watson
What the deal these days with AMD's high end GPU's? The Fury line was mediocre, the Vega launch was a shit show, and the R7 was very disappointing. AMD used to have great high end GPU's. The 7970 and 290x were amazing. Why can't they replicate that success?
Eli Torres
Rate this before i pull the trigger and order lads
