I don’t know that much about the details of CPU’s, so is there a big difference between the two with speed? I’m not a big gamer, mostly just play WoW and I heard WoW is CPU intensive, so will that speed difference be worth the cost when playing WoW?
I’m going to be giving my old computer to a friend while I build a new one for myself. The 6700K is no longer available new and I’m not going to buy a used one. I also don’t like to overclock. I got the K version because it feels like there is more wiggle room for heat issues since it’s made for overclocking.
3.7 is pretty close to 4.0, but the 4.0 costs a lot more. I just don’t know how much of a difference the drop in speed will make with WoW since I’m used to a 4.0.
10th gen Intel is kind of expensive for what it is; I’d get a 3700x for $274 on amazon and a B450 Tomahawk Max (if you can find under $150) or an ASUS TUF X570 Gaming under $200 board if I were you.
Not sure what the OP is expecting, but I don’t think there is a CPU upgrade out there for WoW that is worth it from a 6700k. Maybe once Zen 3 releases, but don’t hold your breath.
My apologies. No, there is not a significant difference between 8086k and 8700k with a 300MHz base clock discrepancy. But you shouldn’t be looking at base clocks; turbo clocks are what you’ll be seeing the CPU run at under load. Either way, someone wouldn’t likely be able to tell the difference between the two chips in a blinded WoW trial.
And if you’re willing to overclock (which is super easy with Intel CPU’s), you can get an 8700k to the same (or even higher) turbo frequencies as the 8086k. My 8700k, for example, is overclocked to 5.2GHz on all cores, all the time
Budget kind of matters, but IMO the best bet is a middle of the road CPU. The high end consumer stuff is always overpriced. (That goes for GPUs, CPUs, stereo speakers, etc.)
I tend to look at computer stuff as you get what you pay for up to a point. Then, you’re paying for fancy lights, and flashy watercooling, etc.
You can’t go wrong with any $200-300 CPU right now. The real issue is going to be about availability of things like motherboards. Don’t pay too much for a motherboard. I’d say don’t pay more than $200 for a motherboard. Anything more than that and you’re getting screwed.
Salestria’s recommendation of the 3700x and Asus motherboard is a pretty good one (I built that system for my wife recently, and it’s very good.) But honestly, if you were looking to spend less, you could get a very competent WoW rig for a couple hundred less. It’s just a matter of how much you want to spend.
Ok thank you. That’s very helpful. Didn’t mean to sound like a snot, I DO very much appreciate all the suggestions from everyone in here.
That does seem like a good idea. I will consider it.
Money is not really an issue, but I also don’t want to overspend where I don’t have to, thus the question about the two CPU’s. Being that one is almost double in price then the other one, sounds like the i7-8700K should do just fine.
I do want a motherboard with dual M.2 that I can RAID together, that’s about the only real consideration for a board.
If I was buying with a fairly large budget but looking to not waste money, too, I would go with an i7 10700k. That’s for a WoW build (which is mostly about single core frequency instead of core count) and also provides for multitasking without any impact, top performance in any other gaming situation, the ability to overclock for even more performance if you want, and the lowest likelihood of getting a CPU bottleneck with future generation GPUs. You’ll need to get a cooler for it, too, but nothing overkill. If the 6 cores/12 threads of the 8700k/8086k is what you’re set on, I’d look at the 10600k. It’s a very strong gaming CPU at 6/12.
Alternatively, the 3700x will work just fine, too – there are just a lot of reasons why it’s cheaper than a 10700k.
if you can find it i think the 10600k is a better value than the 10700k, unless you do other cpu intensive things. it’s a good slight upgrade if you have the money for it but would be toward the end of my list of things to upgrade.
