Coffee Lake Thread

[SteelCrysis]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Inte...0K/20.html

Overall, Intel has managed to refresh its portfolio around the $350-400 market with the Core i7-9700K. There's enough in this chip to warrant choosing it over the i7-8700K, and if you're gaming, you need to look no further than this chip. The Core i7-9700K is a nice way to save $150 by not opting for the i9-9900K, if you're a gamer and aren't starstruck with the Core i9 brand. You could save some serious cash by opting for Core i5 chips that are less than 10% behind. The Ryzen 7 2700X isn't much slower either, but is significantly cheaper at $320, and has added value thanks to its included cooling solution and cheaper motherboards.

At the time of this writing, Intel CPU pricing is whack, and the Core i7-9700K is priced north of $420, which further erodes its value. Your decision to buy the i7-9700K should hence be purely predicated on whether you were originally looking to buy the pricier i9-9900K and whether you're mostly gaming on your rig. If the answer to both is yes, then pick the i7-9700K and party with the savings.

I'm seriously considering the Core i7-9700K for our next VGA testing rig, and not the Core i9-9900K.