Which Cpu/mobo to be kept

[HUSKIE]

Hi, I've got brand new intel i5 9600k and gigabyte z390 gaming X motherboard.

I'm currently using i7 6850k and Asus R5E motherboard with 1080 graphics card

Pc just using for gaming.

Help to decide.

THANKS

 

[Gorstak]

keep the newer one

 

[mastershake575]

9600k will have slightly higher IPC and clock speed but will have 6 less threads.

You can't go wrong with either choice (especially if that 6850k is overclocked)

 

[Vayra86]

Keep what you have and sell the 9600k combo. It'll be nearly the same performance but get you a lot more money. Whereas if you do it the other way around, you only stand to lose on your investment. The 9600k won't keep its value thát long. Also, your current rig with a 1080 has good balance.

 

[Flaky]

It all depends when you plan a next upgrade. 9600k for a moment might be better, but in a long run, regressing to 6 thread cpu might backfire.

 

[dgianstefani]

Sell all of it apart from the z390 mobo. Buy a 9700k/9900k.

 

[27MaD]

Both are more than enough just for gaming , but i'll keep the newer one , better upgradeability.

 

[Vayra86]

I love how literally every option has now been presented. Good luck with that

 

[heky]

Sell both...buy the new Ryzen 9 3800x later. Just my 2¢.

 

[phill]

How about keep the 6850k system, could use it for Crunching Then use the 9600k for gaming or swap it out for a 9900k instead and use that for gaming? Or use the 9600k for Crunching and carry on using the 6850k anyways, or just keep both and then as @heky said, buy a Ryzen

 

[Vayra86]

The quality of the 6850K build parts is 100% certainly going to be higher but the sale price at this point probably won't be representative due to their age. The loop is also tailor made for it, and way overkill for an MSDT setup like that.

Things to consider. Raw performance wise, I think you may find the difference to be minimal, if even noticeable, and for heavier workloads certainly in favor of the HEDT setup. Realistically the only situation where the 9600K setup will pull ahead is 1080p high refresh rate gaming, with this GPU.

 

[eidairaman1]

Being a Gigabyte board, I wouldn't bother upgrading. I dont think it will be until the next lineup from intel that they will have something good again.

 

[Vario]

I'd keep the 6850K. More cache, quad channel memory bandwidth, more threads. 14nm Lake isn't that much better than 14nm broadwell. Assuming you can get the 6850K to 4.3 to 4.5 GHz, it won't be far behind the 9600K in single thread speed, and that is the only area that it is possibly inferior to the 9600K.

 

[cucker tarlson]

like the guys said,if the 6850 can clock to near 4.5GHz keep the broadwell,they're very good gaming chips with great power efficiency. Especially if you're running quad channel,that's a nice boost for gaming. a quad channel 2666 kit can match dual channel 3600 memory. If you have +3000 qc memory on an overclocked 6850k that's gonna bulldoze through games at 1440p and 1080p.

https://www.purepc.pl/pamieci_ram/test_pamieci_ddr4_gskill_trident_z_royal_ddr4_3600_cl16?page=0,13

here's a direct comparison of 8600k 5.2GHz vs 6800K in cpu limited senarios

https://www.purepc.pl/procesory/tes..._i5_8600k_rzeznik_zwany_coffee_lake?page=0,31

BF1 +5%
Crysis 3 -4%
Dishonored 2 +10%
Deus Ex MD +5%
Hitman +23%
Fallout 4 +25%
ROTR +3%
Warhammer +14%
Watch_Dogs 2 +5%
Witcher 3 -3%

So decide for yourself.In multithreaded games they're almost dead equal.8600K has better single core performance.