Is it still worth for gaming only?

I'm building something from scratch alltogether. Would go with a 9700k and 2070 super. Want to play most of my steam library at 4k60.

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No, get the ryzen 5 3600 or ryzen 7 3700x

>2070 super
The 5700XT has comparable performance and is $100 cheaper. Also, the 2070S is more suited for 1440p gaming than for 4K.

Not interested in amd drivers.

i7 8700k is the 100% base for single thread and 100% multithread. I'd say yes, logic increments oddly swapped it with a amd that's 100% single and 70% multi, maybe because it's more recent. but personally I'd say yes, it shouldn't be an issue. i9 only gives you a 7% for single thread which is as far as I'm aware, the only thing that games use, the gain in fps is about 3-5 frames most of the time from what I've seen.

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>In*el
>worth for anything

Why, and what about the 3600x?

I have a hand me down gaming i7 PC from a friend (I'm poor). How long do you think it's going to last me if I play at 1080p?
i7 920 2.66Ghz.
AMD R9 3GB.

>i7 for gaming

AMD CPU with Nvidia GPU

this is the ONLY choice. Jewtel needs to fuck off from the market

No

>1st-gen i7
That's a 10 year old CPU. It's pretty much obselete at this point and it's been superseded by 3 new architectures. Also, which R9 is it paired up with?

You can perform the smallest of OCs to make up the entire difference between the 3600 and the 3600x. The X also comes with a better fan but
>stock cooling

For really high performance stuff.

Even my i5 9400f runs well in all modern games though.

>Also, which R9 is it paired up with?
I really don't know. According to cpuid it's R9 200 Tahiti 3GB GDRR5

No difference in binning or anything?
The CPU doesn't get affected much by resolution, right?

Better question: is it still required for emulation? Especially PS2 emulation

depends on the deal you get. MSRP for that is kill, you would be better off with an Ryzen 3700X if there's no discount in place.
its a dead socket while AM4 will be at least one more time used for newer CPU's next year.

whats the price in your place for Ryzen 3700X and i7-9700k?

No, my quad core can run PCSX2, Dolphin, and CEMU perfectly.

Not him, but I'm assuming that you have a R9 280 or 280x. If you're not picky about graphical settings, you can maybe hang on for another year at 50-60fps on medium-low settings for newer releases. The second the new consoles drop is when everything before Pascal/Polaris becomes completely obsolete. I would sincirely suggest that if you want to play newer titles though that you get at least a 2nd or 3rd Gen Ryzen whenever they drop in price and trying to cobble something together.

Or you can be like me and take a gamble /csg/ style and buy cheap-ass Chinese everything. I'm waiting for the inevitable house fire that happens the day I get my sub $400 build together.

Really? Can you post your specs?

On my tablet in bed right now, but here's my specs

Asrock H310 DGS
500w Bronze PSU
I3 8100 3.6 Ghz
1660
2x8GB DDR4

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400 euro for the i7 350 for the 3700x. I wouldn't mind the extra money if it gives me more fps though.

Are there any big standouts in CPU now?
I'm running on an Athlon X4 845, and it's working perfectly fine for anything I wanted to play. When I do research on CPUs, the newer ones don't seem to be too much stronger than what I have either. It seems to me that gaming largely relies on the GPU, but I'm inexperienced.

I'm guessing the beta drivers are still fucked so are the new MAX boards any good?

Post pics

Or should I maybe go for a 3600 and a 2080 super?

3600 + 5700XT is actually the best choice for 1440p gaming right now. dunno why you would go out of your way to waste a ton of money but if you have it, why not.

i have a 4790k, not the newest generation. works like a charm still and i fon't feel i am cpu limited at all. currently rocking a used 1070 which is way enough for my needs (fighting games player mainly)

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No, I'm watching anime in bed.

i7 8700k/RTX 2080ti user here. No complaints so far, ultra 100+ fps everything.

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No kidding, I played on my friend's i5 4690K in Mario Kart 8 perfectly fine, other than typical shader stutter.

Don't really have mobo options for ryzen. Certainly not going to buy x570 with its overheating, extremely loud oboard fan and don't want to have to do any bios updates causing problems and max boards aren't sold where I am.

Research and development into better and faster CPUs took a nose dive when mobiles became a huge thing. It's all about power efficiency and size now. You could wait for another decade and barely anything new will have been made.

The CPU barely matters for game performance OP.

Aren't mmos pretty cpu heavy like gw2?

I know the Creation Engine is shit but I was hitting the limits of my 3700k and 8GB with Fallout 4. Going past 4 threads felt much smoother in newer games especially when trying to reach 144Hz or higher.

No.

Meant 3570k not 3700k.

I'm been using ryzen 3600 on tomahawk max for the last couple of weeks, no problems.

It would be if it didn't need gorillion fucking performance chipping security patches.

Ditto.

feels good, bro