Intel is currently working on a brand new CPUs that will most likely release in the next few months. According to official documents, Intel’s 9th generation Core series will utilize the Coffee Lake architecture, and Intel has already revealed the new i5 and i3 CPUs.
These brand new 9th generation Core processors are: Core i5-9600(K), Core i5-9500(T), Core i5-9400, Core i3-9100 and Core i3-9000. Core i5-9600(K), Core i5-9500(T), Core i5-9400 will feature six CPU cores and will support six threads, whereas Core i3-9100 and Core i3-9000 will feature four CPU cores and will support four threads.
It is rumoured that Intel is also working on a brand new eight-core CPU for consumers that will replace the 8700K and might be called Core i7 9700K. However, and as we can see, this CPU has not been listed yet.
Anyway, it will be exciting to see a new CPU from Intel, so stay tuned for more!
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Should i go with this.. or just get more cores with AMD.. Hmm.. Im about to upgrade my super old I5-2500
AMD definitely has more life in it as the AM4 socket will last until 2020. I am currently using Ryzen 1600 on a 29 inch Ultrawide @ 1440p and I have zero complaints.
Socket will last, but the problem is the chipset.
Explain
Well for instance, chipsets will get numerous improvements, and new features from 2017 to 2020, don’t you think? Also i have a friend who wants to buy a ryzen 5, coming from a crappy intel dual core, in a normal world he should be able to keep his ram kit without any problem, but since ryzen platform is super ripe on those terms he might be forced to buy a new one, that improved with newer chipsets, and will probably improve more with next chipsets, the problem is he wants to buy it now, and since he already has to wait for B450 motherboards to come out, i don’t think he’s willing to wait even more. Oh right, motherboards, he could’ve bought a ryzen 2600 with an old motherboard, a B350, since they’re available, right? Well technically, but practically you either make sure the B350 mobo you’re buying is already updated to support new ryzen cpus, or you ask the seller to update the bios for you, naturally, unless you know the guy, that’s going to cost you, not much, but it’ll surely be something you had not calculated in advance.
Otherwise you could use the service AMD offers, with which you basically rent a cpu for free, which is compatible with the older motherboard, just to update the bios, and send it back to them. This is how troubled it is especially when you don’t find motherboards available right from the launch, which hopefully won’t repeat for newer motherboards.
What could they possibly upgrade? Many improvements can be made in the BIOS alone as AMD has already shown. Moreover, there are no more motherboard issues or ram compatibility problems on the newest boards. Your points are valid, but offer little deternet from grabbing AMD over Intel.
Not trying to convince someone to get intel over AMD or vice versa, i’m just analyzing the problems that could come out with one of the choices, i personally still have a 2600K OCd at 4,5GHz, at some point a year ago, i was about to pull the trigger on the 1600x or 1700x, but in the end all the problems the platform had (some of them are still there) made me go back on my thoughts and i decided to wait for intel’s response, which didn’t convince me either. I’m telling you this because hardly people really need upgrades (not that i don’t) they just find a reason to upgrade, in other words, if i had bought a ryzen last years, i don’t really think i’d need to upgrade for at the very least 3 years, which would’ve been 2020, the year AMD could’ve probably renewed their platform and changed socket too, at that point what do you think i’d do? And most people also…
29 UW @ 1440p? Are you using DSR?
LG 29UM58-P 29
That’s a 1080p monitor.
Splitting hairs really
Well you said you were playing at 1440 so I thought you had a 29″ 3440×1440, I was curious what monitor of that size had that resolution.
Technically its classified as 2k, so I misspoke
Wait for AMD’s Thread ripper 2, Even if you just want a basic Ryzen part, You might see a price drop across the board when they release new TR2 parts.
Not a bad idea 🙂 I wonder when thats coming out tho.. hmm
I honestly see zero reason to upgrade from my 6700K, these incremental upgrades are overcome by a slight OC on my part. There is little innovation besides improved thermal management and die shrink.
I can’t see any reason for you to upgrade unless you are also using your rig for some type of work that needs more cores.
Sometimes people will point to the consoles having 8 cores as a reason to need more cores but from my understanding 3 of those cores are reserved for the OS and all of the cores are slow compared to a 6700k. We will see what MS and Sony bring in 2020 with the nextgen consoles but for now you have more than enough CPU performance for any game out there.
I built a new rig last year and put a 7700k in it. I don’t even need to OC right now but I wanted this rig (except GPU upgrades) to last around 4 or 5 years so I left myself the option to OC if necessary. I think when I do retire it that it will still be fine for gaming but we’ll see.
So in other words: Coffee Lake refresh
what is this? apple ?
6th gen. -> 7th gen. -> 8th gen. -> 9th gen = All with 0 (ZERO) IPC improvement!
I honestly see zero reason to upgrade from my 6700K, these incremental upgrades are overcome by a slight OC on my part. There is little innovation besides improved thermal management and die shrink.
??? Bot ???
Lol how so?
Check it’s posting history. You will find copy/paste comments all throughout.
buy ryzen 2700x if you want to do big upgrade. Like i did and upgraded from core i5 2500k to ryzen 1700.
what is this? apple ?
The thing is that a dual core is fine for the average customer. Gaming is big with us but most people don’t game or they play some simple games that don’t require much hardware. They just use their desktop or laptop for MS Office, surfing, watching videos and email etc. Nothing demanding.
Any laptop with a decent 2/4 CPU and a entry level SSD, is perfect for the average customer.
So an i3 will be 4 cores now. An i5 will be 6 cores. An i7 will be 8 cores. I wonder what made Intel do this after so many years of dragging their heels?
Could it be………..Ryzen?
Thank you AMD.
AMD DESTROYED INTEL. THAT WHY I UPGRADED FROM CORE I5 2500K TO RYZEN 1700! NOW MOST POWERFUL 8 CORE CPU IS RYZEN 2700X FOR JUST 3600 EUROS WHILE INTEL SELLING 6 CORES CPUS FOR MORE EXPENSIVE PRICE!
I was talking abot the name
coffee lake with 100-200mhz higher base/boost clock. and do you know what even worst? it’s time to buy new motherboard (again).