Hello guys recomend me a future proof cpu pls

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samoilaaa

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Hello guys
atm i have an fx 8350 , gtx 770 and 8 gb ram
so i wanna build an new pc with an cpu that will last about 8-10 years of gaming
i was thinking buying either i7 6850k or wait for i9 7900X to have 10 cores
i thinking the more cores the cpu has the more future proof will be right?
btw i dont want AMD cpu so pls recomend only from intel pls
in those 10 years i wanna upgrade only the gpu
 
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Ten years ago the Q6600 was the CPU to get, would you still be using one till now? Not many would, basically only if it was that or nothing. It's not really possible to say what demands will be in the next 3 years, much less the next 10 years.

Programming for multi-core in PC gaming is driven by console gaming. If console games are made that need 10 cores, then you'd see PC games that need 10 cores. I don't see that happening any time soon. I do think it's possible games in the next 10 years will run better on 4 core/8 thread CPUs. The games will still run on 4 cores, but 'better' on 8 threads. Does that you mean you'll need 8 threads? Impossible to say. since until such games come out you won't know if 'better' even matters.

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raisonjohn

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It's hard to recommend a "future-proof" CPU to last the specific amount of years as nobody can tell what the landscape of PC gaming will be when that time comes.

More cores does not mean "more future-proof". Take for example your FX 8350, which is an 8-core CPU released in 2012. The Pentium G4560, released this year, which only is a 2-core CPU can match, if not beat, the FX 8350's performance (http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-AMD-FX-8350/3892vs1489) in most situations (esp. gaming).

So, there is a probability that the 10-core CPUs of today can be matched by lesser-cored CPUs in the next 5 years or so. No guarantees that whatever CPU that you will select today will last in 8-10 years.
 
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Ten years ago the Q6600 was the CPU to get, would you still be using one till now? Not many would, basically only if it was that or nothing. It's not really possible to say what demands will be in the next 3 years, much less the next 10 years.

Programming for multi-core in PC gaming is driven by console gaming. If console games are made that need 10 cores, then you'd see PC games that need 10 cores. I don't see that happening any time soon. I do think it's possible games in the next 10 years will run better on 4 core/8 thread CPUs. The games will still run on 4 cores, but 'better' on 8 threads. Does that you mean you'll need 8 threads? Impossible to say. since until such games come out you won't know if 'better' even matters.

All that said, 'future proofing' really just amounts to 'buy the most expensive component you can now and ride that out as long as it lasts'.
 
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You currently have a fx 8350 and that thing is almost 6 years old now and can't perform well anymore. Just look at the history of cpu's any 10 year old cpu is to weak to be really usable today. Just get a ryzen 1700x and go for 5-6 years with it.
 
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Yeah. Marginal on a low requirement game.

Just build your PC. Worry about what happens in the future, when the future arrives.
 
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