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erkki.nurmi

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So i'm getting new PC but don't know which CPU to get. Someone told me that if i get 8700k and want to upgrade later in future I have to buy new MOBO. Is this true or is there any hope that z 370 Mobo's will work with newer chips in the future? Is the same thing with AMD new CPU's? If I go with AMD can i still switch to Intel using same MOBO
 
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The entire question really is nonsensical.

Base your purchase on your requirements & your budget now this moment in time.

Intel if you're primarily gaming , running a 144htz screen & want max performance on AAA titles & are pairing it with a high end gpu from the gtx 1070ti upwards.

Thats a big budget though there & a long term investment imo.
That said with the brute power the 8700k has it will still be a viable chip 5 or 6 years from now imo.

That comes at a cost though as I said , you can buy a ryzen 1600 & a decent b350 board together for way way less than a 8700k on its own & you also need a $100 cooler in there with the intel too if you want to push max performance from it.

Below 100htz the ryzen will do just as good a job...
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AMD’s current AM4 socket is slated to be around for the next 3-4 years with the newer chips being able to work on older AM4 boards. Intel’s current socket for the 8th gen chips is a bit unclear as to whether or not it will work with newer chips in the future.

If you go with AMD then you will not be able to use that motherboard with an Intel chip and vise versa. The two chips do not work across platforms in that way. Whichever board you get dictates the chip you will get.
 
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While it's true that Intel is Intel, AM4 is the best platform they have released in years, RAM issues aside. To say that you "never know what you get" with AMD is misleading at best with AM4, since the multi-core performance compared to Intel CPUs is pretty phenomenal at the price points they sit at. Intel is still the single-core and gaming king, but AMD isn't too far behind at a much better price.

Either way, to OP, as it has been said, AM4 is expected to last for 3-4 years. It's very likely that the next Intel generation will not use Z370 since it's expected to be a different architecture. Meaning that if you go an 8700k now, when you want to upgrade you'll have to upgrade your motherboard again.
 
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You are not going to get a definitive answer because there isn't one. My last PC was Intel cpu and AMD gpu - I loved it. My current PC is Intel cpu and Nvidia gpu - I love it. Next time I think I will go with AMD cpu and AMD gpu and I will probably love it.

When you are screaming through a level of Sudoku at 300 fps - who cares.
 
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madmatt30

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The entire question really is nonsensical.

Base your purchase on your requirements & your budget now this moment in time.

Intel if you're primarily gaming , running a 144htz screen & want max performance on AAA titles & are pairing it with a high end gpu from the gtx 1070ti upwards.

Thats a big budget though there & a long term investment imo.
That said with the brute power the 8700k has it will still be a viable chip 5 or 6 years from now imo.

That comes at a cost though as I said , you can buy a ryzen 1600 & a decent b350 board together for way way less than a 8700k on its own & you also need a $100 cooler in there with the intel too if you want to push max performance from it.

Below 100htz the ryzen will do just as good a job for the next 2-3 years anyway & at that kind of cost difference you could include a full platform replacement when you want to change for the same budget in total.

Peripherals ?? Pci-express ,sata, m2, ddr4 ??

The standards now will remain a constant for a long long time to come , carrying other components over into future platforms shouldnt be any issue

 
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