No Icelake desktop until 2020 - proceed with new build?

[avi8tir 25]

I was going to do a new build in January but with Ice lake rumors, I decided to hold off. 

Now Intel is indicating that ice lake desktop chips won't be out until 2020. Some reports saying it could even be mid-2020 before they are out. 

Opinions on proceeding with new build now?  The cycle is continuous but I figure I build now, then do an ice lake in about 2 years from now. 

Edited August 11, 2019 by avi8tir

[Egbert Drenth 250]

20 minutes ago, avi8tir said:

Opinions on proceeding with new build now?

Selecting another processor?

[Nyxx 6,994]

9700k @5.1 is the best bang for bucks. Hopefully, last a few years.

[avi8tir 25]

New build would be 9900K. 

[bbain1187 118]

What do you have now? I've got a 6700k running @ 4.6. Upgraded my GPU to the 2080TI last year and other than having to keep a few CPU-intensive settings like autogen a little lower, I'm still happy with my performance and see no reason to upgrade at this time. I think I'll jump on Ice Lake next year. At that point my current CPU will be 5 years old and of course, I'll want the latest and greatest when FS2020 comes out.

[avi8tir 25]

15 hours ago, bbain1187 said:

What do you have now? I've got a 6700k running @ 4.6. Upgraded my GPU to the 2080TI last year and other than having to keep a few CPU-intensive settings like autogen a little lower, I'm still happy with my performance and see no reason to upgrade at this time. I think I'll jump on Ice Lake next year. At that point my current CPU will be 5 years old and of course, I'll want the latest and greatest when FS2020 comes out.

I've got a 6700k @ 4.5 with a GTX1080. I've had it for 3+ years now. Overall, it is a good build. Been really reliable. If I am going to spend anything, I am going to do a complete build and sell my existing to a friend so there would be an offset expense wise. 

[vortex681 806]

4 hours ago, avi8tir said:

I've got a 6700k @ 4.5 with a GTX1080. I've had it for 3+ years now. Overall, it is a good build. Been really reliable. If I am going to spend anything, I am going to do a complete build and sell my existing to a friend so there would be an offset expense wise. 

I have the same hardware and I'm getting good performance at 2560x1440 screen res. I see no reason to change at present - nothing I'm running on it is currently having any problems. Do you need a new system or just want one? I generally don't even consider a new build until my old system really starts to struggle with something I want to run.

Edited August 12, 2019 by vortex681

[avi8tir 25]

11 hours ago, vortex681 said:

I have the same hardware and I'm getting good performance at 2560x1440 screen res. I see no reason to change at present - nothing I'm running on it is currently having any problems. Do you need a new system or just want one? I generally don't even consider a new build until my old system really starts to struggle with something I want to run.

Honestly I just want one. really enjoy the build process always nice to have a new look on my desk.

[Bob Scott 7,755]

There will always be something mo'-faster-better on the drawing board for next year.

Moving from a quad-core 6700K at 4.5 to an 8-core 9900K at 5.0 is a good step up.  P3D makes good use of those extra cores.

 

 

[TechguyMaxC 516]

19 hours ago, avi8tir said:

Honestly I just want one. really enjoy the build process always nice to have a new look on my desk.

Go for it.  I went from a 7700k at 5.2GHz to a 9900k at 5.0GHz.  In the vast majority of cases the 9900k has been superior.  Single-digit percentage performance difference in single-thread benchmarks doesn't really amount to much but the near 2x increase in multi-thread performance is observable.  

[avi8tir 25]

18 hours ago, TechguyMaxC said:

Go for it.  I went from a 7700k at 5.2GHz to a 9900k at 5.0GHz.  In the vast majority of cases the 9900k has been superior.  Single-digit percentage performance difference in single-thread benchmarks doesn't really amount to much but the near 2x increase in multi-thread performance is observable.  

Pulled the trigger. Will be building it this weekend.

[G-RFRY 1,733]

The i9900KS due out soon will run all 8 cores at 5ghz Guru 3D shows a supposed 3D mark run, what it will OC to we will have to wait till the testers get them.

[pgde 571]

On 8/14/2019 at 4:13 AM, avi8tir said:

Pulled the trigger. Will be building it this weekend.

Are you planning to use water cooling? What do others find about heat with the 9900 series?

[avi8tir 25]

On 8/15/2019 at 3:42 PM, pgde said:

Are you planning to use water cooling? What do others find about heat with the 9900 series?

just for the cpu. putting in a H100i RGB PLATINUM SE 240mm.

Here's the full specs:

Corsair 220T RGB Airflow

Asus ROG Maximus Formula

i9-9900k

H100i RGB PLATINUM SE 240mm

Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB (2 x 16)

Corsair Hx850i 

Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB NVME

BenQ PD3200U

3 LL120 fans on the case front

1 LL120 fan for rear exhaust

 

Edited August 16, 2019 by avi8tir

[G-RFRY 1,733]

Intel 2020 new comet lake desktop CPU LGA1200 more pins new motherboard.