When I buy a new CPU/motherboard, I want them to last as long as the memory cycle at the time (for example, once I get a Coffee Lake based system, I want it to last until DDR5 reaches mainstream), so socket compatibility is something that doesn't matter for me at all.
Was planning on saving money to get the i7 8700K around early Q2 next year (most likely when I would be able to afford it and all the other parts I'm gonna need), but since my sister's PC is needing an upgrade even more badly than mine (she has a Core 2 Duo, I have a Phenom II X4), I'm gonna...
Something like that, yeah. I intend to go with i7 8700K as soon as I can afford it and other components that I'll need, afterwards I don't intend to upgrade CPU again until a few years after DDR5 reaches mainstream or so.
Until then I'll just be going with mainstream graphics cards every other...
Posted this in another forum, may as well post it here too:
People tend to upgrade GPUs faster than they upgrade CPUs, and GPUs become obsolete much faster.
I rather spend a bit more on a better gaming CPU which I won't upgrade again for many years than spend more on a GPU that I'll upgrade in...
7800X isn't the only one with a 140W TDP though.
The higher clocked 8c/16t 7820X has a 140W TDP as well. The 10c/20t 7900X and 12c/24t 7920X also have a 140W TDP, but these are lower clocked than the 7800X/7820X (though the 7900X has the same turbo as the 7820X).
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