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[Pacfanweb]

My old EVGA motherboard finally died. It had lifetime warranty. It's from 07, so there's no replacing it with another like it, so my choices were either a $50 credit at their store, or a new X299 motherboard.

I needed to build a new PC anyway, so I figured I'm ahead of the game with a new mobo, so I accepted that without much research.

So....after reading up on the X299 board and the CPU's it'll accept....I'm not so sure they did me much of a favor here.

It's Socket 2066, so I'm stuck with the "X" processors. Skylake, Kaby Lake and Cascade Lake. From what I gather, the Kaby's are basically useless. (and there are only 2 of them)
So it's Sky or Cascade. Cascades are kind of pricey IMO. Not sure I want to spend that much. Skylakes have a lot more choices.

Seems that it'd be much easier if I could use a "K" processor, but this is not an option unfortunately.

I don't game hard anymore...World of Warships is my main game these days. I'm comfortable selecting the rest of my components, but the CPU choice just isn't jumping out at me. I'm a "bang for the buck" kind of guy. I'd rather not spend 3-400 bucks on a CPU, but if there's one that really shines at that level, I'd do it.

Any suggestions?

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm sure someone will come along soon, and suggest some ebay Xeon server part-out specials that will work with that board, that are cheaper than retail "X"-series Intel CPUs. Don't give up hope, there is a future for that board.

@aigomorla , @Markfw

 

[killster1]

of course just sell it and buy what you want / need. just a few months more for new intel and new amd boards 670x amd board sounds good.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Well, that's not really what I was hoping to hear. Seems to me that if I sold it I'm not going to get enough money to buy another board.
So I'm wondering if that would offset the higher price in CPU for this board?

 

[killster1]

Well, that's not really what I was hoping to hear. Seems to me that if I sold it I'm not going to get enough money to buy another board.
So I'm wondering if that would offset the higher price in CPU for this board?

well what are you doing with your computer? i7-9800X for 400$ on ebay or you can get a 3900x for 410. but for me i would actually keep waiting or buy a 150$ 3600 ryzen. since you have a 2007 computer im sure the 3600 would be plenty fast for everything you do. (you can upgrade the cpu easily when newer chips come out or current chips drop in price.

im sure you can get 150-200$ for the board you have.

 

[Pacfanweb]

well what are you doing with your computer? i7-9800X for 400$ on ebay or you can get a 3900x for 410. but for me i would actually keep waiting or buy a 150$ 3600 ryzen. since you have a 2007 computer im sure the 3600 would be plenty fast for everything you do. (you can upgrade the cpu easily when newer chips come out or current chips drop in price.

im sure you can get 150-200$ for the board you have.

I like "bang for the buck". I'm going to use this motherboard, most likely, so really looking for the sweet spot of CPU's that fit it.
The old PC didn't really work that well anymore. You could surf on it and that was about it, plus it still had Windows 7 as it did not like 10.
Currently using my 1.5 year old laptop hooked to my desktop monitor and keyboard. It's decently fast (I5 7300HQ) but I want a good bit faster if I'm going to spend the money. If the 9800X is the best 'bang for the buck" in the X line of CPU's, I'll buy one of those.