First off KEEP RYZEN OUT OF THIS THREAD.
This is an INTEL build thread, it has no purpose for RYZEN or AMD.
You want to talk about RYZEN, do it in another thread and not a 9900K Build thread.
If your debating on Ryzen vs CFL... well, this is NOT the proper thread, so take your comments about non build related stuff and get the hell out.
This thread was intended for people who already made that choice in getting 9900k.... not to convince them otherwise.
So seems like some people are sort of lost in what tier 1 eq is for CFL...
So here is my Tier 1 core recommendation.
If i was going to get a 9900k... i would get these parts as my first pick..
1. 9900k Cpu duh....
2. ASrock z390 Taichi...
https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/Z390 Taichi/index.asp
unless u want that 10G nic, then grab an ultimate. (but i will stand behind the Taichi Series, its a solid board, and definitely my first picks...
or...
eVGA Z390 Dark.
https://www.evga.com/articles/01260/evga-z390-motherboard/
Can we say stupidly over engineered board with ridiculously amount of quality thrown on a board.
Yes you want the best, the Z390 Dark is hands down the board you get, but its pricey as hell....
Those 2 board are my top tier pick.... i would not look at any other board but those two IMO unless you want ITX...
If it really came down to me, i would get the eVGA Dark.... Infact i will state this from experience... for ANY INTEL CPU, the eVGA Dark series is the board to get... its straight up over engineered for solid overclocking even down to shorter and thicker traces on the PCB.
3. The fastest ram your budget can afford.... Hands down you want at least greater then 3000mhz.... 3200mhz is more ideal... anything more then that maybe pushing it a bit, but these chips love ram speed. When you buy ram also try to keep it to 2 sticks for a CFL system. Do not intend to drop 4, you will lose latency when you go from 2 to 4, and the 9900k does not have quad channel support, so you really want 2 large sticks, as they also hold resell value better then 4 small ones.
Ie... you will get better value in having 2 x 16gb vs 4 x 8gb... as 16gb dimms hold value way better then 8gb dimms.
And dont even bother with 4gb dimms, being serious here.... 4gb dimms are about as good as paper weights, especially as time goes on.
4. Cooler... well, if the chips WERENT SOLDERED, you could just delid that puppy, and run the die naked, but nooooooo, we had too many whinners and now the thing is soldered...
(sarcasm)
but seriously, these chips run very hot, so no, if your intending to drop a 30 dollar CM Hyper EVO, excuse me while i go doing a star trek Picard face palm... Definitely will need a good heat sink... or at least a 240-360 AIO with upgraded fans.
There are some conflicting sites saying this CPU has 40 lanes.... But userbenchmark says it has 16. Anyone know the actual specs?? Also is it worth upgrading from 6850k/Rampage V????
The cpu has 16
The board 24
Combined you get 40.
This is a board designed for at most 1 Nvme SSD + 1-2 GPU's.
If you need more NVMe's or your mining and need those PCI-E Lanes, this is not the proper platform.
Now is it worth upgrading your broadwell to a cfl....
Well, its 2 completely different platforms. One is an enthusiast, and the other is mainstream.
Depending on what you do, you may see better results on the 9900k due to its 5ghz turbo.
You will also easily get it to overclock 8cores @ 5ghz as well.
Are you doing something which requires a very fast core clock?
If you are, then yes, a 5ghz core clock is not something to scoff over, especially if your chip has 8 of those work horses with an additional 8 more in Hyper Threading.
Are you just playing games, and not doing anything else...
Then possibly no.... i for one am not going on this platform because my 7920X does 5ghz on 12cores @ 1.25V, and has more PCI-E lanes which i do need because i have 3 x NVMe's populated on 2 of my pci-e lanes with my intel
Paid DLC err i mean VROC chip.... sigh.... which i will state is NOT worth it.. :T