I bought a 9600K that is still within the return period but was wondering if the 8700K would be a better option. I bought the 9600K for £60 whereas the 8700K is £95 so a difference of about £35 for only a 6 thread difference.

My GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT so also was wondering which CPU would be best for that.

I don’t really want to upgrade motherboard because I need a PC for uni and can’t afford to buy another motherboard before selling my current motherboard.

Any opinions would be appreciated! Thanks!

  • Aspire_SK@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    8700k for sure, the single core seems to be the same, but 8700k has hyperthreading(12>6), 3MB more cache (12>9) and 100MHz higher turbo frequency (4.7>4.6).