Building around a 9900KF
I will preface this by saying: I know the 9900k is overkill for a 2070 super. But i am getting the CPU at a significant discount, and most of the games i play are CPU limited anyway (csgo, quake champions & dcs).
What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.
Mostly gaming.
If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings)
I would like to play csgo with 300fps at 1440p at low settings. I think that should be trivial with this processor. I would like to get atleast 200 and 60 fps in quake champions and dcs respectively.
In what country are you purchasing your parts?
UK
Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please). Consider formatting your parts list. Don't ask to be spoonfed a build (read the rules!).
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i9-9900KF 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | £440.98 @ Laptops Direct |
| CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler | £78.26 @ CCL Computers |
| Thermal Compound | Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 5.5 g Thermal Paste | £13.00 @ AWD-IT |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | £168.93 @ Amazon UK |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory | £91.38 @ More Computers |
| Storage | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | £94.79 @ Amazon UK |
| Video Card | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card | £499.91 @ More Computers |
| Case | Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case | £95.98 @ Novatech |
| Power Supply | Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | £94.00 @ AWD-IT |
| Monitor | Dell S2719DGF 27.0" 2560x1440 155 Hz Monitor | £348.99 @ PC World Business |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | £1926.22 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-17 16:41 BST+0100 |
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Please let me know if theres any areas where i could get better value. The motherboard for example, I just picked the first one under £200.
I would also like your opinion on the monitor. Ive heard this is best 1440p144 TN monitor, the jump to IPS is quite pricey and i've heard VA ghost quite badly.
Posted Oct 17, 2019, 5:06 PM UTC
A discount is good and all, but do you pay less than you would pay for a i5 or i7? If not it's still money down the drain
His use case for low quality extremely high FPS gaming is the use case for a high end processor.