Upgrade Intel build i5-9600K vs i7-9800x


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My old PSU seems to have bitten the dust, but I'm thinking of using the opportunity of future proofing my server for the next few years, but it's been a while since Iv'e built any hardware and I'm not up to speed on the latest CPUs.

 

Currently my thoughts are as follows:

 

- Motherboard: Gigayte Z390 Aorus Elite or Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3 

- RAM: 2x Kingston KCP424NS8/8 (already have one stick of this)

- PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 550W (just ordered this to replace my old one)

- Cooler: I need some suggestions. It needs to be something quiet as it's goign to be in my office. There is  plenty of space in case for a large heatsink. Not sure I care about water cooling.

- CPU: i5-9600K or i7-9800x

- data/cache dries to be recycled from current system

 

This will mainly be used as a Plex server but I also run a couple of VM's and have considered moving my GPU from my gaming rig and consolidating into one machine. I can source either of the CPU's cheaply, but I'm torn between QuickSync on the i5 and 16 threads on the i7. My current thoughts are that QuickSync for transcoding isn't really worth it due to inferior quality, and with 8 cores on the i7, it will not have any issues coping. I'm also thinking that the i7 is likely to be better able to mange future needs.

 

Can someone give me some input before I spend my euros?

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I think no reason jump in Skylake-X platform, you use 2 RAM module instead 4 ( although you may add later ) and no indication you need plenty I/O and AVX512.

 

BTW, I agree at least 8-core.

 

For Z390 platform, if you concern good IOMMU seperation then I suggest Gigabyte Z390UD or Z390D, because two 16x PCIe slot ( x4 ) come from PCH ( also drawback ).

 

IOMMU group 0:[8086:3e30] 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core 8-core Desktop Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [Coffee Lake S] (rev 0a)

IOMMU group 1:[8086:1901] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 0a)

  • [1000:0087] 01:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)

IOMMU group 2:[8086:3e98] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop 9 Series)

IOMMU group 3:[8086:a379] 00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller (rev 10)

IOMMU group 4:[8086:a36d] 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10)

  • [8086:a36f] 00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)

IOMMU group 5:[8086:a360] 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)

IOMMU group 6:[8086:a352] 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SATA AHCI Controller (rev 10)

IOMMU group 7:[8086:a340] 00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f0)

IOMMU group 8:[8086:a32c] 00:1b.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #21 (rev f0)

IOMMU group 9:[8086:a338] 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f0)

IOMMU group 10:[8086:a33a] 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev f0)

IOMMU group 11:[8086:a33c] 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0)

IOMMU group 12:[8086:a330] 00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)

IOMMU group 13:[8086:a305] 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z390 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 10)

  • [8086:a348] 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
  • [8086:a323] 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
  • [8086:a324] 00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)

IOMMU group 14:[15b3:1007] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro]

IOMMU group 15:[10ec:8168] 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)

IOMMU group 16:[1000:0087] 06:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)

IOMMU group 17:[14a4:23f1] 07:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Lite-On Technology Corporation Device 23f1 (rev 01)

 

 

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