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For me it is not all about hitting and maintaining 144hz.
It's nice but it is not the be all and end all to enjoying your PC gaming.
No the biggest advantage is the butter smooth, lower lag, judder and tear free experience that variable rate technology brings.
So I would say it is far more...
I purchased some Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 C16 2x16Gb this week as Amazon are selling it at a killer price at the moment.
Most people report compatibility on the X470 chipset so I'll chance X570 compatibility when the time comes.
Amazon was out of stock for a while, so I'm guessing this...
The next upgrade for most of us in a year or two will probably be to make the leap to 4k gaming.
And at 4k there is nothing between Intel and AMD processors being you are GPU bound at that point.
So you may as well go with Ryzen and put what cash you save towards a RTX 2080ti.
From a future...
Price, power consumption and thermals are not good to be honest.
The 14nm coffee lake design is obviously on the very edge of what it can achieve now.
If like me you are looking to build a new rig I would hold off a little longer and see what improvements Zen 2 will bring to the party on 7nm...
The price will drop, just give it a few months.
The launch price is always a early adopters tax, designed for the suckers with money to burn that have no patience and must have the latest and greatest NOW.
It is a never ending circle, and that is why the savvy tech buyers stay one generation...
I currently own the Gigabyte 980ti Waterforce running on Laithan's modded BIOS with a nice stable OC.
The plan is to wait it out for an hybrid / water cooled 1080ti.
Hopefully that will be able to pump out 60 fps+ @ 4k on max settings all day long.