Is an i7 8700k future proof?

[Fowl Mouth]

I currently have one paired with a 2060s and looking at upgrading to the 30 series this year, is my 8700k going to be fine? Should I also OC to 5ghz since I’m running a good AIO? Cheers

[r.linder]

Future proof is a misunderstood term.

8700K should last you until you upgrade, whether that be 5 years or 10.

[_I_]

no pc is futureproof

oc'd to 4.5+ghz can be good enough for now, but not forever

[Fowl Mouth]

Originally posted by _I_:

no pc is futureproof

oc'd to 4.5+ghz can be good enough for now, but not forever

Yeah true but would it be fine for the 30 series cards? Running 16gb DDR4 @ 3600mhz, 650w gold+ supernova and an ASUS prime z370-a II

[Ariortega]

well...future proof for what (if there even exists something líke "future proof") ?

For gaming only? I would say yes, like _|_ said, overclock it to 4.5+GHz (best would be all core 5.0GHz) and you should be fine the next couple years.

For multi-core programs (e.g. content creation, working with Adobe Premiere,etc.) I'd say the more cores / thread the better it is. A 9900K will definitely do better then a i7-8700K.

For both, gaming and content creation? I'd go for at least a 8 core / 16 threads cpu that can run stable at least 4.5GHz all cores. Next Intel desktop cpu generation i9 will have 10 core / 20 threads, which of course will be even better for this situation.

Just my 2 cents.

[Arcane Humanoid]

Originally posted by Baron Praxis:

Originally posted by _I_:

no pc is futureproof

oc'd to 4.5+ghz can be good enough for now, but not forever

Yeah true but would it be fine for the 30 series cards? Running 16gb DDR4 @ 3600mhz, 650w gold+ supernova and an ASUS prime z370-a II

I'm pretty sure it should be more than enough for the 30 series and maybe even the 40 series. For most games the CPU usage doesn't even go above 30-40% anyway.

[_I_]

newer games can use 4+ cores
4 with ht is enough, since most games are designed to be ported to consoles with much slower cores

[hawkeye]

The hardware that you need is dependent on games and monitor specs. It isn't time-related.

[L37]

Do not bother. As long as it is enough for you it is fine, when it becomes too slow you upgrade. Impossible to predict when it happens, and does not depend on GPU at all.

[(415!)Fle@B@gL@ne]

great 4-5 gaming cpu with right ram on video cards and system ram

Put together 7 / 2016 and I have tons games 2014 on

NO ISSUES
1440p Ultra
SLi 130-165 FPS AVG
1 Card 80-120+ FPS AVG

Still doing it

ASUS X99 STRIX

6C/12T/15MB XSeries i7 6850k 3.6@4.424

32GB DDR4 PC3000@3151
SLI 1080GTX SC 1708/5005@ 2114/5608

2x 480GB SSD Raid 0 on sata 6GB +16GB ram for SSD HDs ram cache
850Watt ps
ASUS PG279Q 27 165hz 4ms ips Gsync monitor

[UserNotFound]

Depends on what you're expecting out of it, for games, it's fast and having 6C/12T does help. I'd built a 6C/12T i7 3950X + X79 mobo back in Dec '11/Jan '12, a good 8 years now and it still handles games well enough. As long as GPU used (in my case, a GB RX VEGA64 Gaming OC) is good enough (can handle games at 3440x1440, med-high setting).

No such thing as future-proofing a system with the best GPU or/and CPU, they get outdated pretty quickly, but as long as they handle the games you throw at 'em at decent ingame setting and res, with playable framerate, you're gold.