Best intel cpu to pair with an 5080?

Posted by Henrique_____@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 18 comments

I am building a pc to last. My old pc was built in 2015 and lasted well for almost 9 years.

I'll buy a RTX 5080, 64 GB RAM DDR5 6000 MHZ and a good mobo, but I'm not sure about which CPU should I get.

Is the Ultra 9-285K good? Does it get too hot? I appreciate any help.

~~Please don't ask "why don't you choose AMD?".~~

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TheMegaDriver2@reddit

The difference between a 265k and a 285k in gaming is marginal. So you could downgrade a bit.

I wouldn't go 14th gen. Sure in theory a 14900k is faster. But good luck cooling it and I wouldn't trust that the cpu isn't going to degrade.

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TheMegaDriver2@reddit

The 285k boosts 200mhz higher and has two more e cores.

Which is fine if the price would not be stupid. Which is the main issue for all but the 265k imho. After two massive price cuts the 265 k actually makes sense. If you can live with a dead end platform.

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Codys_friend@reddit

If you truly want to build now AND you want your pc to last a long time the only logical choice is AMD. The current generation of AMD cpu's are on the AM5 socket. The next generation of AMD cpu's, Zen6 and coming next year will also be on the AM5 socket. Reliable source have the next generation, Zen7, will also be on AM5. This means you can easily upgrade your cpu 1 or 2 more generations, another 5+ years. Apps and games continue to need more powerful machines and building on AM5 provides a solid foundation for having a powerful system for many years by simply dropping in a new cpu.

If you are committed to staying on Intel, wait for the next generation of Intel chips to out next year and build on that platform. Reporting indicates that Intel will release 3 generations of cpu's on the new platform.

If you want to build on a platform that will be powerful and relevant for many years, AMD is the choice. If you want to go with Intel, you should wait until next year.

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Henrique_____@reddit (OP)

When I say I want my pc to last long, I say with little to no upgrades.

I'l problably only thing about changing the CPU when AM5 is long dead.

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aragorn18@reddit

What are you using your computer for? The fastest Intel CPU is the 14900KS. The Ultra 9 285K is actually a good bit slower.

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Henrique_____@reddit (OP)

Working and gaming. A little slower is fine if it will laste me, I heard the 14th gen had some troubles.

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Full-Resolution9449@reddit

285k is perfectly fine. It's just like some people said, optimized for productivity not gaming, but it works JUST FINE. It works better with higher speed RAM also. There's no game or anything like that which will run on another CPU so much better than this CPU that you literally can't play it. Really some games run better or the same on intel than amd , so you can't put a blanket statement on it. Some games love extra cache, some don't care, etc. Buy the computer to do what you want with it. If gaming is #1 priority then look at benchmarks of the type of games or specific games u play and see. If productivity is mostly your thing with a side of gaming then don't care about gaming benchmarks look at productivity. No cpu is going to be bad at gaming or bad at productivity, but the pointer swings a little in favor of one or the other depending on the application. Obviously more cores = better productivity if the app uses more cores efficiently.

285k doesn't get hot, the architecture is good , the next iteration of it should improve on that but it might not be out for a while.

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Henrique_____@reddit (OP)

I don't have a number 1 priority tbh, I'm a heavy windows user because I need to do some tasks for my job and I heard AMD kinda struggle with Windows. I'll always be playing games in 2K, I don't pretend to upgrade.

285k doesn't get hot, the architecture is good

This is good to know.

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SatisfactionKlutzy18@reddit

It’s a more than fine cpu, but it’s a workhorse cpu more than a gaming one. Before you buy it just know the 9800x3D beats it like 40% in gaming and you would be able to slot in a better chip later with AM5 but the 285k is a dead end socket.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-review-devastating-gaming-performance/2

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Furyo98@reddit

Honestly if you do more than gaming then 9800x3d just ain’t good enough. Plus the major 40% uplift is when you play 1080p. Going higher gpu takes control unless you purely play cpu intensive games.

I got 9950x3d because the 9800x3d just wouldn’t be able to cope with all my software I got running and planning on streaming later on.

The 9800x3d is best for pure gaming, intel good for productivity work and the 9950x3d combines the best together. Honestly if the 9950x3d isn’t worth the value for someone but the 9800x3d will struggle for some people then going intel isn’t that bad getting good gaming performance and great everything else. It use to be worse but Intel updated bios settings to make the cpu be better at gaming.

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Gutter_Flies@reddit

Yes, the ultra series are good imo. They are a bit more optimized for productivity though, so they arent as good for gaming as the 14th gen. Similar enough for most though, and the ultras are much easier to cool/ they consume much less power. My wife has an ultra 7 265kf model, I haven’t messed with it, but that combined with her 9070xt plays everything she plays at least as well as my i5 14600k with the same gpu does, and that combo is stellar. I don’t see an ultra 9 lasting any less than 9 years at decent performance, but ofc performance in games will decrease more and more over time, as is expected.

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