My old pc which was around 7 years old shutdown on me and I had no idea what was failing and causing the crashes so for a cost effective route, I went with an upgrade (new mobo, ssd, cpu, psu). I chose the i7-9700k because I wanted an unlocked i7 coming from a i5 4th gen. I had managed to over lock the i5 to 4.2-4.4 Ghz and these new i7s maintain 4.6 Ghz without overclock. The temps seem more stable than my i5 as well. I am very impressed with this cpus gaming performace.

It took a while for me to decide on which processor would be good for my PC build but I landed in this for multiple reasons. At this time it is the most current gen out, it has 8 cores and the processing speed at which it operates. Now, to be honest, I want to build a gaming PC but being a full time worker and full time dad of two awesome boys age 3 and under, I know I dont have time for that and this will just be a fancy PC to check email on. One side note, Best Buy really needs to learn to not ship a $410 item in a small bubble envelope. The box is very beat up and I was on the verge on returning it to buy elsewhere just because it seems like the warehouse that shipped it doesn't care at all. Otherwise, great purchasing experience.

I upgraded to see what all the jazz about Intel was and I have to say that these are my insights: + Battlefield V runs without stutters using my RTX 2080 in comparison to my Ryzen and also at about 150-170FPS ultra preset effects off + Rainbow Six Siege runs about the same with much higher FPS going from 180-220 to 220-340 FPS. - My editing with Vegas Edit 15 felt faster and smoother with my 2700x (maybe the 8 core 16 threads played out better) Overall consider the 3700x and 9700K if you're buying a new chip for the long haul I picked this one because I never have had an Intel before and gaming has been much better. Content creation has been the same or a little worse to the 2700x so I can only imagine the 3700x

This thing is fast! Runs nice and cool under full load, and so far havent needed to OC. I can run BFV at 1080/144, Stream at 1080/60, and have Screen Capture software running without a hiccup. So glad I finally pulled the trigger.

Intel continues to impress me. I have a I5 sandy bridge with my old build that still continues to perform very well which is why I bought this I7 with my new build. Extremely fast processor. Tolerates 4K gaming with ease. Takes me about one minute to get from turning on the computer to the main menu on borderlands three, crazy (paired with SSD M.2).