Best possible CPU?

[TheWetDolphin]

Probably because they have more cores

Seeing as Planet Coaster uses DX11, would having a higher clock speed be better than having more cores?

 

[FutureFear]

Anyone know when this 8000 series will be released? I want to build a new PC using the i7 7700K but I don't know what the new series will offer yet [wacky]


Ok Ignore the top section of this post, I just looked it up. They are set to launch on the 5th of October (Thursday) The website also shown specifications of the new processors but the base clock speed was pretty low for the i7 8700K (3.7Ghz) considering the 7700K base clock speed was 4.2Ghz. I'm not the best with PCs and CPUs so could someone maybe explain why the base clock speed of the newer ones are lower?

Not an easy answer actually why they build their cpu's like they do it, that's mostly companny policy and the motherboards availability (i'll explain later)

Probably because they have more cores

Not true because the 8th gen series has actually less cores as most 7th gen but higher (boost) speed.

Seeing as Planet Coaster uses DX11, would having a higher clock speed be better than having more cores?

It all depends on the motherboard what CPU would be best actually, why?
Because the sockets have to fit, not sure if the 8th gen will come out for every socket available, but probably not.
Also the DIMM (RAM) speeds your motherboard can handle, will affect the choice of CPU.
To answer your question what's best for planet Coaster, that would be speed over cores.

BUT don't forget that to reach the boost clockspeed means you have to overclock the CPU, RAMM and GPU to actually get your "highspeed"
And that it needs carefull calculations in your Bios for extra powersupply etc....without proper knowledge you could melt or shortcurcuit your computer!!!!

So conclusion, a higher baseclockspeed = beter then a higher boostclockspeed UNLESS you know how to overclock. (most bios systems have build in O.C. modes these days but still be carefull)

 

[TheWetDolphin]

Not an easy answer actually why they build their cpu's like they do it, that's mostly companny policy and the motherboards availability (i'll explain later)



Not true because the 8th gen series has actually less cores as most 7th gen but higher (boost) speed.



It all depends on the motherboard what CPU would be best actually, why?
Because the sockets have to fit, not sure if the 8th gen will come out for every socket available, but probably not.
Also the DIMM (RAM) speeds your motherboard can handle, will affect the choice of CPU.
To answer your question what's best for planet Coaster, that would be speed over cores.

BUT don't forget that to reach the boost clockspeed means you have to overclock the CPU, RAMM and GPU to actually get your "highspeed"
And that it needs carefull calculations in your Bios for extra powersupply etc....without proper knowledge you could melt or shortcurcuit your computer!!!!

So conclusion, a higher baseclockspeed = beter then a higher boostclockspeed UNLESS you know how to overclock. (most bios systems have build in O.C. modes these days but still be carefull)

Thanks, I think I will go with the 7700K then [happy]