CPU Best 65w intel cpu in the market?
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I would say the i7 9700/8700. Those are rated as 65W CPUs but they take a lot more energy when under load and produce more heat compared to an i5. I guess the 8700 has some performance advantages due to having 12 vs 8 threads. But i dont know if 8 instead of 6 cores is more beneficial. I think gamers nexus got a review. If you have something like a l9i as a cooler, the i7 CPUs get quite hot.
If you dont need the extra computing power of an i7 and want to be more conservative towards power and heat, i would get an i5 instead. I run a 8400 in my case with a l9i cooler. Thats a good paring IMO. Not much difference to a 9400/9400f and the marginal gains to 9500/9600 was not worth it for me. You can geht the 8400 cheaper too.
But thats my opinion. You can spend your cash however you like
If you dont need the extra computing power of an i7 and want to be more conservative towards power and heat, i would get an i5 instead. I run a 8400 in my case with a l9i cooler. Thats a good paring IMO. Not much difference to a 9400/9400f and the marginal gains to 9500/9600 was not worth it for me. You can geht the 8400 cheaper too.
But thats my opinion. You can spend your cash however you like
cant answer that for sure, since i own the 8400. i had the 9400f from a friend for couple of days but i did not compare temps.
i just guess, its almost the same. i dont think the price jump of 8400/9400 to 8600/9600 is worth the minor performance difference. but again, thats my opinion
if you can run somthing like the l9i with a standard 25mm fan, you might be lucky and be fine with an i7. i think there is a thread regarding that topic somewhere in that forum too. but i would look into those solutions, if i would be really in need of an i7.
i just guess, its almost the same. i dont think the price jump of 8400/9400 to 8600/9600 is worth the minor performance difference. but again, thats my opinion
if you can run somthing like the l9i with a standard 25mm fan, you might be lucky and be fine with an i7. i think there is a thread regarding that topic somewhere in that forum too. but i would look into those solutions, if i would be really in need of an i7.
how much of a consideration is budget and how much are you willing to tweak?
the absolute best option is to make sure your motherboard has power limit options in the bios working as they should, taking a full-power cpu and limiting it to set tdp (65w in this case) and undervolting it as much as possible. i would go for 9900k and work down from there especially when 9900t/9900 are at the same price. depending on what your use case for cpu load is, 9700k might be a better cpu for you.
the absolute best option is to make sure your motherboard has power limit options in the bios working as they should, taking a full-power cpu and limiting it to set tdp (65w in this case) and undervolting it as much as possible. i would go for 9900k and work down from there especially when 9900t/9900 are at the same price. depending on what your use case for cpu load is, 9700k might be a better cpu for you.
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