I am debating between these two chips for my new build and need some advice from those in the know. I do plan on some overclocking as well.
As you know, the 8700K is a 6 cores / 12 thread chip (hyper-threading enabled) and the 9700K is the new chip 8 cores / 8 threads (no hyper-threading). As it stands, (i could be wrong) the 9700K would be the better chip for DCS. It has better single core performance albeit, not by much. It also runs cooler due to the use of solder, not paste. Terrain engine optimization is inbound, with the notion that ED is working on the Vulkan API integration and the fact that it's 2 weeks™ away, which chip am I better off purchasing for the next several years of DCS's life?
Will the 9700K be out performed by the 8700K once Vulkan is implemented? Will the 9700K still be the better chip?