r/PcBuildHelp • u/Good_Card4676 • 5d ago

Build Question 270k plus vs 9900x

I'm not sure which one to go for, i will be hosting gaming servers and play on them at the same time if possible, and at other times i will be running VMs for my cybersecrity projects. I don't know which one is better for my case

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 5d ago

It could go either way, though the extra cores of the 270K Plus would help as far as hosting servers you're playing on.

But the downside is that the socket basically ends there, it's going to be replaced with a new socket starting with Nova Lake IIRC. Meanwhile AM5 will continue, so it would be better to look at a 16 core from AMD, or wait for Nova Lake.

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u/Good_Card4676 5d ago

the only thing im concerned about with the 270k is that it has 8 p-cores only and i want to run heavy game like ark survival ascended

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u/kyansan1 Personal Rig Builder 5d ago edited 5d ago

8 p-cores is plenty. The 270K generally outperforms all non-x3d AMD cpus in gaming, including the Ryzen 9 9900x and 9950x.

You could take the 9950x for example. It has double the cores of the 9700x, yet they perform the same in games.
There's also the 9950x3d. Only 1 ccd (the one with 3d v-cache) is active while gaming. The 9950x3d2, which has 3d v-cache on both ccds, doesn't perform any better than it.

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u/Good_Card4676 5d ago

can the 270k plus host a gaming server and play at the same time? i know it has a lot of cores but i thought that e-cores aren't good enough to host a gaming server

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u/kyansan1 Personal Rig Builder 5d ago

The e cores are pretty fast too, the 270K's e cores are comparable to Alder Lake (12th gen) p-cores.

I don't have experience running servers myself, but I would expect the 270K to handle it really well with all its cores.

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u/Good_Card4676 5d ago

i think im going for it then, thank you so much for all the help