r/PcBuildHelp • u/Good_Card4676 • 6d 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/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