Deciding to go with the i5 10600k for my build, but I'm not sure what board to match it up with. Trying to learn more as I go.. any cons to the 10600k?

I read that the Z490 would be good? Also, which parts are important for increasing speed of the pc in terms of opening/running multiple programs?

PC will be used for moderate gaming, photo editing, and coding

You're better off getting a 3700X+X570 (or one of the upcoming XT refresh cpus) for about the same price you'd pay for 10600K+Z490.
In gaming it's ~5% worse average fps at 1080p (gap closes at 1440p where you're mostly GPU bottlenecked) but obscenely better in anything that uses multiple threads, specially cause you mentioned editing and coding work.

This post was edited by LordHextor on Jun 7 2020 02:31pm

this is probably the best "bottom of the barrel" board imo.
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813119272?item=N82E16813119272&

slightly more high end and if you need wi-fi
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-MPG-Z490-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B0876HV8T3



for opening the programs, CPU and hard drive/ssd. For running the programs, RAM and CPU, sometimes GPU. For games GPU reliance depends on resolution and what settings you play at.

Running a larger number of programs effectively specifically comes down to RAM and how many CPU threads/cores you have. In that regard the AMD 3700x would be better than a 6-core refresh of a 5 yr old architecture/process node.

3700x/3700 would be ideal for your purpose.

for gaming focused
10600k > 3700 > 3600

for general use/applications like coding/ video rendering etc focus & some gaming

3700 > 10600k > 3600

if you just want to know the cons for 10600k:

- still a 14nm chip that intel is milking til they figure out a way to make 10-7 chips. It's basically their last ditch effort to close the gap from AMD's cpu.
- it's generally more expensive per performance (depends on country, availability etc.), you also need to purchase after market cooler, & z490 board when u can literally just get 3700 with decent mobo for the same, if not cheaper.
- still 6 corez, seems like they will move onto 8 corez next. It's kind of like when ppl yolo'd with 7600k/7700k CPUs @ 4core 8t and then got rekt shortly after with 6-8core intel cpus.
- doesn't have thermal velocity boost like their higher models.

basically if you're the type to OC and use it for competitive gaming where every FPS counts, and money isn't a concern then i'd get this. Although, if i'm in no rush i would just wait for their next CPU

https://youtu.be/rdgNEXpBrfg

Please watch before buying the cheapest z490 board. Don't get something that the VRMs are gonna fail on you if you try any decent OC

good to see my recommendations held up
o im laffin at the gigabyte/asrock performance in this vid

personally i ended up getting this
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813144304?Item=N82E16813144304

dear god the 10900k is slaughtering them even without a manual overclock, asrock just crashes. how did they get away with this.
the gigabyte board could handle the non-oc 10900k, but it's redlining without power limits. This really show the value of having thermal headroom when the msi/asus boards being able to handle 5.1ghz which is impressive for budget boards.

this really makes me excited to see how badly the b/h boards explode with a non-k 10900, good thing intel shipped a cooler that will only run the thing at 2.8ghz :rofl: