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people say intel for gaming ryzen for content creation. honestly, it depends on your GPU. check benchmarks if ryzen can handle your GPU. intel can handle content creation but ryzen feels a little bit snappier(at least for me anyway). intel for frames and ryzen for fluidity of using apps.

does anybody own this monitor? can you tell me your thoughts? display quality and input lag? I'm going to use it for mostly gaming and watching movies. i don't play any shooter/fast paced games so I'm okay w/ the 60fps cap. gpu : msi duke 1070ti proc : i5 8600k (5.1ghz) this is the cheapest...

as long as it has the slots/ports you need. any z370 board will work for a non k chip or k chip. plus you can't OC the 8400 so VRM quality won't matter

my planned build proc : i5 8600k ( 5 ghz ) board : z370 asus strix f (aura sync) ram : 8x2 gskill trident z rgb 3000mhz (aesthetics) cooler : nzxt 52x (aesthetics) PSU : seasonic m12ii 620w evo ( bronze ) GPU : rx 580 8gb (will upgrade in the future) I know the easiest component on a pc to...

change your cpu to an i7 7700 it your going w/ a non-z board. but why not just go w/ the 8th gen chips? i5 8600k and a z370 board. it's around the same price anyway. or a little cheaper tbh. the i5 8600k is on par w/ the i7 7700k in some games. the 6 actual cores really helps compared to the...

depends on your preferred settings. gtx 1060 6gb/rx 580 8gb for ultra. not much difference between the two cards really. go for which one is cheaper / available in your country.