[SOLVED] A tale of two systems

punkncat

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Without going too deep into specs on the individual parts...two systems...both with GTX1080, both with mostly comparable RAM amount and speed (~200 MHz difference). GPU are directly comparable. Ryzen 1700 with the slower RAM vs i5 8600k. Both OC and air cooled. R7 @ 3.7, i5 @ 4.5. Both run comparable temps. Neither one can be substantially OC more due to mobo. Both on M.2, good storage options, case, etc. The only significant difference of note being that the i5 has two open slots for memory, otherwise same storage expansion options, same pci-e slots.

If you were to compare based on CPU , ignoring slight differences in build....which one would you keep as work/gaming rig? Why?
 
Solution
If my main priority was work productivity related, I would choose the 1700 system. AMD excels in heavy threaded programs.
If gaming is your main priority, then the 8600k clock speed is better for most games. Which use 2-4 cores. There are games that can use 8 or more cores but most are lightly threaded( some cores will be fully loaded and other only partially).

Caveat
If you are gaming @1440p or higher then things change, and differences diminish and you are then GPU limited , so cpu does not matter as much then.
If my main priority was work productivity related, I would choose the 1700 system. AMD excels in heavy threaded programs.
If gaming is your main priority, then the 8600k clock speed is better for most games. Which use 2-4 cores. There are games that can use 8 or more cores but most are lightly threaded( some cores will be fully loaded and other only partially).

Caveat
If you are gaming @1440p or higher then things change, and differences diminish and you are then GPU limited , so cpu does not matter as much then.
 
Solution
1080/60 for now.

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In relation to the resolution...one of the boxes is on a 4K/60 monitor but frame rates to performance had me choose to lower it to 1080 as well.