Advice needed - i7 or Ryzen? Updating 2012 build

[Ragella]

Good Afternoon!

I am in the process of upgrading my system. I built it in 2012 and have found purchasing a new I/O panel and USB 3.0 panels harder and harder... So, I will be starting to put together a new rig.

The biggest question... CPU - Intel or AMD? I won't be doing much in the form of developing or CAD. Will be mostly gaming/streaming.

I purchased a new case - Corsair Graphite Series CC-9011063-WW Black Steel ATX Full Tower PC Case.
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Approximate Purchase Date: End of month

Budget Range: 1500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming / Streaming / Web surfing / School work
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / may connect to my TV

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg / Microcenter

Location: Baltimore, MD

Parts Preferences: no preference

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, and higher

Additional Comments: (e.g.: Need to have a window and lots of bling, I would like a quiet PC. Please also list specific software or games you're using)

And Most Importantly: my current case has a broken I/O Panel / 3.0 USB ports

Was going to just swap components - but most of the components are dated.
This is what I am coming out of (may leave this for my son) he enjoys playing Minecraft and World of Warcraft.

Current build from 2012:
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
OR
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (might hold out for IB; and/or see if SB price drops any.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

GPU: SAPPHIRE 11199-03-20G Radeon HD 7870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CPU COOLER: Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

OS: Win 7 Home Premium 64bit

And, I added a monitor to get me to 1080p

Acer G235HAbd 23'' 5ms 1920x1080 WideScreen LCD monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

I like both, though you could probably get a cheaper motherboard with the Intel. Basically at the core of it Intel gets you the best frame rates, Ryzen gets you lots of cores for your money and better streaming because of it.

R7 1700 is roughly the same price as an i7-7700k and comes with a cooler. However, it only becomes great with a little overclocking. Most will run at 3.7-3.8Ghz with little effort. 7700k doesn't come with a cooler, so you have to factor that cost in, but can easily overclock to nearly 5Ghz on air cooling, and typically 5Ghz with a decent all-in-one water cooler (or more)

R7 is top of the stack for gaming/streaming CPUs. Not much upgrade path there. Not necessarily a bad thing. The i7-7700k is in the same boat, there likely won't be a faster CPU for that socket since Intel is offering the cores up to X299 as the i7-7740X, and talking about a new socket for next gen.

If you don't think you will need the extra performance, you could go with the R5-1600. This is the 6-core version and is priced like an i5. If you ever need more performance, you can wait a while and AMD will release refined generations of CPUs (hopefully matching Intel for core clocks) that fit AM4 for at least a few years.

For myself, I don't intend streaming, so I am quite pleased with my 7700k, and it wouldn't do a terrible job at it since I would likely record at 60FPS anyway and not the 100+ I typically run.

Just one add-on: you said the r7 whould not have a good upgrade path. This is not true, as AMD plans to keep the AM4 socket until 2020 whereas intel is already advertising their new socket.

 

[Ragella]

I like both, though you could probably get a cheaper motherboard with the Intel. Basically at the core of it Intel gets you the best frame rates, Ryzen gets you lots of cores for your money and better streaming because of it.

R7 1700 is roughly the same price as an i7-7700k and comes with a cooler. However, it only becomes great with a little overclocking. Most will run at 3.7-3.8Ghz with little effort. 7700k doesn't come with a cooler, so you have to factor that cost in, but can easily overclock to nearly 5Ghz on air cooling, and typically 5Ghz with a decent all-in-one water cooler (or more)

R7 is top of the stack for gaming/streaming CPUs. Not much upgrade path there. Not necessarily a bad thing. The i7-7700k is in the same boat, there likely won't be a faster CPU for that socket since Intel is offering the cores up to X299 as the i7-7740X, and talking about a new socket for next gen.

If you don't think you will need the extra performance, you could go with the R5-1600. This is the 6-core version and is priced like an i5. If you ever need more performance, you can wait a while and AMD will release refined generations of CPUs (hopefully matching Intel for core clocks) that fit AM4 for at least a few years.

For myself, I don't intend streaming, so I am quite pleased with my 7700k, and it wouldn't do a terrible job at it since I would likely record at 60FPS anyway and not the 100+ I typically run.

I personally have not OC'd yet... I'm sure with some research and youtube... it could be manageable... Decisions...