Advice on new CPU

[Merle Dixon]

Hi folks,

This summer I'm gonna re-build my current system into a micro-atx case for easier transportation. My PC at the moment is:

i5 4690k
GTX 970
16GB DDR3

I'm looking to buy a new CPU and am struggling to choose between an i5 7600k and a R5 1600. I first thought that the 1600 seemed the obvious choice but now I'm not too sure. I almost exclusively use my PC for gaming (1080p at 120hz). Please advise.

Many thanks,

M

 

[Makentox]

I would not upgrade cpu.. You will get much more performance out of new GPU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgI4vGSc3Y
Other sources of benchmark will show pretty much the same results, dont be a fool.

 

[MatrixSys]

I would go with the I5-7600k if you are mainly gaming especially at 1080p the i5 7600k is shown the get higher frame rates then the r5 1600. I'm currently using i5-6600k over clocked to 4.6ghz on gtx 1080 and it rocks 1080p even 1440p. You can also get an easy 4.8 to 4.9 overclock on the i5-7600k which will improve performance ever more.

 

[raisonjohn]

I'd only get the R5 1600 if the PC is used for BOTH gaming AND workstation/editing. The 6-core/12-thread performance of the Ryzen 5 1600 at 3.2GHz to 3.6GHz would be beneficial for that use.

However, since you mentioned that your PC will be "almost" EXCLUSIVELY used for gaming, the single-core performance of the Intel i5 would be most beneficial for that intended use - where the i5-7600K has 4-core/4-thread at 3.8GHz to 4.2GHz - as most games do not benefit from more cores/threads, for now.

The i5-7600K is 1.28x faster than the R5-1600 in terms of single-core speed. For quad-core (if games support it), the i5-7600K is still faster at 1.33x than the R5-1600. But for multi-core (workstation builds), the R5-1600 is 1.7x faster than the i5-7600K. http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7600K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/3885vs3919

Power consumption favors the AMD though, with a TDP of only 65W compared to the Intel at 91W.