Amd or Intel

[narek95]

Hi there, I am planning to buy a new CPU.
Would like to receiver an expert advise .
Some of my friends tell me that AMD Ryzen 7 1700 or 1700x is better than intel i7 7700K.
Could you help me to pick the correct one , since I don't really want to waste money.
Thanks

 

[raisonjohn]

If you'll use the PC for some gaming and more workstation/multitasking/editing --> AMD Ryzen 7 (for its higher core/thread count)

If you'll use the PC for almost pure/strict gaming and very light (or no) editing/multitasking --> Intel i7-7700K (for its fastest single-core clock speed)

 

[mdd1963]

gaming---7700K

gaming and streaming/encoding--- R7-1700

 

[narek95]

I am more on multitasking, rendering and ultra gaming

If you'll use the PC for some gaming and more workstation/multitasking/editing --> AMD Ryzen 7 (for its higher core/thread count)

If you'll use the PC for almost pure/strict gaming and very light (or no) editing/multitasking --> Intel i7-7700K (for its fastest single-core clock speed)

 

[sizzling]

For gaming at 60Hz/fps it makes no difference, both will perform excellently and the gpu will determine what settings you can run. However gaming at 144Hz >100fps the 7700k is king by a good margin.

However if you want to stream or do other cpu heaving things with your system you might still consider Ryzen over the 7700k.

 

[sizzling]

For rendering Ryzen is better.

 

[danielthegreate]

Ryzen 1700/1700x has more processing power than the 7700k. It is objectively a better CPU, since
1- The overall processing power of Ryzen 1700 is about 60-70% higher and
2- The only benefit of 7700k is about 5-10% more fps only when you are already above 100-120fps, something that doesn't matter unless you are super duper picky about "numbers". So it basically only shows longer bars in reviews, in real world gaming, it does not give you any perceivable benefit.

If you wanted to look at benchmarks and review, make sure that you find the most recent ones, the initial launch reviews are not particularly accurate when it comes to the current performance of Ryzens.

Just make sure you get the correct RAM, the DDR4 memory modules are mostly optimised for intel systems because amd wasn't around for a while, so to get high speeds you would need to pick modules like the ones listed here:
https://www.amd.com/system/files/2017-06/am4-motherboard-memory-support-list-en_0.pdf
Also, make sure the ram you selected is in your motherboard's compatibility list.

 

[raisonjohn]

I am more on multitasking, rendering and ultra gaming

If you'll use the PC for some gaming and more workstation/multitasking/editing --> AMD Ryzen 7 (for its higher core/thread count)

If you'll use the PC for almost pure/strict gaming and very light (or no) editing/multitasking --> Intel i7-7700K (for its fastest single-core clock speed)

Then, get the Ryzen 7 for the purpose that you mentioned. I'd get the 1700 and pair with a B350 motherboard for OC'ing, instead of the 1700X, for better price/performance.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDvk9_iTq6Y"][/video]
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RRt5WkVxuk"][/video]

 

[nonsleeper]

I am more on multitasking, rendering and ultra gaming

If you'll use the PC for some gaming and more workstation/multitasking/editing --> AMD Ryzen 7 (for its higher core/thread count)

If you'll use the PC for almost pure/strict gaming and very light (or no) editing/multitasking --> Intel i7-7700K (for its fastest single-core clock speed)

If you are just gaming, you can go for Ryzen 1600+some ryzen compatible high speed ram and overclock it, the 7700k might give you a 10% additional fps now in some games, but I'd say for example the difference between 135fps and 145fps in BF1 in 1080p is not worth the extra 200$ or so you spend on a 7700k and z270 motherboard and cooler. And more recent games are showing less than 10% difference so you might very much have the same performance in a couple of years as games adapt to Ryzen. So even that 10% perf advantage of the 7700k looks shaky at best.

If you are doing anything other than gaming, Ryzen 1700 (or threadripper might be a good choice depending on your budget and requirement).

The becnhmarks posted above are from a great channel, however, the Rise of the Tomb Raider benchmark in that video is from before the patch, it was updated and now Ryzen performs very close to 7700k in that game as well. To get some more recent benchmarks that show the patches and bios updates look here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6hjzw9/any_current_ryzen_vs_7700k_benchmarks/