Did I make a mistake going for the core i7 7700k?

[ToastedOats]

I recently purchased a setup from my local shop(I've been using a laptop for about 4 years and its starting to die) with a Zotac GTX 1070 amp edition and a Core i7 7700k. I'm completely new to the computer building world(this is my first PC) and I had a friend of mine come along with me(he's a computer technician) to pick out some parts and what brands I should get. Now I hear all of these talk about Ryzen. Now the same guy is telling me that I should go Ryzen, and started showing me a bunch of charts that I don't understand. My question is, is this one of those "Sell my core i7 7700k and but that other thing" situations? I just want to play some games i've seen my other friends play since my laptop couldnt run any of them even at medium settings(Overwatch was kind of laggy at medium settings). If the monitor matters or anything, I got the BenQ Zowie XL2411.

 

[Isokolon]

As of now the i7 is the best gaming CPU there is.
Ryzen hasn't been released and there are no real world tests so.far.
When AMD came up with Bulldozer, the hype was very similar and prerelease there were some charts that looked very exciting. In the end it was one of the bigger disasters of AMD.
So I wouldn't worry (and highly doubt AMD will actually be able to compete with the i7 except for maybe pricing.)

 

[Dugimodo]

Long story short - no, keep what you have.

Even if AMD pull one out of the Hat and Ryzen outperforms everything it still won't make sense for you to buy one when you already have a PC that will play every game you throw at it. The time to upgrade is when your PC no longer handles the games you want to play or the requirements for upcoming games make you think it soon won't.

Whether or not it's the fastest once you have it is irrelevant. Plenty of gamers are still happily using i5 & i7 CPU's from the last 5-6 generations because they are fast enough for current games. They didn't feel the need to sell up and get a new CPU every time something faster came out and neither should you.

I'm pretty bad, I tend to build a newer faster gaming PC every 1-2 years even though I don't need to because I like the hardware and I like building them But even I'm slowing down after 2 upgrades in a row that didn't really feel any different to the old machine. I went from an i5 2500K to an i7 3770 and then an i7 6700K and none of those have felt worth the money in terms of gaming. I did get some platform improvements though

 

[Dronzer Dragneel]

Yes, stick with i7 7700K one of the best CPU available in the market and you can play every game with it and even upcoming games
Even if Ryzen performs better in future, you can still play games with that CPU for years
so no worries

 

[ToastedOats]

Thanks for all the answers. And I apologize if my question seemed retarded. I was sitting here thinking I just bought something that would be obsolete in a year or so.

 

[herrwizo]

No way. People are still using Core 2 Quad CPUs which are now almost a decade old, and when coupled with good GPU they still provide very nice performance in most games.

You are safe for a long time with this rig.