help with building

[Nick_200]

i am an amature self taught pc build enthusiast, and would appreciate if someone knowledgeable can help me? I would love a robust schooling but beggers cant be choosers so can someone tell me optimal hardware scenario for a mainly gaming build and used for streaming a lot. And would like to be VR ready like a boss. I have very nice pc builds but want the real deal of info like trade secret shit! if you know what I mean. Thank You

 

[Spring1898]

Well you might want to fill out some details of budget and goals so we can give you more specific advice, but in the meantime I can offer some info on the 2 platforms.

Ryzen has a lot going for it right now with the extra cores/threads over intel's 4/8 max on the consumer line.
While in gaming they generally fall behind kaby lake from intel, they tend to have more solid frametimes and consistency when streaming services are added on, meaning higher quality settings for the stream itself.
The 8 core Ryzen 1700 seems to be the sweetspot, as you get an 8/16, with a decent cooler and overclocking up to 1800x speeds without paying the premium.

Intel is faster clock per clock, but streaming benefits from greter core/thread count to spread the work. So while the 7700k is faster, it loses in the streaming department at least relatively to AMD for the reasons above.

The next generation Coffee lake, there are 6 core models in both i5 and i7 variants that will probably outperform AMD (but likely be more expensive too.)
It looks like it could be compatible with z270 and z170, which only means a processor/bios upgrade to get that. But we don't know anything for sure yet like speeds, prices, or compatibility and probably wont for a couple months.
Ryzen won't update with zen2 until next year, but is supposed to be compatible with currrnt motherbpards.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

as of now, 7700K is the best gaming cpu now. the 1700 cant reach the level of 7700k. the fps difference is still 10-15%
regarding streaming, u can get a streaming card like this https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16815131031
doesnt tax ur cpu much and best way to stream content and best to enjoy games which r mostly intel optimised now.