i7 7700k or r7 2700k

[Sleeiz]

Okay so i have a r5 1600 currently and i'm looking to buy the 1180 or 1080ti, but for further advancement for CPU is it worth staying at the r5 1600 and upgrading other parts like my 8gb of ram or to go to one of the following (i7 7700k or r7 2700k) i feel like and research the 7700k is better for gaming which all i will mainly do. But that would require buying a whole new MoBo and i do not think it is worth it? Opinions.

 

[genca]

If im on your place, i would stay with r5 1600, and when intel 9th comes out, i would just sell amd confg and buy intel( same thing as i will do, ill sell r5 1600 and buy i5 9600k when it coems out). If you want to go with i7, why dont you pick 8th gen, is gives you 2 addition cores and 4 threads. Even if you go with 7th gen it is still by much better than amd cpu's. Sorry for bad english, i hope you'll understand me. Btw r5 will bottleneck 1080/ti on 1080p, on higher resolution maybe it will not

 

[zyh1987]

intel cpu has better gaming number in almost all the titles at the moment, 1600 is still somewhat acceptable for most of the gaming needs, i would suggest to either go with 8700k/z370 or wait. getting a brand new 7700k and z270 just don't make sense right now.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Changing to an Intel platform when you already have an AM4 mobo would be a waste of money. 2nd gen Ryzen CPUs are already pretty much on par with Intel's best gaming CPUs, if you really wanted to upgrade that would be a more logical choice.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-2600x,5579-9.html

But your 1600 is pretty close, I'd look into overclocking if you haven't already (assuming you have a B350 or X370 mobo).

 

[ameyer75]

Do you stream? If you do, stick with Ryzen, as the additional cores really, really help with video transcoding. Your Ryzen 5 isn't bottlenecking your GPU, so I would consider holding out until 9th gen comes out, then look at the specs and see if it's worth it. At the very least, the 8th processors/motherboards will come down in price, so you could save some money.

 

[mdd1963]

R5-1600 is perfectly adequate (especially if close to 3.9 GHz or 4.0 Ghz with 3200 MHz mem clocks), unless you have aspirations of minimum 144 fps for 1080P in every game in existence, and, then it will not quite offer the same framerates an 8700K does....

120fps is hardly slow, it's just that 150 fps is 'better'; but, if you have a 60 Hz monitor, or are playing at 4k...contemplating upgrading is a waste of time.