I7 7700k VS RYZEN 7 1700x

[ronan.stewart1999]

I am looking to buy new PC parts before black Friday and i was wondering what would go better with a GTX1080? Would a Ryzen 1700X or I7 770K go better? I want to play games mostly but on the occasion i want to stream to twitch and you tube. I want a solid choice that will last me at least two years down the line. Also the quality would be around 1080p and on the random occasions, 1440p. Please help

 

[Rdslw]

7700k would be better for games, IF you don't edit much of your vids, go mostly live then go for intel.
1700x is HEAVY WORKLOAD CPU, should be good for games ~90% of 7700k and if you edit videos it will be 1/3 faster.
Both are GREAT options to choose from. (if you can go for 8700k it have BENEFITS OF BOTH!)

 

[hellraiser06]

I wouldn't even consider buying a new Intel Kaby Lake CPU (Intel ix 7xxx series) as the platform is dead.

Ryzen 1700 is excellent choice. Even a Ryzen 5 1600 is very good for gaming plus streaming. Pair it with a 1070ti or a 1080 and you are all set for 1440p gaming plus streaming.

 

[photonboy]

https://ark.intel.com/products/codename/97787/Coffee-Lake

The i7-8600K is a 6-core, overclockable CPU that costs the same as the i7-7700K. It doesn't have hyperthreading so it's 6C/6T but that's better than a 4-core CPU with hyperthreading (4C/8T).

(The i7-8700K is hard to recommend unless budget is hardly an issue. It may be difficult, even streaming + gaming to utilize the hyperthreading as SIX really fast cores already go a long way... I believe it's roughly $420 vs $280 so an extra $140 and possibly an even better CPU cooler than you'd get for the i7-8600K)

There's a lot to like about RYZEN, especially with AM4 socket hanging around a while (potential Zen2 8-core later, and easy to replace motherboard after Warranty).

There have been issues getting DDR4 memory working at full speed (some stuck as low as 2133MHz). Not really sure how much of an issue that is currently but I'm still helping people out unsuccessfully at times.

*however, if 1080p, high FPS gaming is a priority then go with Intel's Coffee Lake. In some situations it can get as much as 50% higher FPS vs Ryzen. (at 5GHz and in some games only)

I wouldn't personally run Coffee Lake at 5GHz myself, I'd probably get a good AIR cooler (I dislike liquid coolers) then overclock as high as I can reasonably go with temp/noise constraints so maybe closer to 4.6GHz but that's just me.

At "only" 4.6GHz (all cores) you can as high as 40% more FPS in some situations vs Ryzen. It's much smaller at 1440p.

 

[acosta.87]

I am looking to buy new PC parts before black Friday and i was wondering what would go better with a GTX1080? Would a Ryzen 1700X or I7 770K go better? I want to play games mostly but on the occasion i want to stream to twitch and you tube. I want a solid choice that will last me at least two years down the line. Also the quality would be around 1080p and on the random occasions, 1440p. Please help

You could even try an i5 8400 and save money. Streaming isn't as intensive as most people would like to make you believe and it's at gaming beast.