I7 8700K or Ryzen 7 2700x or i5 8600k?

[moms.mlgspaghetti]

Hi,

Im looking to upgrade my pc to a new cpu, mobo and RAM.
When looking into CPUs I got into a problem: I can't choose!
My Specs (after upgrade):
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Corsair cx 500
Crucial ballistix sport lt 16GB

Please help me choose a cpu. My day to day activities:
Gaming, using blender (3d modelling) and sometimes video editing, but mostly gaming.
Budget isn't really the problem but if it can cost less, then that's great.
I already looked into the CPUs, but just can't choose.
I don't care about a difference of 10 FPS, but i do care about higher differences or big differences in render time.

Which one should I take? I5 8600k, i7 8700k or the ryzen 7 2700x?
Please help!

 

[Philballer17]

ryzen 7 2700x for a huge increase in render times. More than just 10 incremental margin.

 

[theyeti87]

Given your usage, I'd select the 2700X.

 

[geofelt]

Your choice comes down to how many threads you want.
8600K has 6, 8700K has 12, 2700X has 16.

Most games can make effective use of only 2-3 threads.
Check your rendering app, most apps can use all you have.

Games depend on the performance of the single master thread.
8600k and 8700k can run at 4.9-5.0 clock.
ryzen 2700K can run at 4.1-4.2 clock.

Since budget is not a big issue, I would buy the 8700K.
It is as good as it gets for gaming, and holds it's own on batch performance.

It is easier to tolerate longer batch run times than it is to suffer hiccups because of cpu speed limitations while gaming.

 

[icraft]

I think Phil's saying the 2700x is better for rendering, with a *decrease* in render times. The 2700x will lose a little in gaming, but not too much, and the extra 2 cores and 4 threads will shine in rendering.

As you can see here the 2700x is about 10% faster than the 8700k

 

[jacobweaver800]

Hi,

Im looking to upgrade my pc to a new cpu, mobo and RAM.
When looking into CPUs I got into a problem: I can't choose!
My Specs (after upgrade):
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Corsair cx 500
Crucial ballistix sport lt 16GB

Please help me choose a cpu. My day to day activities:
Gaming, using blender (3d modelling) and sometimes video editing, but mostly gaming.
Budget isn't really the problem but if it can cost less, then that's great.
I already looked into the CPUs, but just can't choose.
I don't care about a difference of 10 FPS, but i do care about higher differences or big differences in render time.

Which one should I take? I5 8600k, i7 8700k or the ryzen 7 2700x?
Please help!

Here's the rundown, the Ryzen 7 2700x beats Intels best offerings at that price point, and even above some unless you get to I9's and stuff, for video editing and any sort of 3D modeling and rendering, Intel wins in gaming though, it all depends on do you want 7-15 FPS more in games but be slower when using blender and exporting or editing or editing videos, or do you want blender and editing to be much much faster and game with slightly less FPS, not to mention if you ever game record or stream the 2700x will win either way since it has 2 extra cores and 4 extra threads over the 8700k. I would use the 2700x in this situation since I can deal with slightly less FPS in games to make my working time go faster to play more games. Also, in this situation, a GPU upgrade would do more help in all of these than a new CPU assuming your old one is a quad core at a decent speed with enough memory.

 

[jr5furacao]

Hello,

I'm also researching the topic (2700x vs 8700k, haven't looked into the i5). One thing that you should also consider is the fact that the i7 8700K doesn't come with a cooling device, wich adds up to your budget. Even if the difference in $ is not a problem for you nor big, this money could be invested somewhere else since the common opinion is that the 2700x's cooler is very good. Maybe if you plan to OC it makes more sense going i7 once you would have to build a new cooling system for the Ryzen, and I read somewhere that the i7 shines when you overclock it.

I personally don't know about this, but people say that the Ryzen offers better upgradability, so you should also consider this.

Just saw that your post is from May, so you probably made your choice already. If you read this, can you tell me your opinion on your CPU of choice?

Thanks

If you or anyone would like to give an input on my thread here it is.