Intel® Core™ i7 7820X (good for gaming or not)

[xboxmaster448]

Hi,

I was wondering if the Intel® Core™ i7 7820X is good for gaming or not? As some people say that is it terrible and others say thst it is good . My GPU I will use with the Intel® Core™ i7 7820X is going to be the Nvidia GTX 1080 TI .

Will this be good for gaming or not ?

 

[Kevin_138]

Almost no games exist that will utilise more than 4 cores.
A lot of "multi core optimised" games just off load the sound to a core or something similar.

Productivity programs normally will use as many cores as you can throw at them, but Adobe programs tend to show a bigger performance gain from using "compute cores" found on Video cards.

Stop obsessing about CPU power for games, the console peasants have made sure it's irrelevant with a half decent PC.

Core I9 and Epic are for professionals, not people who touch up their Holiday snaps once a year or edit a video for YouTube every 3 months.

If you want to waste three and a half grand, send it to me.

If you are desperate to spend money, get the fastest I7 , run it on he integrated graphics till the new Nvidia cards come out.

 

[xboxmaster448]

But this is from alien ware ? So I don't understand how it's a waist of money . Like how much could I build it from scratch?

 

[COLGeek]

Go to pcpartpicker and spec it out. You can see for yourself. A Ryzen 2700x or i7 8700x is more than enough for your stated uses.

Alienware doesn't mean earth shattering performance. It isn't magic.

 

[xboxmaster448]

Can pc part picker build the pc for you and send the pc to you ? Or do I have to build the computer my self ?

 

[jaslion]

But this is from alien ware ? So I don't understand how it's a waist of money . Like how much could I build it from scratch?

Alienware doesn't mean anything. They still use the same parts. An alienware i7 7820x isn't going to perform any different from any other 7820x. You'll get charged a lot more for the alienware system compared to a selfmade one or one where you get the parts and let a local store build it for you.

 

[COLGeek]

Pcpartpicker builds nothing. You would have to assemble.

 

[cookiemania66]

But this is from alien ware ? So I don't understand how it's a waist of money . Like how much could I build it from scratch?

Just for fun i kinda rebuilt that 3600$ Build and well... It would probably cost you 2800 so more then 800$ less.
And Alienware isnt even mention some of their parts like Motherboard and PSU or Graphicscard manufacturer. These are probably cheap ass stuff

Anyway if you wanna take a look, here it is:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7820X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($555.00 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H60 (2018) 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - X299 Extreme4 ATX LGA2066 Motherboard ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Aorus Waterforce Xtreme Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($809.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Aorus Waterforce Xtreme Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($809.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2825.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-19 01:53 EDT-0400

 

[Kevin_138]

But this is from alien ware ? So I don't understand how it's a waist of money . Like how much could I build it from scratch?

It's from AlienWare ie: Dell.

i7 7820X: completely over the top unless you are doing professional video editing or something similar, and not the best for gaming.
Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 1080 Ti : Lots of games don't support SLI and it won't help with Photoshop etc..
256GB M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage): No mention of what ssd it is (performance vairies wildly) and who uses mechanical drives still?
Centauri 1500W High Voltage Chassis R5: Completely OTT and unnessercery.

If you build your own, you get exactly what you want.
If you buy pre built you get a one stop warrenty and some tech support.

I would get either an I8700k (if you are going to do mostly gaming) or a R2700x (if you are going to do some videos, streaming etc.).
At least 16gb ram, a tier 1 mobo (asus or gigabyte) with intel nic, a nice fast Samsung pro ssd, decent cooling and the Nvidia cards are "out" now if you want 4k gaming.
I wouldn't waste your time with SLI or Xfire, buy one mother of a card instead.

 

[Kevin_138]

Here's my attempt at spending your £3500
It's should rip through the latest games and cope with encoding/editing or streaming.

AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor
£284.98

CPU Cooler

Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
£23.99

Motherboard

Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
£179.99

Memory

Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
£179.99

Storage

Samsung - 970 Pro 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
£191.17
Samsung - 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
£398.78

Video Card

Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card
£1078.99

Case

Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case
£109.49

Power Supply

SeaSonic - PRIME Ultra Platinum 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
£169.99

Operating System

Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
£60.00


Total: £2677.37

I didn't spec a mouse, keyboard or screen.

 

[Kevin_138]

cookiemania66

Isn't the I7 7820x quad channel?

 

[fadingfool]

If you are still keen on the Alienware Area 51 (I have one they are nice machines) then check out dell outlet - significant savings if you don't mind a 1 year warranty (I picked up my 7820x 1080Ti for £2K at the beginning of this year - supposedly scratch and dent but not a mark on it).