is the ryzen 2700x good for gaming ?

[therios]

so im building a pc and choosing a cpu
will the 2700x be an over kill ? i will be gaming at 144hz with a gtx 1080
and i wont be able to upgrade for 3-4 years .. so 2700x or 2600x ?

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Yes. While it still trails a bit behind the 8700K, it is within low single digit percentage points. In almost all cases.

I don't beleive the 2700x would be overkill for high refresh rate gaming. Added to that the 8 core/16 thread design isn't fully utilized yet, so it is going to get even better.

I have no doubt that the 2700x will easily last you 3-4 years, it should be good for even longer if older i7s are any indication.

 

[Giroro]

2700x is good. But for gaming 2600x is going to be pretty close, but slightly slower since it's clock is a little bit lower.

If you are planning on overclocking, a 2600 is going to be the best value for gaming in the 2600 - 2700 range. The automatic turbo in the X chips is really good, and odds are an all-core overclock is actually going to reduce gaming performance in those chips. So get the 2700X or 2600X if you don't want to overclock.

 

[WildCard999]

Just make sure you pair it with a X470 (or B350/X370) motherboard so you can overclock as that's where Ryzen really shines and closes the gap between them and Intel.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-2700X/3937vs3958

 

[therios]

Just make sure you pair it with a X470 (or B350/X370) motherboard so you can overclock as that's where Ryzen really shines and closes the gap between them and Intel.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-2700X/3937vs3958

im picking the asus strix x470

 

[WildCard999]

Just make sure you pair it with a X470 (or B350/X370) motherboard so you can overclock as that's where Ryzen really shines and closes the gap between them and Intel.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-2700X/3937vs3958

im picking the asus strix x470

Nice, so yea if you can get the CPU around 3.8 (or higher) then you'll be good for awhile.