New Build £1000 budget

[Pandatech40]

Looking for a new build it would be solely used for gaming have a £1000 budget and need an OS included.

I just struggle to be decisive and am torn between the i5 7600k or the ryzen 1600x

Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

[Barty1884]

Do you need a monitor or peripherals?

Intels offerings have the 'better' gaming performance on a IPC basis.....but the added cores/threads of a Ryzen chip would likely be beneficial for the future, with only a very slight impact to current performance.

I'd be more inclined to take the 1600 (non X) and Overclock it, or the 1500X.

Personally, I'd look to something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.74 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£117.41 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Plextor - M7V 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£354.83 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3 (Windowed) MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£41.23 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Super Flower - Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£69.31 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1000.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 19:35 BST+0100

 

[Pandatech40]

No i don't need any monitor or peripherals. I have no experience of overclocking unless it's dead easy I wouldn't be confident enough to do it.

 

[Barty1884]

Overclocking is not very difficult, provided you do your research and understand what you're looking for.

If you have no interest in Overclocking, Ryzen may not be the best option for you. While they're fairly strong at stock speeds, outside of cores/threads, their greatest benefit is OCing IMO.

 

[Pandatech40]

So if I didn't want to Oc what would be my best option? And if I did I'm guessing the stock cooler would be good enough?

 

[Barty1884]

Ryzen stock coolers are decent. They won't be as good as some aftermarket options, but they're pretty good.
Ryzen, even at stock are pretty solid offerings. Personally, I'd just go for it and worry about OCing later.

BUT, if you wanted an alternative, the Intel i5-7600K would be a solid option (and can also OC). Adds some cost though, and won't come with a stock cooler.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£208.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£105.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£117.41 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Plextor - M7V 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£354.83 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3 (Windowed) MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£41.23 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Super Flower - Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£69.31 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1117.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 21:00 BST+0100

If you just wanted to take OCing off the table full stop, then an i5-7500 and 2400MHz RAM
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£193.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£59.39 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£108.60 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Plextor - M7V 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£354.83 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3 (Windowed) MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£41.23 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Super Flower - Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£69.31 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1013.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 21:02 BST+0100

BUT at that point, you're looking at comparable performance to Ryzen, with 4 cores/4threads vs 4core/8thread, slower memory...

Ryzen still makes the most sense to me. Forget what I said earlier, it's still the most viable option for your needs, even at stock.

 

[Pandatech40]

I will stick with your ryzen option then as it offers me both options of a solid standard build and the chance of ocing. Thank you for your help