Question for pc

[irvydasb]

Is a i7 7700 and gtx 1060 good combination?

 

[Supahos]

Should be a decent fit I suppose. I'd personally build a r5 1600/b350 setup myself for the same money but there's nothing inherently wrong with your idea

 

[noobwithpc]

R5 1600 is not for the same money, it costs $100 dollars less than i7-7700. It performs worse in single core for about 10%, but in multicore it outperforms i7 by 30%, and games are becoming to use more than 8 threads. So only thing that is wrong with your idea is that it isn't good bang for buck. For 100 dollars you could have GTX 1070 instead of 1060, if the prices of graphic cards will be normal right now.

 

[Supahos]

You can get away with dirt cheap memory on a 7700 and you really need 3000/3200 low cl memory to get the most out of ryzen. The all in cost is pretty similar between the two

 

[noobwithpc]

You don't need high-speed memory for Ryzen in all cases, for example, in many games performance difference between 2200 and 3200 MHz ram is about 5 fps. By the way even if you choose the fastest RAM for Ryzen and the cheapest for i7, it still costs 36 dollars less, and motherboards for Ryzen at the same cost has more features. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6hZT9W https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6Pzff8