So, the Intel i7 7700 in a gaming/editing perspective...

[MyFortify]

The intel i7 7700 (non k) I have recently discovered and I have been wondering what it is like in 2017. I have seen some benchmarks from last year and 2015 and do exceed my expectations but what is it actually like today? If you have seen my 2 most recent thread about a 1600 budget NZ gaming PC, I did forget to mention that 1600 was not my full budget but what I needed to buy if that makes any sense.

Just after finishing up a System Build on PCPartPicker and comparing it, it seemed to be cheaper by 100 dollars but does it really have an impact on PURE gaming. (editing wise, the ryzen would be better, I know that due to the 6/12 core - thread count) Here are the links:

Ryzen
https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/VWc6zM

Intel
https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/8wr9m8

Just to note, I am in NZD currency and nothing else 😀


So my Question

Is getting an i7 7700(non-k) a good choice? And is there anything I would need to change in the INTEL build apart from the GPU? (as I already have that, and probably wont change it out until late 2018 - mid 2019 considering the benchmarks I have seen).


USES:

- Gaming
- Editing
- Streaming
- Mid - High Quality Recording at 60FPS

Thanks for the answers in advanced!

 

[atomicWAR]

If your game streaming and editing I would say the Intel build is the last thing you want. Intel's i7 7700 is to light on cores and threads for this. Ryzen shines under these workloads when you have more cores/threads at least. So yeah you want the 1600 build. Everything looks good for that build BTW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jludqTnPpnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LMGOq_PbVQ

 

[cryoburner]

If you're not in a hurry, it is worth pointing out that Intel will likely be launching their new 6-core i5s and i7s relatively soon. It's likely that they'll offer better lightly-threaded performance than AMD's current chips, though without hyperthreading at the i5 level. AMD's chips might still offer better performance per dollar though, and the increased competition could encourage them to reduce the price of the 1600 a bit further.

Either way, I would probably hesitate to build a quad-core system right now with these new hexa-cores around the corner.

 

[atomicWAR]

^ not a bad point. Coffee lake is just around the corner. But yeah just say no to quad cores for gaming! Quads are baaaaad, mmmmk!

 

[cryoburner]

I don't know if I'd say they're "bad", since they're what most modern mid to high-end gaming systems currently have, and most developers will likely make sure their games run well enough on quad-core processors for a while still. I do think that if 6 cores start to become the norm for newer gaming systems, we might see more games optimized to make better use of those extra cores within the next year or two though. And of course, if you're streaming or running other software while gaming, those extra cores could help maintain performance even in games designed with four cores in mind.

 

[MyFortify]

If you're not in a hurry, it is worth pointing out that Intel will likely be launching their new 6-core i5s and i7s relatively soon. It's likely that they'll offer better lightly-threaded performance than AMD's current chips, though without hyperthreading at the i5 level. AMD's chips might still offer better performance per dollar though, and the increased competition could encourage them to reduce the price of the 1600 a bit further.

Either way, I would probably hesitate to build a quad-core system right now with these new hexa-cores around the corner.

Summing this up (including the last message you wrote), Intel wouldn't be the best option right now due to the 4 cores soon about to come outdated for future games and it would possibly be better to go with Ryzen or wait and see if coffee lake has a more bang for your buck kind of situation comparing to Ryzen itself?

(just a quick question, would it be better to buy the parts all at once rather than 1 by 1 (including if there is a really good deal, because here in NZ we have a thing called TechXpo coming up on August 11 - 13th [August 10-12th for you guys] and there are going to be price reductions for many parts of the PC, would it be wise to buy something from there as well? Or should I leave it, thanks.)

 

[atomicWAR]

Either way on buying parts. I prefer all at once but to each their own. As for Intel yeah their 4C CPUs are just a tough sell these days IMHO especially when streaming games. So yeah Ryzen would be the smart route or waiting for coffee lake to launch this fall.