Used 7700K or New 8600K

[narnol02]

Found a used Core i7 7700k Processor w/ Asus Strix z270 for $275. Wondering if I should go with that or get a ASUS TUF Z370 Plus w/ Core i5 8600K new for $390.

Would like the new system but for the money wondering if the 7700k would be a better deal. Would have more money for graphics card and ram.

 

[vMax]

Whilst you would have more to spend on the GPU and RAM with the 7700K, moving to the 8th gen with a future upgrade to 9th gen would just swing it for me. so the 8600K....but at the same time, you are getting a very good price on the 7700K and mobo combination...tough one as the GPU makes a lot of difference and will overall make for a faster system than the 8600K with a lesser GPU...tough, tough decision...Still 8600K for me as I would be able to upgrade further down the line on the Z370..and the 8600K is a excellent gaming cpu...

I should also mention that you are only a couple of weeks from the 9th Gen Intel launch, so that might change things for you and amy even bring prices on the 8th gen down a bit..

 

[volkgren]

Depends on if you are willing to spend the extra money sooner or later for a good GPU with the 8600K. I would do that if it were me. You will save money in a few years time when you can simply upgrade to the i7-9700K/i9-9900K instead of having to upgrade the motherboard AND CPU again when the i7-7700K becomes too little of a CPU for modern gaming.

 

[geofelt]

From a performance point of view, both processors are essentially the same for either gaming or multi thread batch processing.

 

[mdd1963]

The 8600K is a tad faster.... but...


That's a *very* darn good price on the 7700K combo, actually...; if it works, it's a great deal, as the benchmarks I've seen with BF1 and BF5 put the 7700K just slightly behind an 8600K on minimum and average FPS...