What CPU to buy

[iulianpavel12]

Hey guys I wanna buy a new PC and i wanna know your opinon on what CPU to get
I was thinking to get a i7 8700 non k with a b360 motherboard and 2666mhz 16gb rams and a 1070ti/1080.
I'm gonna use the system only to play pubg while streaming it from my 2nd PC .A friend of mine told me not to get i7 8700 and get a lower price one since the performance will be the same.
Do you think the i7 8700 its overkill for PUBG at 1080p competitive settings (low)
and i could get a i5 8500 and get the same fps (around 144hz) and save some money .

 

[why_wolf]

Looks like there is a small difference in performance 4-10fps on ultra and medium settings from review sites I see. Don't see any low settings benchmarks. I see some youtube reviews for low settings looks like maybe on the i7 you can hit 144, the i5 stays in the 130s it looks like. But again that's youtube so I don't put a lot of stock in the quality of those reviews.

So I guess the question is do you want to spend $100 bucks for maybe the 5-10fps difference? At which point its probably more important to ask if you should go with a K model with Z board and simply overclock.

 

[iulianpavel12]

Looks like there is a small difference in performance 4-10fps on ultra and medium settings from review sites I see. Don't see any low settings benchmarks. I see some youtube reviews for low settings looks like maybe on the i7 you can hit 144, the i5 stays in the 130s it looks like. But again that's youtube so I don't put a lot of stock in the quality of those reviews.

So I guess the question is do you want to spend $100 bucks for maybe the 5-10fps difference? At which point its probably more important to ask if you should go with a K model with Z board and simply overclock.

I saw a prebuild PC and i think it's good and has pretty good price
I7 8700 CPU
motherboard Z370P D3 Socket 1151v2
GTX 1070Ti 8GB DDR5 GPU
550W PSU
16GB DDR4 3000MHZ
250gb ssd
1tb hdd
at the price of 1500$

 

[why_wolf]

Looks like $200 markup over self build. Unless prebuilt includes monitor and other stuff.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($103.82 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.15 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.60 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Mini Video Card ($435.36 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1319.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-02 19:56 EDT-0400