Question What CPU to choose

[LeviTech]

Hi all.
Between Ryzen 5 3600 and I7 8700k what should I pick? It's not to OC.

Thank you.

 

[LeviTech]

Hi all.
Between Ryzen 5 3600 and I7 8700k what should I pick? It's not to OC.

Thank you.

 

[egda23]

For doing what ?

 

[LeviTech]

For doing what ?

Casual gaming, streaming app's and office stuff.
Some light programming too.

 

[_ThunderClap_]

It depends upon the graphics card u are paring it with. If u plan on putting an RTX 3000 series card or any that requires PCI-E gen 4(u can find this out on Techpowerup site) then go with Ryzen as it has PCI-E gen 4. If not then u can also go with a i7.

 

[LeviTech]

It depends upon the graphics card u are paring it with. If u plan on putting an RTX 3000 series card or any that requires PCI-E gen 4(u can find this out on Techpowerup site) then go with Ryzen as it has PCI-E gen 4. If not then u can also go with a i7.

For the Ryzen is a R9 380 and for the I7 it's a GTX 1050 ti.

 

[_ThunderClap_]

For the Ryzen is a R9 380 and for the I7 it's a GTX 1050 ti.

Then both combinations are okay. Choose according to which graphic card u want to use either the r9 380 or gtx 1050 ti

 

[kurdtnz]

What is your PC mainly going to be used for, gaming? workstation? etc What other components are you planning on getting, gpu? etc

 

[LeviTech]

What is your PC mainly going to be used for, gaming? workstation? etc What other components are you planning on getting, gpu? etc

Hi.
All the questions are stated aboved.

 

[geofelt]

They are comparable.
Both have 12 threads.
8700K might be slightly better for gaming because of a better single thread performance, but the 3600 will do better for streaming.
For office stuff, you want a ssd above all.
The graphics cards are comparable.
I would not be inclined to buy either.

 

[LeviTech]

And I think another point is the DDR4 speeds, for the 3600 it can go to up 3200Mhz since 8700k only go in normal conditions 2666mhz, right?

 

[hotaru.hino]

And I think another point is the DDR4 speeds, for the 3600 it can go to up 3200Mhz since 8700k only go in normal conditions 2666mhz, right?

Intel officially lists up to 2667, but it mostly depends on the motherboard.

I had a i7-6700 run on DDR4-2667 even though Intel lists it as being compatible up to DDR4-2133.