What would be the best CPU for my computer? Want to spend about 300-400 USD

[nfreebury98]

I plan on getting a new motherboard, RAM and CPU. so whatever fits the Graphics card and CPU Cooler best i will be getting. Thank you

Specs as of right now:
CPU: AMD 8350 OC'ed to 4.5

CPU Cooler: Corsair H115
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Hybrid

 

[alexoiu]

An option would be the Ryzen 1700x.

 

[jgustin7b]

I believe the 8th gen i5 series will do you well, so you can pick from there. With the appropriate mobo and ram, you should be futureproofed for some time...of course, not forever.

 

[velocityg4]

Is this $300 to $400 for just the CPU? Does it also have to include the motherboard and RAM? If so, how much RAM?

If it is just for the CPU. Get the i7-8700K. I suppose you could get an i7-7800x or i7-6850K if you wanted more PCIe lanes. They don't OC as well and are far more power hungry.

 

[jgustin7b]

As the previous user mentioned, is this a package deal (mobo, ram cpu) within the mentioned budget or just the cpu? If it’s the package deal, I may need to work around your system.

 

[Bob125484]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html

 

[nfreebury98]

Is this $300 to $400 for just the CPU? Does it also have to include the motherboard and RAM? If so, how much RAM?

If it is just for the CPU. Get the i7-8700K. I suppose you could get an i7-7800x or i7-6850K if you wanted more PCIe lanes. They don't OC as well and are far more power hungry.

I have been thinking of doing the 8700k but wanted to go on here and see what other peopls thoughts were, i think the 8700k would be a good processor for quite sometime. The $300-$400 would be CPU only btw

 

[nfreebury98]

As the previous user mentioned, is this a package deal (mobo, ram cpu) within the mentioned budget or just the cpu? If it’s the package deal, I may need to work around your system.

$300-$400 just for CPU, I will then figure out what motherboard and RAM after i figure out what CPU.

 

[velocityg4]

Is this $300 to $400 for just the CPU? Does it also have to include the motherboard and RAM? If so, how much RAM?

If it is just for the CPU. Get the i7-8700K. I suppose you could get an i7-7800x or i7-6850K if you wanted more PCIe lanes. They don't OC as well and are far more power hungry.

I have been thinking of doing the 8700k but wanted to go on here and see what other peopls thoughts were, i think the 8700k would be a good processor for quite sometime. The $300-$400 would be CPU only btw

The 8700K is the best in that price bracket.

You aren't doing anything to justify getting an i7-7800x. It'll just add PCIe lanes you have no need for. It'll just be tougher to cool. Plus add a lot to the motherboard budget.

As for any Ryzen CPU. They can't touch an 8700K in gaming performance. Ryzen still wins in a few heavy workstation tasks. Not by much. If the i7-8700K and Ryzen are both overclocked. Those difference likely disappear. If you are doing heavy duty rendering or other heavily multi-threaded tasks. Ryzen is the better choice. For everything else the i7 is better.

 

[jgustin7b]

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I couldn’t agree more

 

[nfreebury98]

Is this $300 to $400 for just the CPU? Does it also have to include the motherboard and RAM? If so, how much RAM?

If it is just for the CPU. Get the i7-8700K. I suppose you could get an i7-7800x or i7-6850K if you wanted more PCIe lanes. They don't OC as well and are far more power hungry.

I have been thinking of doing the 8700k but wanted to go on here and see what other peopls thoughts were, i think the 8700k would be a good processor for quite sometime. The $300-$400 would be CPU only btw

The 8700K is the best in that price bracket.

You aren't doing anything to justify getting an i7-7800x. It'll just add PCIe lanes you have no need for. It'll just be tougher to cool. Plus add a lot to the motherboard budget.

As for any Ryzen CPU. They can't touch an 8700K in gaming performance. Ryzen still wins in a few heavy workstation tasks. Not by much. If the i7-8700K and Ryzen are both overclocked. Those difference likely disappear. If you are doing heavy duty rendering or other heavily multi-threaded tasks. Ryzen is the better choice. For everything else the i7 is better.

Thanks a lot, I think overall i will go with the i7 8700k mostly because im going to be doing gaming but also i do some youtube and render videos, but like you said if you overclock it will make the rendering quite similar. Rendering videos at 1080p isnt to bad using a 8700k, id get the Ryzen if I was rendering at 4k though. Thank you once again

 

[velocityg4]

Thanks a lot, I think overall i will go with the i7 8700k mostly because im going to be doing gaming but also i do some youtube and render videos, but like you said if you overclock it will make the rendering quite similar. Rendering videos at 1080p isnt to bad using a 8700k, id get the Ryzen if I was rendering at 4k though. Thank you once again

You're Welcome. Depending on the Codec and software you use. Some of that rendering work will be performed by that GTX 1080. Anything GPU accelerated is many times faster. Take for instance HEVC x265. What takes my i5-3570K 4 hours my GTX 970 will do in 15 minutes.