Which build should i choose?

[Daniel_525]

So i was originally thinking about getting a Ryzen 5 1600 with a RX 580 for my new gaming pc. With the mining craze and the stock issues with the RX 580 i thought of maybe buying the same cpu with a GTX 1070.

But today a found a prebuilt pc with a discount of about 500 usd, originally costing about 1730 usd. It has a GTX 1070 with an i5 7400. This is in norway by the way. For reference, the ryzen build with an rx 580 would cost me about 1170 USD, while the prebuilt pc would cost me 1240 usd.

Is the extra money worth the upgrade? Or will the i5 bottleneck the 1070 so much that it wont be worth it?

 

[CRITICALThinker]

The i5 will not bottleneck the 1070, however you give up a lot of CPU power trading the 1600 for the i5. Ryzen has all but killed i3 and i5 tbh.

EDIT: The 1070 and 1600 would be a great combo if you can swing it, I plan on getting a ryzen 2 cpu to go with my 1060 when that eventually happens

 

[Daniel_525]

The i5 will not bottleneck the 1070, however you give up a lot of CPU power trading the 1600 for the i5. Ryzen has all but killed i3 and i5 tbh.

So what do you think would perform better overall? An i5 7400 with a 1070 or a R5 1600 with a 1060 6gb?
Cause I can't switch the i5 since it's a prebuilt system

 

[CRITICALThinker]

For gaming, GPU is the most important so 1070, if you plan on doing any cpu heavy work then the i5 will hold you back slightly. the 1600 is also unlocked because overclocking is fun 😀

 

[sizzling]

Personally I see Ryzen as a better investment, the 4 threads of the i5 make it look a little dated now as games start to use more threads.

 

[Daniel_525]

Personally I see Ryzen as a better investment, the 4 threads of the i5 make it look a little dated now as games start to use more threads.

So you would go with R5 1600 and a GTX 1060?

 

[Dragos Manea]

The ryzen will hold you for 5-8 years, but the i5 would not hold another 3 years.

 

[sizzling]

If my money then I would go R5 1600 & GTX 1060. I don't know how long that i5 will last but my expectation is the 1600 should last longer.

 

[maxalge]

Personally I see Ryzen as a better investment, the 4 threads of the i5 make it look a little dated now as games start to use more threads.

So you would go with R5 1600 and a GTX 1060?

for gaming specifically go for the i5 setup with the 1070


you have an upgrade path to the i7 7700k and a much better gpu



no amount of extra cores will close the gap between a 1060 and a 1070

 

[CRITICALThinker]

^^ thats about the best advice here, tbh they are both good options, but it is completely dependent on use case. Sorry for not giving a straight answer