I7 7700K or Ryzen 1700 for Gaming

Ziga Stupar · Mar 2, 2017

Greetings,

im about too buy new PC and have issues with what CPU too buy R7 1700 or i7 7700k price way they are very close 20 euros. I know 7700k is currently best for gaming, but im worried about future becouse i intend too keep CPU for 6 years+ same as im doing currently with i5 760 stock.

so witch CPU would be better for 6+ years for gaming ?

alexoiu · Mar 2, 2017

The Intel one, I'd say:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-cpu,review-33811-12.html

mcnumpty23 · Mar 2, 2017

no way of knowing that

but i dont regret buying a 7700k at all now a impartial ryzen review is out

dark_lord69 · Mar 2, 2017

I'd go with Intel for gaming.
7700K ($349) generally showed better benchmarks than the 1800X ($499).

mcnumpty23 · Mar 2, 2017

just cant tell if games 5 years from now would benefit from as many cores/threads as possible or not

my advice so far at least for the top end ryzen vs intel is still buy intel

but its only my opinion

yobdab · Mar 2, 2017

I actually canceled my 1700x order from amazon. Going for 7700k. Ill be streaming and gaming. So yeah.. I would go for 7700k.

bob long · Mar 10, 2017

Ziga Stupar :

bob long · Mar 10, 2017

The earlier ryzen, not optimized results are out currently the 7700 is better but personally if i were you id wait afew at least afew more months maybe even 6 months or so. The prices on both cpu might come down and also youll get a better idea how much ryzen will improve.

Tho also keep in mind apparently ryzen gives intel its run for its money when it comes to actual work. If you ever intend or end up needing that computer for multi threaded work ryzen will come out being a better value for you considering the game preformance difference is not much and you wouldnt actually notice a difference visually.

Keep in mind optimzation is still something still underway with ryzen in afew months its highly likely that cpu will preform just as good if not better then the 7700k so id say wait and see. In fact i highly recommend waiting 3-6 months and ask yourself if you see yourself using that computer for more then just gaming in the 6 years you dont want to upgrade.

But im somewhat cheap too. If you wait and see approach chances are you can get some free games with your upgrade. Personally my last upgrade i got about 200 bucks in free games. If you are able to get some free stuff and really dont see an advantage of having one cpu or the other. TAKE THE FREE STUFF!

Synergh · Mar 10, 2017

Personally I would go for the 7700k for now, or at least until we know more about the overall performance of the Ryzen CPUs.

Ryzen in its current state hasn't been tested as thoroughly as the skylake CPUs and therefore we have a lot less information about their performance in games and other CPU intensive applications.

If you're willing to wait I would do so, however, you can't really go wrong with a 7700k

Esaelias187 · Mar 10, 2017

amd always brings out these AMAZING processors but somehow intel beats them everytime, i bet the 4790k would give it a run for its money

Synergh · Mar 10, 2017

Esaelias187 :

You are aware that the 4790k is intel? And is also a 2 year old processor. I hardly think that this is a viable option for the OP.

Esaelias187 · Mar 10, 2017

Synergh :

no i know that it is intel i was just giving an example of how superior intel chips are in general

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