i5 7600K vs i7 7700

rstuart11 · Mar 27, 2017

Kind of an odd question but I have found no answers to it. Should I go with an i5 7600K and overclock it with an air cooler to most likely upwards of 4.5 Ghz, or should I go with an i7 7700 at stock, but use the hyperthreading. I'm planning on using it for games as well as everyday tasks like school work, and I don't know if the extra threads will help at all versus the faster clock speed. Thanks!

Ali Tauseef · Mar 27, 2017

7700 will out perform the 7600k. So go for 7700.

captaincharisma · Mar 27, 2017

if you can, then go for the I7 7700 or 7700K if you plan on overclocking. the i7 would be better for future proofing your build

rstuart11 · Mar 27, 2017

captaincharisma :

Well besides the thought of future proofing, would anything I use now actually benefit more from a higher thread count than clock speed?

rstuart11 · Mar 27, 2017

Ali Tauseef :

But not in all applications, especially if I overclock the i5. And not to mention the i7 is $60 more.

captaincharisma · Mar 27, 2017

rstuart11 :

if money is no object then the 7700 is the way to go. the 7600K is still a good CPU. you said you were going to be gaming with it so an I7 would be best for gaming

chemmajorp53 · Mar 27, 2017

Depends on what games you're playing. Right now, you'll actually get more performance out of the i5, but modern games are starting to use 6 threads and future ones might use more. It's a personal decision. Did you factor in the additional cost of the motherboard for a K series processor? Because you should be buying a B250 board if you get the i7 7700.

Ali Tauseef · Mar 27, 2017

Not getting what you mean by most tasks. You're mainly using it for gaming and the 7700 performs better, if money isn't a problem then get the 7700 and if you care than get the 7600k, simple.

chemmajorp53 · Mar 27, 2017

The 7600k is faster in 95% of games currently out than the 7700 is, not sure what you're talking about. If money isn't a problem then you might as well get the 7700k

rahul.hotkar.3 · Jan 15, 2018

Help Please Urgent !!

if i go with i5 7500 or 7600k than i would get an GTX 1080

if i go with i7 7700k i must settle with an GTX 1060 / GTX 1070

i will be mostly gaming on 1440p or 2160p (settings could be high to very high)

and i am very tight on budget can't go even 10$ more.

Thanks

antonio.parrot · Jan 17, 2018

rahul.hotkar.3 :

The CPU and the GPU must be balanced. An approximate measure is the price. The GPU should cost approximately 150% of the CPU at least. Otherwise, the CPU will be excessive. The combination GTX 1080 and i5-7600K is better.

selenaanderson3387 · Jan 17, 2018

Go for K series processors they are fast and had much room for overclocking.

rahul.hotkar.3 · Jan 17, 2018

i am going with i5 8600k now , is it worth ? because it's 100$ more spending and i am ready to spend , so i5 8600k and GTX 1080 ? will bottleneck ?

antonio.parrot · Jan 17, 2018

i5 8600K is perfect for gtx 1080. Anyway, remember that you will need a Z370 motherboard for it.

rahul.hotkar.3 · Jan 18, 2018

yes and that's pretty costly destroying my budget.

selenaanderson3387 · Mar 1, 2018

i7 7700k and 1070 would be a great combo go for it after all 1070 is best of its kind and secondly with k series processor you can overclock it to a great extent.

rahul.hotkar.3 · Mar 1, 2018

i've got 1080 Ti with i5 6600k playing on 4k with zero bottleneck and to be honest sometimes especially in witcher 3 heavily populated areas cpu touches 100% but doesn't shutter at all. getting 55 - 60 fps constant.

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