I7 6850k or 1800X (i7 is cheaper)..which 1

cheese slice999 · Jun 21, 2017

in the uk x99 cpu's have dropped in price. I want to buy 1 of the following..

Ryzen : 1700 = £295
1700X = £350
1800X = £420

Intel : 6800k = £348
6850k = £405

ill spend £200 on a motherboard..
main uses will be gaming on a 1440p g sync ROG monitor.
I do want to record and render videos to you tube. I own 2 x gtx 1080's.

Which cpu should i choose? thanks

SENOR BURTOS · Jun 21, 2017

the 1800X is a waste of money, so is the 6850K

the 1800X is an OC'd 1700X for much more money

And the 6850K is a slightly OC'd 6800K for much more money as well

The R7 1700 would be a wise choice, in case you are doing some really heavy rendering.

Otherwises all those CPUs are too much for you, For gaming and normal editing I'd get the R5 1600 day and night

Mikeandike · Jun 21, 2017

In my personal opinion, I would recommend a ryzen 1700 not the X version, I do not believe the extra premium for 100mhz is worth it when the cost could go into a better cooler. The 1700 will get to 3.9-4.0 ghz with adequate cooling as well. Also the 1700 will do fantastic for rendering videos for YouTube given its architecture. Also at $280 US. its a steal. Finally, ryzen seems to like 1440p gaming but as of recently, its gotten better with bios updates.
the i7-6800/6850k just doesn't seem to be worth the cost of the whole thing with an x99 mobo when you can get a 1700 and a x370 board for much cheaper!

Phaaze88 · Jun 21, 2017

Well, since you say that you're more focused on gaming, the 1700x(the better value) - the 1800x if you're not on a tight budget.
The 6800 and 6850 are starting to get old, aren't they? You'd probably get just as much out of a 7700k build(cheaper) - just saying, as for me, I'd rather get the newest tech that I can afford.

feelinfroggy777 · Jun 21, 2017

I would go with the 6850k because you will have more PCIe lanes. Since your running SLI this is a no-brainer, go for the extra PCIe lanes.

I am in a similar situation with the same processor, but I am gonna wait and see what Threadripper looks like cause the 10 core threadripper chip should be priced just ahead of the R7 1800X with 2 more cores and 64 PCIe lanes.

SENOR BURTOS · Jun 21, 2017

feelinfroggy777 :

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=5960X+tomshardware&oq=5960X+tomshardware&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i60l3.10143j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rctaLgK5stA

It's been demostrated that the extra PCIe lanes give absolutely no difference when doing 2-way SLI, only in 3 and 4-way

feelinfroggy777 · Jun 21, 2017

SENOR BURTOS :

I have seen that Linus video before and it is very good and accurate. However, it is several years old and the bandwidth of the cards has moved up with Pascal. See the new high bandwidth bridge for example.

Here is an interesting article with some links to some good information that is a little bit more current related to bandwidth information. The article is dated 2014, however it is updated as the links in the bandwidth sections are from 2016.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/197327-the-sli-information-guide/

Anyone who wants to go SLI should read that article first, as it paints an honest picture of SLI expectations.

However, there is also more value of having more PCIe lanes than just higher bandwidth for SLI. What about multiple NVME SSDs, Sound Cards, and Wifi Cards? If you already have 2 video cards both running at 8x, then there is only room for one PCIe SSD with the Ryzen chip. This is not some attack on the AMD chips either, they can now compete with intel. This is why I will wait on Threadripper because the new Skylake X chips do not look good.

SENOR BURTOS · Jun 21, 2017

feelinfroggy777 :

I have seen that Linus video before and it is very good and accurate. However, it is several years old and the bandwidth of the cards has moved up with Pascal. See the new high bandwidth bridge for example.

Here is an interesting article with some links to some good information that is a little bit more current related to bandwidth information. The article is dated 2014, however it is updated as the links in the bandwidth sections are from 2016.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/197327-the-sli-information-guide/

Anyone who wants to go SLI should read that article first, as it paints an honest picture of SLI expectations.

However, there is also more value of having more PCIe lanes than just higher bandwidth for SLI. What about multiple NVME SSDs, Sound Cards, and Wifi Cards? If you already have 2 video cards both running at 8x, then there is only room for one PCIe SSD with the Ryzen chip. This is not some attack on the AMD chips either, they can now compete with intel. This is why I will wait on Threadripper because the new Skylake X chips do not look good.

Yeah but we really don't know if he is going to use those things.

Also, the $200 price premium is not worth it to me. Maybe we can wait for threadripper to come out and see what happens then

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