Ryzen 5 1600 vs ryzen 7 1700 vs i7 7700 non K for 1080p gaming pc

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Hello guys i'm confused whitch cpu to buy for my new gaming rig. I'm confused between these cpus: ryzen 5 1600 vs ryzen 7 1700 vs i7 7700 non K for 1080p gaming. I'll combinate these cpus with gtx 1060 6gb.

ryzen 5 1600 or ryzen 7 1700 both with MSI B350 Tomahawk with Kingston hyperX 2x4GB 2400 mhz or 3000/3200 mhz RAM and worth it to pay little bit more for more RAM frequency. For now i dont plan to buy any aftermarket cpu cooler. Also can i OC to 4.0 GHZ or 3.9GHZ with stock cooler without and problems?

I7 7700 non K with MSI b250 Mortar with Kingston HyperX 2x4GB 2400mhz and stock cooler.

My question is whitch of these 3 cpus are better for gaming, i dont plan to stream or record gameplay.

Video cards whitch i want to buy:
MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB
GIGABYTE GTX 1060 G1 GAMING 6GB
Gigabyte GTX 1060 XTREAM GAMING 6GB
ASUS GTX 1060 6GB STRIX edition
Whitch of these video cards have better cooling with low noise and maybe better performance or software?
My currently monitor is 1080p 60hz and i dont want change it!

Games whitch i want to play are: GTA V, Eurotruck Sim 2,CS:GO,The Witcher 3,Ghost Reacon: wild lands, or somothing like this games.

Sorry for english, I'm from Bulgaria! :D

 
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The Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 7 1700 share the same architecture. When overclocked they have the same OC limits. Plus or minus your luck of the draw in the CPU lottery. Which leaves core counts and caches. As the 1700 has more L1 Cache, more L2 Cache, 2 more cores and 4 more threads. It is better for gaming as everything else is equal once overclocked.

For the majority of games. The number of cores won't make a difference. For a few CPU intensive, heavily multi-threaded titles. The Ryzen 7 1700 will pull out ahead of the 1600.

Gaming has shown some benefits with Ryzen using faster memory.

As for an i7-7700 vs an overclocked Ryzen 1700. I'd take the Ryzen. The i7 will do better in some games especially older ones where one or two...
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If you are ONLY gaming, and not streaming, recording, or editing, than get the I7 7700 non K with MSI b250 Mortar with Kingston HyperX 2x4GB 2400mhz and stock cooler.

Right now, games are not taking advantage of the high core and thread counts. However, Intel's chips are more suited for games. Again, this means if you are just gaming, and nothing else.

At this point, it really doesn't matter what GPU you get. Since you are sticking at 60hz, don't expect high end graphics or anything like that. I would look at which every had the higher boost clock and double ball bearing fans.
 
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Tnx for opinion, i will wait for others recommendations :)
 
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i7-7700k can render, stream just fine. It's better for gaming,

Ryzen 7 is used more if you are doing heavy rendering work like CAD, 3D MAX, lots of photoshop.

Ryzen will render it faster than i7-7700k

i7-7700k is still a fast chip.

With your setup I'd go for ryzen 5 1600x, 6 core, cheaper and it will handle anything 1080p+
 
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The Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 7 1700 share the same architecture. When overclocked they have the same OC limits. Plus or minus your luck of the draw in the CPU lottery. Which leaves core counts and caches. As the 1700 has more L1 Cache, more L2 Cache, 2 more cores and 4 more threads. It is better for gaming as everything else is equal once overclocked.

For the majority of games. The number of cores won't make a difference. For a few CPU intensive, heavily multi-threaded titles. The Ryzen 7 1700 will pull out ahead of the 1600.

Gaming has shown some benefits with Ryzen using faster memory.

As for an i7-7700 vs an overclocked Ryzen 1700. I'd take the Ryzen. The i7 will do better in some games especially older ones where one or two core performance is paramount. But the Ryzen has better multi-threaded performance. If the trend continues with games using more threads. The Ryzen will have better performance and a longer useful life. If we were talking an i7-7700K overclocked. I'd take the 7700K but there is a big difference between 3.6Ghz and a potential of 5Ghz.

Really all these performance differences are when using something like a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at a 1920x1080. You aren't likely to see much of a difference between any of these options using a GTX 1060 at 1920x1080 or a faster GPU at higher resolutions. You'd realize better performance with the Ryzen 1600 paired with a GTX 1070 than a Ryzen 1700 plus GTX 1060. It's too bad Crypto mining has pushed up GPU prices.

As for the stock heatsink. It can work for overclocking. But it won't do as well as a heavier duty aftermarket option.
 
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Ryzen 1600 non x with stock cooler.
Best price / performance ratio on the market.

Run it at 3.8ghz (easily dome with the spire) & you'll get indistinguishable performance from a locked i7 with a 1060 at $70-80 less
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Also far more future proof IMO , & guaranteed 4 year socket lifetime.
 
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As pointed out by madmatt the ryzen 1600 is the Best Bang for the buck out there at the moment, with the GTX 1060 at 1080 you wont see any difference between the i7, r5 and r7 i Would get the r5 1600 and save a few buck to go with maybe a GTX 1070 or better.
 
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gtx 1070 is too expensive for me
 
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