Looking For Pure Gaming Single Thread Beast

[RanKing7]

Hello,

So, I think I know which direction to go but I want to make sure before I pull the trigger.

I play World of Warcraft and other online multiplayer games. As we know, these capitalize most on single thread performance. I am on X99 6 core i7 at the moment and it doesn't cut it for these applications.

As a result, I have decided to build a dedicated gaming rig as opposed to having an "all-in-one" editing and gaming rig. As a result, I want to go with a pure gaming CPU with beastly sing threaded performance.

This has lead me to online benchmarks which still shows the 7700k as holding strong on this front pretty much shattering everything else.

Before I pull the trigger on this chip, this is the way to go -- correct?

 

[geofelt]

Today, the strongest single thread performance will come from a well binned I5-7600K or a I7-7700K which has been overclocked.

As of 6/19/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.3 samples exist, unknown % of occurence
5.2 16%
5.1 27%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%

I7-7700K
4.9 83%
5.0 62%
5.1 29%
5.2 6%

The source for these statistics is silicon lottery which sells binned chips for a premium.

 

[RanKing7]

Today, the strongest single thread performance will come from a well binned I5-7600K or a I7-7700K which has been overclocked.

As of 6/19/17
What percent of samples can get an overclock
at a vcore around 1.4v.
I5-7600K
5.3 samples exist, unknown % of occurence
5.2 16%
5.1 27%
5.0 52%
4.9 72%

I7-7700K
4.9 83%
5.0 62%
5.1 29%
5.2 6%

The source for these statistics is silicon lottery which sells binned chips for a premium.

Beautiful. And I am assuming this is still the best high-end purely gaming chip for other games as well?

 

[Embra]

7700k is the best cpu for gaming presently.

 

[Hellfire13]

Kabylake X is here...

https://hothardware.com/news/intel-core-i7-7740k-breaks-records-gigabyte-aorus-x299-motherboards

 

[Phaaze88]

Actually, it's the x299 7740x. Problem is, kaby lake-x is gimped much too hard to be worth the investment. But if you really, REALLY prioritize clock speed over price that much, go for it, otherwise the 7700k that the others are suggesting will be the better option.

 

[Hellfire13]

Well, he wanted pure clock speed supremacy.

 

[Phaaze88]

Well, he wanted pure clock speed supremacy.

I know, but it doesn't hurt to mention the downsides. There's a point to be made in taking things too far beyond a reasonable excuse. Compared to the 7700k, the 7740x makes little sense beyond offering an upgrade path.

Personal opinion, I'd suggest the 7800x. With the current tech, 5ghz is looking to be 'real world' speed cap, and there's very little gain going beyond that until the next big breakthrough. The 7800x should be capable of 5ghz as well, plus has more resources available to it than the 7700k(+2c/4t). Sure, the OP may not have a use for those extra cores/threads... at least not right away. Should high clock speeds become a common thing, then it'll come down to resources. For me, it's more about longevity. I'd prefer to go 5+ years w/o having to upgrade, so grabbing a little extra will take me further.

Ugh, I can be so long-winded at times... sorry.

 

[Hellfire13]

Makes sesne, but then pure max clocks goes out of the question which was the OPs first priority.
For longevity I would rather switch to Ryzen.

 

[Phaaze88]

Yea... best to keep it simple.
@OP: the 7740x is what you want.
With the bargain that Ryzen offers, the 'upgrade' path with x299(starting with 7800 going up), and 6c/12t coffee lake around the corner, I see little reason to suggest 7700k to anyone anymore.

 

[Hellfire13]

Good read... https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/intel-core-i9-skylake-x-specs