7609k vs 7700k

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As others have said, it's best you instead go for a Ryzen 1600 or Ryzen 1700, especially since you're gaming at 4K. Mostly you'll only get a little above 60 FPS at 4K with a mainstream GPU, maybe a 120 at most. For this purpose, a Ryzen CPU will trump over the 7700K and the 7600K both due to its competitive price as well as future-proofing. A Ryzen 1600 has 6 cores and 12 threads, costs less than a 7600K, comes with a good stock cooler, and is overclockable even with cheaper B350 motherboards.

The higher clock speeds of the Intel CPUs will only benefit at high refresh rates, i.e., at 144 FPS or greater. At 4K, you'll rarely be getting such FPS, plus all 4K monitors are only 60 Hz, so your monitor can't show more than 60 FPS anyway. So...
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I'd pick Ryzen over an i5 so the real question is Ryzen or i7.

At 4k the cpu is less important, your only needing to achieve 60fps and 60fps @ 1080p takes the same cpu work as 60fps @ 4k. Resolution doesn't impact cpu load.

The 7700k only shows its muscles at high fps which you won't be doing at 4k. I'd opt for a Ryzen 1600 or 1700 build.
 
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As others have said, it's best you instead go for a Ryzen 1600 or Ryzen 1700, especially since you're gaming at 4K. Mostly you'll only get a little above 60 FPS at 4K with a mainstream GPU, maybe a 120 at most. For this purpose, a Ryzen CPU will trump over the 7700K and the 7600K both due to its competitive price as well as future-proofing. A Ryzen 1600 has 6 cores and 12 threads, costs less than a 7600K, comes with a good stock cooler, and is overclockable even with cheaper B350 motherboards.

The higher clock speeds of the Intel CPUs will only benefit at high refresh rates, i.e., at 144 FPS or greater. At 4K, you'll rarely be getting such FPS, plus all 4K monitors are only 60 Hz, so your monitor can't show more than 60 FPS anyway. So it's best you go for a Ryzen CPU, pair it with a B350 or X370(depending on budget) motherboard, and use the stock cooler(if it is a non-X chip). You can overclock as well if you want to, but then it's best you get an aftermarket cooler for better results.

Either way, for 4K gaming, a Ryzen will win over both the Intel CPUs you have mentioned, not just in performance but in value as well as future-proofing. '

If you still insist on the Intel CPUs, get the 7700K, because the hyperthreading might help the CPU last a tad bit longer in games.
 
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a B350 or X370 actually depends on whether OP's planning to SLI or not and whether the extra features worth the extra $

so if u're not planning on SLI i rather suggest OP to buy the B350
 
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Yes, that's a deciding factor as well. Just thought that was a separate topic not worth mentioning here, but yeah that's the main difference between B350 and X370 - multi-GPU support on B350 is quite...limited, to say the least. For any kind of multi-GPU, an X370 is a much better choice.
 
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Appreciate feedback from you guys! Well I am contemplating upgrading not because I chose to at this point but because my 4690k and possibly my mobo is ko! I somehow stupidly shorted the one of the 290x when putting back the stock cooler! I am looking at a single card solution with the 1080ti
 
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