Given price difference I7 8700k vs Ryzen 7 1800x

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vasco.martins.drummer

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Hello guys!

I know that there are a lot of topics on this already, but I’d like to expose my situation anyway. My current rig is:

FX-8320
Asrock 970 Pro3 2.0
R9 270
8GB DDR3
EVO 850 250gb + 500gb hdd

I’m looking into upgrading my setup and can’t decide which cpu to go for. I mainly use it for gaming and some ocasional Cubase audio recording (drums in my band)

The options are:

Ryzen 7 1800x (330€) + Asus Rog Strix B350-F Gaming (118€) = 448€

or

i7 8700k (390€) + Asus Prime Z370-A (185€) = 575€

I have no intention of OC’ing and will, along with these 2 parts, buy 8gb ram and a new GPU later on, as soon as prices go back to normal. Either a GTX1060 or GTX1070.

Is this 127€ difference noticeable in terms of gaming (1080p, best settings possible)? Should those 127€ be invested in the 1070 with the ryzen, or i7 and 1060?

Or any other possible combinations. I’m no expert in this subject.

Thanks!
 
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ragnar-gd
I'd wait for the complete line of the new Ryzen 2xxx to be in shops, that will help you to decide, or may at least improve prices.
The 1060 is absolutely ok for FullHD Max Details.
Save the money to go for 16GB RAM, and, perhaps, an even bigger SSD.
High prices will stay until Q3, so the augures say.
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I'd wait for the complete line of the new Ryzen 2xxx to be in shops, that will help you to decide, or may at least improve prices.
The 1060 is absolutely ok for FullHD Max Details.
Save the money to go for 16GB RAM, and, perhaps, an even bigger SSD.
High prices will stay until Q3, so the augures say.
 
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ikaz

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Have you thought about maybe going to a i5 8400-8600 series instead of i7 if your just gaming ? I upgraded from same FX 8320 to an i5 8400 and saw the difference right away (though I have a GTX 1070). I choose non-k since I wasn't going to OC and the chip can boost to 3.6+ depending on the cores in use. The 8th i5 have 6 cores and 6 thread, the i7 basically have 12 threads (so 6 extra) most games won't take advantage of the extra threads (or more than 4 cores) not sure about your audio software.
 
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