I7 7700k or i5 8600k?!?

joee_howell · Mar 5, 2018

Hi I wonder if you guys can help me, I’m looking to upgrade my pc at the end of this month. I’ve currently got a i7 4770 and gtx 1080, I’m either gonna get an i7 7700k or i5 8600k. I want to know what’s gonna be better in the long run as I don’t want to upgrade for at least another 3-4 years. I’ve looked at loads of different benchmarks and videos but I can’t decide what is gonna benefit me in the long run and not bottleneck my GPU in all games. Also I play at 2560x1440p on a 75hz monitor if that helps

Phaaze88 · Mar 5, 2018

There's going to be a bottleneck SOMEWHERE. You can't completely avoid it.
7700k - 4c/8t = 12
8600k - 6c/6t = 12
The 2 are almost identical, but I'd go with the 8600k simply because it's newer.

captaincharisma · Mar 5, 2018

if you can afford both setups then the 8600K is the way to go just for the fact it has more cores

bicycle_repair_man · Mar 5, 2018

Both CPUs will likely offer similar performance in most cases. The only exceptions will be games that are heavily CPU dependent, such as Battlefield, where the i7 will come out on top. Look at benchmarks for the specific games you play (and want to play) and decide from there.

King_V · Mar 5, 2018

I'd wonder if there's much of a gain to be had going from an i7-4770 to an i7-7700k or i5-8600k at all.

Can anyone confirm? I'm thinking that there'll really only be maybe a few fps change at best.

Phaaze88 · Mar 5, 2018

King_V :

Real world difference between those 3? Not much. The 8700k would have a bigger impact(6 more threads over the other 3), but that'd depend on the application.
For benchmarks though... but this isn't about benchmarks.

@OP: Unless you also consider the 8700k, there isn't much to gain from the 2 choices you listed compared to what you're currently running with. Multitasking and streaming would be a breeze, but you'd also want at least 16gb of ram to go with that.

feelinfroggy777 · Mar 5, 2018

I'd go with the 8600k, mainly because it is just a newer platform. While the 7700k has 8 total threads and the 8600k only has 6 total threads, actual cores are exponentially better than logical cores. So the 6 threads you are getting from the 8600k are much faster than the 8 you get from the 7700k.

Functionally, the chips will perform very similar to each other, but for the long term the z370 platform is the better option. There is an upgrade path with z370, if you go with the 7700k, there is no upgrade.

If it were me and it was my money, I would probably hold on to your 4770 as it is still a very capable CPU. Next gen may be a good time for you to get a new CPU and maybe RAM prices will have gone down by then.

mdd1963 · Mar 5, 2018

As the 8600K outperforms the 7700K in 19 out of 20 games, and costs less, the choice seems...well, not much of a choice at all, really...

8600K....every day.

at 1440P, the difference is less pronounced than at 1080P, but, a slight difference still in favor of the 8600K...and, it costs less.

Eximo · Mar 5, 2018

I went from an i7-4770k at 4.3Ghz to an i7-7700k at 5Ghz. Overall CPU performance difference was around 20%. A stock 4770 would be a few percent weaker to start.

I would say a 1080 at QHD 75Hz is probably going to be fine with a 4770.

Unless you just have the itch to upgrade (I wanted an M.2 NVMe drive myself) Then I would save up for the 8700k to make it worthwhile. Or wait and see if Intel is going to release their Z390 boards and 8 core consumer processors.

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