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Stoned Snorlax
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I'm currently working on upgrading my PC I'm trying to figure out what CPU to get.. I've got my eyes on the I-7 7700K 

I mainly play games like ARMA3, star citizen, H1Z1

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If you are at 1080p then the 7700k is probably the best you can get right now. Arguably though the 7600k is nearly overkill for gaming though at a cheaper price. I prefer the hyperthreaded cores because it gives you just a wee bit of more leeway if you are running things in the background. 

 

Once you step up to 1440 and especially 4k the processor is a wee bit less important so you can stack more cores at a slightly slower speed with out giving up performance in most games. In those cases a 6 core intel will do just fine and once Ryzen is properly optimized for you will see similar results. 

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I'm getting the 1080 ti and a 4k monitor 

So you recommend the I7 7600k

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Definitely the I7-7700k

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40 minutes ago, Stoned Snorlax said:

I'm getting the 1080 ti and a 4k monitor 

So you recommend the I7 7600k

7700k.

Nothing.

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35 minutes ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

i7-7700k with a Corsair H115 AIO Cooler

The H115 is junk. All the AIO's are. I can not believe how many people have been sold into that marketing hoopla.

 

OP - i7-7700k for 1080p gaming.

I7-7700k@5.1ghz + 1080ti @ 2050mhz + 32gbs Ram + 2TB SSD = CSGO

i7-6700k@4.9ghz + 980ti @ 1501mhz + 16gbs Ram + 1 TB SSD = Backup

i7-3770k@4.8ghz + 680 4gb + 32gbs Ram + 500gb SSD = Retired/Office work

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37 minutes ago, Radiant said:

6700k, will also hold for a few years and is more than enough

In all the comparisons and gaming benchmarks I've seen, the 6700K and 7700K are achieving virtually identical frames in various configurations and games.

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pentium extreme edition !

 

You'll be fine with a 6700k or 7700k at this point in time.

CPU: Intel i7 7700K | GPU: ROG Strix GTX 1080Ti | PSU: Seasonic X-1250 (faulty) | Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200Mhz 16GB | OS Drive: Western Digital Black NVMe 250GB | Game Drive(s): Samsung 970 Evo 500GB, Hitachi 7K3000 3TB 3.5" | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270x Gaming 7 | Case: Fractal Design Define S (No Window and modded front Panel) | Monitor(s): Dell S2716DG G-Sync 144Hz, Acer R240HY 60Hz (Dead) | Keyboard: G.SKILL RIPJAWS KM780R MX | Mouse: Steelseries Sensei 310 (Striked out parts are sold or dead, awaiting zen2 parts)

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PowerPC G3  300MHz!!!! 

 

Only kidding, 7700K would be awesome for gaming but you don't really need to spend that much money if your just gaming a 6700k would be plenty!!

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Gaming Machine:  Acer Nitro 5, Core i7 10750H, RTX 3060 (L) 6GB, 1TB SSD (Boot), 2TB SSD (Storage), 32GB DDR4 RAM

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