Intel core i9 or i7????

[Mathew798005]

Hi so I'm looking into Building a pc and for the CPU I don't know what to get I either want a intel core i9 lowest tier model or highest end intel core i7 processer  maybe you guys can shed some light on what CPU I should get and well I guess thanks 

 

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 ok so obviously I don't want an i5 with a GTX 1080 but still r7 and 7700k out of them I might actually get a 1800x from Ryzen AMD  but only prob is the ram some ram doesn't work with ryzen so intel is still in my head but I might go for ryzen or if I wanted to I could just wait for thread ripper from ryzen

Edited June 28, 2017 by Mathew798005

[Damascus]

What do you want to do? I'd get the lowest i9 or an r7 1700 personally.

[DrMacintosh]

tbh what you need is a Ryzen 7 CPU, not Intel. 

[rn8686]

Purpose of PC? If you need the cores, Ryzen will be much better value. Otherwise if just gaming, R5 or 7700k. 

[Mathew798005]

Prob just gonna get thread ripper from AMD or the i9 but then Ima pair it up with a GTX 1080 or a 1070  

[SamuelJE]

If it's for gaming. Take Linus' (and my) advice, get a i5. You need nothing more. If it's for content production or render or something along those lines, I would recommend a high end i7 over the newer i9 series, because the supported platforms and support in general is much much more mature on the i7 series.

[107x]

4 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

Purpose of PC? If you need the cores, Ryzen will be much better value. Otherwise if just gaming, R5 or 7700k. 

disagree is you just gaming 7700k is quite overkill, plus 7700k temps are ridiculous for just gaming you can get away with r5 or i5 along with anything greater i do not recommend the 7700k 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, SamuelJE said:

If it's for gaming. Take Linus' (and my) advice, get a i5. You need nothing more. If it's for content production or render or something along those lines, I would recommend a high end i7 over the newer i9 series, because the supported platforms and support in general is much much more mature on the i7 series.

no, Ryzen is the way to go now, i5s are not worth it anymore. 

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, SamuelJE said:

If it's for gaming. Take Linus' (and my) advice, get a i5. You need nothing more. If it's for content production or render or something along those lines, I would recommend a high end i7 over the newer i9 series, because the supported platforms and support in general is much much more mature on the i7 series.

No, i7 is better for gaming, but Ryzen is still better anyway

[Ordinarily_Greater]

Intel's Price Per Performance is more expensive than AMD Ryzen, i think it is silly their Chips are expensive due to their research on the chips.

 

what about AMD that thinks hardly for five years to make this beautiful journey of theirs, they do not make their chips or graphs expensive! So is intel lying about their research on their chips? I guess it is the marketing strategy haha.

 

remember the Athlon xP times with pentium 4 that they come close enough, i like the times that they are struggling to reach higher clocks than before, trying to 2GHz is already amazing. Pentium 4 does the clock higher than AMD

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, 107x said:

disagree is you just gaming 7700k is quite overkill, plus 7700k temps are ridiculous for just gaming you can get away with r5 or i5 along with anything greater i do not recommend the 7700k 

I agree it can be overkill, hence why I included the option of R5. It can still be good though, important for high refresh rate gaming. 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

no, Ryzen is the way to go now, i5s are not worth it anymore. 

A.K.A i5 is out of the ring!

except if they want to bid the price to the i3 or R5 1400 level

[Mooshi]

Lowest i9 is a CPU with its legs cut out beneath it. You're basically paying for a 7600/7700k matched with a chipset too much for it to handle.

[Rune]

Basically, if you have to ask: you don't need an i9. Almost everyone would be grand with either a 7700k or an 1800X depending on what you are doing.

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

A.K.A i5 is out of the ring!

except if they want to bid the price to the i3 or R5 1400 level

nope, we have hyperthreaded Pentium now.  

[SamuelJE]

3 minutes ago, JDE said:

No, i7 is better for gaming, but Ryzen is still better anyway

It may be "better", but certainly not for price. And assuming a price performance stance is one you would take by the fact you recommend Ryzen then surely you would agree, i5 for gaming. But you're right... AMD Ryzen all the way

[Daniel Z.]

Gaming-Only

High-End: 7700k

Midrange: Ryzen 5 (1400 or 1600, the X models aren't worth it)

Low-End: Pentium G4560 or Ryzen 3 when it comes out.

 

Multithreaded stuff and Gaming

High-End: Ryzen 7 1700

Midrange: Ryzen 5 1600

Low-End: nothing is good here really

[Daniel Z.]

i9 is pointless, Ryzen 7 is good for multithread while ThreadRipper will be even better, 7700K is the champ for gaming

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, Daniel Z. said:

Gaming-Only

High-End: 7700k

Midrange: Ryzen 5 (1400 or 1600, the X models aren't worth it)

Low-End: Pentium G4560 or Ryzen 3 when it comes out.

 

Multithreaded stuff and Gaming

High-End: Ryzen 7 1700

Midrange: Ryzen 5 1600

Low-End: nothing is good here really

FX 8350 HAHAHA

[Ordinarily_Greater]

2 hours ago, Daniel Z. said:

i9 is pointless, Ryzen 7 is good for multithread while ThreadRipper will be even better, 7700K is the champ for gaming

Intel calls the functionallity of i9 is megatasking, and it is meant to be the extreme i7s