Ryzen vs Intel?

[Walt]

Hi everyone,

I would like to hear your opinion. 
I am planning on building a new system for a friend but we are not sure to Ryzen or Intel for CPU.

What is better for pure gaming and is future proof?

 

Ryzen 5 1600 vs intel core I5-7600K

Ryzen 7 1700 vs intel core i7-7700K

 

Thanks!

[rn8686]

R5 is better than i5, 7700k is better than R7. 

[MVPernula]

Oh god this is bound to start a war..

[Sir Asvald]

5 minutes ago, Walt said:

Hi everyone,

I would like to hear your opinion. 
I am planning on building a new system for a friend but we are not sure to Ryzen or Intel for CPU.

What is better for pure gaming and is future proof?

 

Ryzen 5 1600 vs intel core I5-7600K

Ryzen 7 1700 vs intel core i7-7700K

 

Thanks!

For gaming only? Ryzen 1600. 

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, MVPernula said:

Oh god this is bound to start a war..

 

not really... AMD is the winner this team... Damn first time I've said something like this.  

[Jurrunio]

R5 1600 wins i5 7600k because high clock speed doesn't beat 2 extra cores and SMT (hyperthreading).

7700k beats R7 1700 because games hardly use 8 cores and clock speed is low.

[Walt]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

R5 1600 wins i5 7600k because high clock speed doesn't beat 2 extra cores and SMT (hyperthreading).

7700k beats R7 1700 because games hardly use 8 cores and clock speed is low.

But will games in the future use more cores/threads?

[rn8686]

2 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

Oh god this is bound to start a war..

Not really, title may not be great but still. OP is asking which product is better, not a debate about the manufacturer. 

[MVPernula]

2 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

R5 is better than i5, 7700k is better than R7. 

R5>i5, yeah I agree on that.

R7 > i7 7700k is harder though, that kinda depends on usage. For purely gaming? Then yes 7700k.

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

not really... AMD is the winner this team... Damn first time I've said something like this.  

AMD made a nice uppercut with Ryzen, honestly

Just now, Jurrunio said:

R5 1600 wins i5 7600k because high clock speed doesn't beat 2 extra cores and SMT (hyperthreading).

7700k beats R7 1700 because games hardly use 8 cores and clock speed is low.

Yeah I guess^

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, Walt said:

But will games in the future use more cores/threads?

Most likely, but we're not going to see happen anytime soon. If game developers decide to do so, most people with still have their old CPUs such as i5's and people with lower end PCs will also struggle. It's already happened with GTA 5. It's requires a minimum of 4 cores, that's why you see some older gen i5 and also the "newer" Pentium dual cores struggled against their newer versions.

[Vedge]

4 minutes ago, Walt said:

But will games in the future use more cores/threads?

It does look like this is the trend. How fast this is moving though is a different question. I'd go with 1600 and put the extra money into the graphics instead

[tom_w141]

16 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

R5 is better than i5, 7700k is better than R7*. 

When speaking strictly gaming*

 

@Walt

 

If it were me I'd get the 1600 and spend the extra ~ $130 on the GPU which will make far more difference.

[wildgg]

18 minutes ago, Walt said:

Hi everyone,

I would like to hear your opinion. 
I am planning on building a new system for a friend but we are not sure to Ryzen or Intel for CPU.

What is better for pure gaming and is future proof?

 

Ryzen 5 1600 vs intel core I5-7600K

Ryzen 7 1700 vs intel core i7-7700K

 

Thanks!

no such thing as future proof

 

R5 1600 over i5 7600k

i7 7700k over R7 1700

 

I M O

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

If it were me I'd get the 1600 and spend the extra ~ $130 on the GPU which will make far more difference.

100% agree, you can get a Ryzen 5 1600 with a GTX 1080 for the same price as a 7700K with a GTX 1070. We all know which combo will perform better in games

[tom_w141]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

GTX 1070

Good luck with that. 1070's are the highest tier GPU using GDDR5. 1080 and upwards use GDDR5X which doesn't perform as well as GDDR5 when mining. Hence why you can't get a reasonably priced 1060 or 1070 and how I sold my 1070 for more than it cost new.

 

EDIT: Price gap for a 1080Ti and 1070 right now in the UK is £150 lmao. Thanks for the upgrade miners

[rn8686]

6 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

When speaking strictly gaming*

 

25 minutes ago, Walt said:

What is better for pure gaming and is future proof?

 

[tom_w141]

Just now, rn8686 said:

 

 

Yes and all I did was clarify, chill  The most important content of that post was the lines below that part.

[wildgg]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

100% agree, you can get a Ryzen 5 1600 with a GTX 1080 for the same price as a 7700K with a GTX 1070. We all know which combo will perform better in games

that would depends on the game OP uses. i can 100% tell you a game like csgo a 7700k with 1070 would perform better.

also resolution is a big factor.

[ravenshrike]

The answer is quite obviously either of the Ryzen's because the OP asked about future proofing. In 5-7 years he could drop in the latest AM4 chip and be good for another 5 years with only the GPU needing to be upgraded.