What cpu is the best????

[ManosMax13]

Which is better for gaming and general use of the computer i will also edit videos someetimes.

I7 8700K 5ghz

R7 2700x stock cooler 

16g ddr4 3200

gtx 1080

 

I know that the i7 8700k to 5ghz is better but is it worth the price especially for an aftermarket cooler to reach 5 ghz i am in a tight budget so please help.All opinion will be highly appreciated!

[williamcll]

Well if you are on a budget then get the 2700x, its 70USD cheaper according to amazon.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Well if you are on a budget then get the 2700x, its 70USD cheaper according to amazon.

Well if on a tight budget the 2600 or even the 1600 are also good choices.

[ManosMax13]

3 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

Well if on a tight budget the 2600 or even the 1600 are also good choices.

I can afford one of the two but is there

such a huge difference.

13 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Well if you are on a budget then get the 2700x, its 70USD cheaper according to amazon.

 

[Vek1313]

21 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Well if you are on a budget then get the 2700x, its 70USD cheaper according to amazon.

Most recent prices according to PCPartPicker?

[ManosMax13]

1 minute ago, UnleashedPride said:

Most recent prices according to PCPartPicker?

Yeah but which is better for the general use and gaming preformance???

[MilitantCro]

2 minutes ago, ManosMax13 said:

Yeah but which is better for the general use and gaming preformance???

General use Ryzen, Gaming the 8700k

[ManosMax13]

Just now, MilitantCro said:

General use Ryzen, Gaming the 8700k

ok tanks

[Vek1313]

Just now, ManosMax13 said:

Yeah but which is better for the general use and gaming preformance???

The 2700x has made gains in the gaming department over it’s predecessor 1800x. That being said, in gaming, the 8700k is still the king. In overall use, workstation wise, the extra cores of the 2700x have been putting up better numbers than the 8700k. In single threaded performance, the 8700k is on top. They are all slight margins and both are very comparable chips. If you’re main focus is gaming and FPS, then I’d go 8700k. If gaming and FPS isn’t your top priority, maybe because of your monitor’s refresh rate, then I’d go 2700x. Either way both CPUs are great. 

 

8700k is a better overclocker so if you think that is something you want to do by getting a higher tier cooler in the future then there is that as well.

[ManosMax13]

1 minute ago, UnleashedPride said:

The 2700x has made gains in the gaming department over it’s predecessor 1800x. That being said, in gaming, the 8700k is still the king. In overall use, workstation wise, the extra cores of the 2700x have been putting up better numbers than the 8700k. In single threaded performance, the 8700k is on top. They are all slight margins and both are very comparable chips. If you’re main focus is gaming and FPS, then I’d go 8700k. If gaming and FPS isn’t your top priority, maybe because of your monitor’s refresh rate, then I’d go 2700x. Either way both CPUs are great. 

 

8700k is a better overclocker so if you think that is something you want to do by getting a higher tier cooler in the future then there is that as well.

 

3 minutes ago, MilitantCro said:

General use Ryzen, Gaming the 8700k

 

22 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

Well if on a tight budget the 2600 or even the 1600 are also good choices.

 

31 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Well if you are on a budget then get the 2700x, its 70USD cheaper according to amazon.

Thanks for everything just one last question will the i7 8700k oc to 5ghz win in general use even from the ryzen 7 2700k in stock cooler.

[Vek1313]

I’d recommend checking out videos like this on Youtube: 

 

A quick Youtube search of 2700x vs 8700k will bring up lots of results for reviews that might make it easier, from them showing benchmark results.

 

[ManosMax13]

I have seen such videos but they dont say r7 2700x vs i7 oc 5ghz the videos are about stock speeds

4 minutes ago, UnleashedPride said:

I’d recommend checking out videos like this on Youtube: 

 

A quick Youtube search of 2700x vs 8700k will bring up lots of results for reviews that might make it easier, from them showing benchmark results.

 

OH This has the i7 5ghz can u pls  pls find me another one of these videos.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, ManosMax13 said:

 

 

 

Thanks for everything just one last question will the i7 8700k oc to 5ghz win in general use even from the ryzen 7 2700k in stock cooler.

It will not oc to 5ghz without a delid.

[ManosMax13]

1 hour ago, Some Random Member said:

It will not oc to 5ghz without a delid.

It will with a 280mm liquid cooler.

[DarkSmith2]

5 hours ago, Some Random Member said:

It will not oc to 5ghz without a delid.

Mine did, but its luck of the draw, i guess.

But temps of it arent satisfying without delid, even at stock settings. God damn Intel toothpaste.

8 hours ago, ManosMax13 said:

 

I know that the i7 8700k to 5ghz is better but is it worth the price especially for an aftermarket cooler to reach 5 ghz i am in a tight budget so please help.All opinion will be highly appreciated!

Well i dont regret my purchase, but i guess you will be fine either way. Both are great CPU's. Just wouldnt go with AMD if i would want to play competitively on 1080p resolution, high refresh rate Monitors. I kinda wanna upgrade to a 240hz Monitor since ive bought my 8700k. God damn so much more stuff to buy >.<

 

What happened is, when i play pubg, the 144fps limit sometimes hits 145fps i dont know why, and then i get tearing and visual stuttering(?) because im exceeding my monitors refresh rate without having gsync, so i have to use fastsync/v-sync and this sucks because i cant maintain 144fps all the time and get different input lag LUL (with a GTX970 d'oh). No problems in CSGO with 600fps though.. ^^

[TahoeDust]

The 8700k @ 5GHz will give you the better general use performance.  The individual cores are much faster and so few general use scenarios will use more than the 6 cores the 8700k gives you.

 

The single core cinebench score of a 2700x @ 4.2 GHz is ~175...a 8700k @ 5GHz is ~215.  That is a MASSIVE per core performance advantage.

[DarkSmith2]

43 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

The single core cinebench score of a 2700x @ 4.2 GHz is ~175...a 8700k @ 5GHz is ~215.  That is a MASSIVE per core performance advantage.

220+ per core and 1650+ all cores on the 8700k if done good and not having slow RAM.

 

wanna see 5.2?

[Emberstone]

14 hours ago, Some Random Member said:

It will not oc to 5ghz without a delid.

That isn't true at all.