I7 8700 OR i-5 8600k for gaming?

[cbranham26]

Doing a new PC build for 1080p 144hz monitor gaming, and am torn between these two. For what it's worth, I don't know how much I'll overclock the K, because I've never oc'd before. Cost is certainly a factor, trying to keep the build under 800 US. Also, I don't play AAA games-I'm pretty basic-Overwatch, maybe some WOW-however I do like streaming on occasion. Going to microcenter in the next week or so, would love to have some good feedback! 

 

Also looking at microcenter-the 8700 is about 60$ more than the K.

[GER_T4IGA]

What GPU?
Just give always us full build specs in case we need more than what you originally thought was necessary

[Princess Luna]

I mean while the i7 8700 is 60$ more pricey it allows you cheap up on motherboard and cooling so all in all the price is the same if not even cheaper with the i7.

 

Either will work specially for not that demanding games.

[Phentos]

For streaming you'll want the extra threads from the 8700. Especially for when/if you want to start getting serious.

[Streetguru]

28 minutes ago, cbranham26 said:

 

An R5 1600 or 2600 because they're a better value due to price .

If you're going to be doing streaming grab an R7 1700, they hover around $200 right now.

[Biggerboot]

If you don't play a lot of triple-A titles you'd honestly be fine with an i5-8400 or Ryzen 2600 - both chips can probably average 200+fps in CSGO and WoW no problem.  The i5 is usually a little cheaper and doesn't need faster ram, but the r5 would be a little better for streaming at the same time.  It won't take a lot to get high framerates for the types of games you mentioned. 

 

But if you do stick to your other choices, I'd say the 8600k would be about 5-15% faster in single threaded performance than the 8700 depending on the overclock, but you give up hyper threading which gives you about another 30-40% in multi-threaded workloads.  Also as mentioned, less you need to spend on cooling and the motherboard, so the 8600k only ends up being marginally cheaper than the 8700.  

[cbranham26]

Sorry my gpu is a GTX 1060 3b. I paid 200$ for it.

[Sg1maniac]

Either way you will need to make sure you have a great cooling system. I personally have a water cooler on my cpu. I like it because the temps never go over 30 degrees Celsius. And that is when stress testing. But make sure the fan blows in instead of out. The air outside of the case is a lot colder than the air inside the case.

[GER_T4IGA]

5 hours ago, Sg1maniac said:

Either way you will need to make sure you have a great cooling system. 

Not for the i7 8700 at stock. A lower tier midrange solution would definitely suffice.

 

5 hours ago, Sg1maniac said:

I like it because the temps never go over 30 degrees Celsius

Yeah, unless you are using a chiller or you are using your whatever-k to write word documents only that is most definitely factually wrong.

 

5 hours ago, Sg1maniac said:

But make sure the fan blows in instead of out

Another general statement for good measure. No, this is not true either. Adjust depending on your setup.

I have seen a watercooling build log in a Meshify C where aquiring cool air from the back side of the case and exhausting it through top was much more benefitial than the other way around. It just all depends on your circumstance. If you have and aircooled GPU and a watercooled CPU you probably should not intake from inside the case.

 

Make such a broad statement and stating it as if it was fact is generally dumb because there can always be cases made against you. Be specific and you won't have this issue.