Gaming Build Needed

[Ravendarat]

Ok I’m looking at building a tower, I currently have a Corsair rm850 power supply, a 2080 ti and a 35 inch ultra wide Acer predator (the non 4K version). This will be a strictly gaming pc, I don’t use the computer for anything else besides that and then day to day stuff like web browsing, YouTube etc. I have two builds I put together on pcpartpicker, one using intel and one using amd. My question is which is gonna be better for my purposes and is there a good reason to instead maybe hold off and wait for the new amd chip in the fall.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	$304.97 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Thermaltake - Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium Edition 42.34 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$196.80 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$279.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$279.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$134.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$84.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Thermaltake - View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case	$184.89 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1486.42
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1466.42
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-30 16:10 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$399.79 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Thermaltake - Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium Edition 42.34 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$196.80 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - MEG Z390 GODLIKE EATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$570.86 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$309.99 @ Newegg
Storage	HP - EX920 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$174.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$84.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Thermaltake - View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case	$184.89 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1922.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-30 16:12 EST-0500

I'm incredibly indecisive so any and all opinions are welcome. Also I might do a custom loop in the future but for now I’m gonna just do the cpu cooler

[Cyberspirit]

For only gaming, Intel is the way to go because they have faster single-core performance.

If you can wait for a little AMD's new CPU lineup should be announced in CES next year (January 8-11) but, if you need it right now then, just go with Intel.

 

[Ravendarat]

I have a gaming laptop right now, I am wanting a tower system now so I’m not really starting with anything besides the parts listed above, 

 

Ya Cyberspirit, that’s what I was hearing, I’m not in a hurry so I’ll see what gets announced, if the new amd is as good as the rumors maybe I’ll go that route, I can always resell the 2700x down the road