advice on cpu amd 3700x or 9700k coming from a oc 7700k

[jakool]

so been rocking a OC 7000k for a while and want to get into a 8core. thought about going 2700x but with 3rd gen Ryzen out figured might as well look at the 3700x. i do mostly gaming but starting to get into streaming and messing around with Linux/coding. ive kinda of talked myself into going AMD over intel because of this but wanted to hear other things

my inital build thoughts as im going to carry over my 1080ti FTW3 card from my current build
AMD https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YqRNXP 1
or
intel https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zxHfYT 1

thoughts ???

[boey]

9700k is best for gaming only

 

if you want to do other stuff(VMs with linux, streaming etc) the 3700x is better because of the 16 threads. it lacks behind in gaming by a few %(varies depending on game but will not matter in anything above 1080p)

 

the build you have should be fine. you might not be able to put the nh-d15's front fan because of ram clearance though, so you'd only have one fan in the middle of both heatsink towers

 

just note that there is absolutely no point trying to oc the 3700x, it reaches pretty much its max clock with stock precision boost

[flibberdipper]

I'd end up going with the 3700X list just because of the fact that it's cheaper than Intel's offering and you're not really losing anything.

[boey]

4 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

I'd end up going with the 3700X list just because of the fact that it's cheaper than Intel's offering and you're not really losing anything.

you'd lose like 5% in certain games, maybe a bigger margin in heavily intel optimised games. 

[MeatFeastMan]

Considering you do a bit of everything, the 9700k is no match for the 3700x. For streaming, the 3700x is as good, if not better than the 9900k (Especially in minimums) and will leave the 9700k in the dust.

 

The 3700x will also last longer into the future. The 9700k will eventually get into a situation where the lack of threads causes horrible stutters in-game. The 3700x won't have those issues. And the 3700x is cheaper.

 

 

 

 

[5x5]

The 3700X is almost the same in games, about 30-50% faster in everything else. It uses l as power than the i7 and also runs cooler. Not to mention you also have an upgrade path. The 3700X is the superior CPU.