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New Builder; CPU choice assistance please!

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By Flobo
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I'm building a computer that will be used for mostly gaming and streaming (with OBS) and maybe some Premiere and Photoshop but not as the main uses for it. I was looking for thoughts on AMD vs Intel and then within that I've specifically been looking at the i5-10600k vs the i7-9700k and then the R5 3600 vs R7 3700x. All under the CA$450 price range where I am.

(Also GPU will be a 1660ti I'm pretty sure)

 

Appreciate any advice in advance!

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What's the budget for your entire build? Having $450 allocated for a CPU and ~$400 allocated for a GPU seems like a pretty weird choice, especially for a gaming-focused system.

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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I would wait for a 5600x

I could use some help with this!

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prior build:

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10 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

What's the budget for your entire build? Having $450 allocated for a CPU and ~$400 allocated for a GPU seems like a pretty weird choice, especially for a gaming-focused system.

 

Roughly the $1500 area. and okay yeah reading that makes sense that that would be a weird allotment of the budget..

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