Overclock or not (Noob question)

[Lazorsnipes]

I have never overclocked and I am planning a new build for photo/video editing and some gaming. Only going to game at 1080. So do I go with Ryzen 1700 or i7 6700, 7700? Thanks for the help!

[rn8686]

Unless you really need the cores, Zen isnt very good for gaming (Especially 1080p), it would be better to get a 6700/7700 instead. 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

Unless you really need the cores, Zen isnt very good for gaming (Especially 1080p), it would be better to get a 6700/7700 instead. 

i agree, i would go with 7700 for gaming 6700 is not worth getting for few dollar less. 

[Lazorsnipes]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

Unless you really need the cores, Zen isnt very good for gaming (Especially 1080p), it would be better to get a 6700/7700 instead. 

So should I go with older 6700 or Kady Lake 7700. Also do you need an aftermarket cooler or is stock ok?

[Lazorsnipes]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i agree, i would go with 7700 for gaming 6700 is not worth getting for few dollar less. 

What chipset?  B250 or H270?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Lazorsnipes said:

What chipset?  B250 or H270?

b250 for 7700 

[rn8686]

Just now, Lazorsnipes said:

So should I go with older 6700 or Kady Lake 7700. Also do you need an aftermarket cooler or is stock ok?

7700k if you can pay a little for for a new B250/H270 motherboard (Unless you have a old skylake CPU to update a H170/B150/H110 which you probs dont), but they both perform very similar anyway. Stock will be fine if your not OC'ing, just a little louder. 

[Lazorsnipes]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

b250 for 7700 

I appreciate the advice. What GPU?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Lazorsnipes said:

I appreciate the advice. What GPU?

rx480, you can pick one up for 200 usd or less if you look around. 

[Lazorsnipes]

4 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

7700k if you can pay a little for for a new B250/H270 motherboard (Unless you have a old skylake CPU to update a H170/B150/H110 which you probs dont), but they both perform very similar anyway. Stock will be fine if your not OC'ing, just a little louder. 

Louder? I want a silent machine!!

[rn8686]

Just now, Lazorsnipes said:

Louder? I want a silent machine!!

Its not that loud, but aftermarket coolers are quieter. If you are willing to pay more for a bit less noise, go for it, but it wont improve performance any. 

[Lazorsnipes]

I am trying to build for editing and some gaming, looking to play space citizen, but that's the only AAA game I am looking at. I have a $2000 budget and don't need KB, Mouse or Monitor. Probably should post on New Builds, but I wanted to see what CPU to get first. And is OVerclocking worth all the effort??

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

Just now, Lazorsnipes said:

I am trying to build for editing and some gaming, looking to play space citizen, but that's the only AAA game I am looking at. I have a $2000 budget and don't need KB, Mouse or Monitor. Probably should post on New Builds, but I wanted to see what CPU to get first. And is OVerclocking worth all the effort??

these days getting a good overclock isn't really hard most of the time you just hit the ez overclock option in the bios and it gets you a decent overclock with no hassle

[YedZed]

Has anyone pointed out to OP yet that 6600k and 7700s and so on don't come with stock coolers? You need an aftermarket cooler.

[Lazorsnipes]

2 minutes ago, Alaradia said:

these days getting a good overclock isn't really hard most of the time you just hit the ez overclock option in the bios and it gets you a decent overclock with no hassle

So the 7700k and a Z270 mobo would be better? I saw on LTT an all copper air cooler that was pretty cool but I can't remember what it was. 

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

Just now, Lazorsnipes said:

So the 7700k and a Z270 mobo would be better? I saw on LTT an all copper air cooler that was pretty cool but I can't remember what it was. 

yes if your getting a 7700k the z270 would be best also you may want to look at a AIO water cooler if you want it to be quiet or just a really big air cooler something like a noctua NH-D15 would be a good air cooler though it is big 

[mafioso]

I'm running i7 7700 with stock cooler and I can make sure that it's very loud if running at maximum which I do most of the time because I do not want any sudden shutdown at any given time, but if you'd run it at 50% or lower, using the silent profile coming with the BIOS settings, it's pretty fine anyway.