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Ryzen 7 1700X VS i7-7700K

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I want to upgrade my current build, I have an nVidia 1070, an SSD, a 2TB HDD, Power supply, and a Disk drive. So I would like to upgrade (buy) a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and CPU liquid cooler. My entire build revolves around what CPU I get and I have looked at so many benchmarks and videos and still can't decide between the Ryzen 7 1700X or the Intel i7-7700K any help would be appreciated. I am using the PC mainly for gaming, but I will on occasion mess around with FL Studio and my Midi Keyboard.

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whats your current cpu? if its better than a 3770 i recommend you staying put for now.

7700k is a t iny bit better than a 1700x, and you dont need the extra cores yet, since all you're doing is mainly gaming.

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Go for 7700k if you main purpose is gaming

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FL Studio wont tax either CPUs. If you're gaming, the 7700K still king. It's also a more stable platform for the time being.

The 7700K is also likely to overclock a lot better than the 1700X.

There is no way to tell which will end up being the better CPU 3 or 5 years down the line but as of now, for gaming and light content creation, the 7700K will do just fine.

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If you play on more than 60Hz then the 7700k would be better but if you are at 60 or 75Hz I would just go for the R7 1700.

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Don't get 1700x but 1700 pretty much the same OC capability for cheaper.

 

What CPU do you have right now?

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What resolution?  What target framerate?

 

Unless you're aiming for high refresh rate (120 Hz+) constant FPS then Ryzen is the better choice.  That said, a R5 1600 or 1600X is probably the better buy over the 8 core variants for the vast majority of people.

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I currently have an A10-7800 quad core at 3.1 GHz, I upgraded the RAM to 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws but they are only DDR3.

 

Off of a recommendation from a friend I have actually been considering selling all of my current set up and the three laptops I have and I would get the Razer Blade Stealth with the the Razer Core: https://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth#ultrabook-desktop I would get the 4K with the 512GB SSD, and I would keep my nVidia 1070 for the Razer Core, after selling everything that I have I would only be spending $300-$400 compared to the $700-$800 I would spend just to upgrade my current desktop.

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That seems like a bad idea unless you really need the probability of a laptop as the razor core get about 70% of the performance of whatever gpu you put in there. I would honestly take a laptop with a gtx 1070 internally over the external gpu option.

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i7 7700k is great for gaming, but it pains me that you will mostly likely need to delid it, if you want to play with OC at all.

However, I can't argue about gaming performance on i7 7700k. At least for now.

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7700k is best for gaming but it's a firebreather you may see 90-100C temps if you overclock it without delidding.

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