Ryzen 5 vs Ryzen 7

[Guest Storm10]

Do you prefer Ryzen 5 1600X or Ryzen 7 1700?

[WereCat]

Depends...

[bgibbz]

Depends on the use. 1700 for video rendering and streaming,1600x for gaming. 

[LHJKO]

well i prefer ryzen 5 because its cheap 

[PCGuy_5960]

It depends on what you use your PC for, if you are building a gaming PC, you should get the 1600 (non X) and a better GPU. If you are building a PC for editing, the 1700 is a no brainer

[suits]

1700 for streaming, content creation, and gaming on games that make use of CPU core/thread count. Ryzen 1600x for the same thing but not so intensive and easier on the budget. But i beleive all of the reviews so far say that the 1600 OCs to the same 4.0 as the 1600x. Just something to consider.

[Guest Storm10]

@WereCat, @bgibbz, @PCGuy_5960, @suits. What should I use for gaming, editing, and streaming?

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Storm10 said:

What should I use for gaming, editing, and streaming?

Ryzen 7 1700, it is much better for streaming while gaming and for editing videos.

[suits]

1 hour ago, Storm10 said:

@WereCat, @bgibbz, @PCGuy_5960, @suits. What should I use for gaming, editing, and streaming?

Honestly both will be good. R7 will be a little better and streaming and editing. Both should be about equal in gaming. 

[Conan1600]

this is a wallet decision. both are good and both will serve the purpose. one will go somewhat beyond the other for productivity. if money is not an issue go big or go home, if your budget is limited and it will be the difference between a better GPU or other system components and you can live with reduced productivity on large scale projects then by all means feel secure with a 1600, both will make you happy

[WereCat]

9 hours ago, Storm10 said:

@WereCat, @bgibbz, @PCGuy_5960, @suits. What should I use for gaming, editing, and streaming?

The R7 1700 will be better but the R5 1600(X) will be good enough if you don't do these that much often.