Ryzen 5 1600x or Ryzen 7 1700?

[nz_nAJ]

I am a content creator. I am thinking of an AMD build. I see in couple of reviews that Ryzen 5 1600x is quite similar to Ryzen 7 1700 in question of performance. As I am going to build a budget PC so saving some penny will help me.

 

So the Ryzen 5 1600x will be better than Ryzen 7 1700?

Or 

Ryzen 7 1700 will be good option for content creator?

Sorry for my bad English.

Your recommendation will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[nekro]

 Ryzen 7 1700 if i was you! more core more threads will ne more usefull to use. But maybe a cheaper 1600X according to your needs could be a better option.  Everything is based upon what uses you will have with the cpu and your budjet. If you have the money go grab the 1700!

[Brooksie359]

the r7 1700 has two extra cores so it get about a 33% increase in performance when compared to the 1600x in mutithreaded applications. if you are doing content creation those extra 2 cores would matter but the question is will the 33% increase in performance be worth it for you for the price increase? this is also under the assumption both cpus are overclocked to around the same frequency 

[DrMikeNZ]

The 1700 would be by far the better value. If you don't want to get the 1700 and need to save a bit of money, I would recommend dropping down to the 1600, it is cheaper than the 1600X and comes with a cooler. Overclocking Ryzen CPUs to get the same performance of their more expensive higher clocked counterparts is a trivial process of trial and error that takes only a small time investment.

[nz_nAJ]

2 hours ago, nekro said:

 Ryzen 7 1700 if i was you! more core more threads will ne more usefull to use. But maybe a cheaper 1600X according to your needs could be a better option.  Everything is based upon what uses you will have with the cpu and your budjet. If you have the money go grab the 1700!

I will do video editing, graphics design and photo editing most.. sometimes I will do some AutoCAD that's all. So what you really think to go with now?