Best single core performing CPU under $500

[nope-not-yes]

I was going to buy a i7-7700k for gaming, most games depend on the cpu's single-core performance rather than multi-core because no one cares.

I was comparing the i7-7700k to the new ryzen 7 1800x and they're twins except the ryzen 7 1800x has a $500 price tag while the i7-7700k has a lesser

I do not care about the fact that the multi-core performance KO'ed the i7-7700k, I am not going to host a server (I don't care about multi-core performance)

[Electronics Wizardy]

7350k if your only running one or two threads.

 

What server are you running?

[nope-not-yes]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

7350k if your only running one or two threads.

 

What server are you running?

... please read I said i wasn't hosting any servers, I will be gaming on the PC

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, nope-not-yes said:

... please read I said i wasn't hosting any servers, I will be gaming on the PC

for gmaes get a 7700k then. You need about 4 cores there days for games.

[HKZeroFive]

If you're purely gaming, the i7 7700K is going to be the best choice.

[Spuriae]

"Best" is probably a black market Kaby Lake engineering sample i7 with all but one core and thread disabled running on a prototype of the yet unreleased Gigabyte Z270X SOC LN2 on a custom bios with non-k overclocking under liquid helium (and hey, if you stole all of the above it's probably under $500).

 

Realistically get a 7700k; games depend on a whole lot more than just single core performance. 2 cores/4 threads at 5GHz does quite a bit worse in most games than 4 cores/4 threads at 3.5GHz.