i5 vs i7

[Femin Dharamshi]

Should i buy i5 - 7400 with gtx 1080 or i7 7700 with gtx 1070 ?

[79wjd]

R5 1400+GTX1080. 

[AntonChigurh]

1 minute ago, Femin Dharamshi said:

Should i buy i5 - 7400 with gtx 1080 or i7 7700 with gtx 1070 ?

What's your budget?

[ARikozuM]

Get the best you can afford. 7700K with 1070 would make more sense than a 7400 (very weak compared to a 7600K) with 1080.

[AntonChigurh]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

For gaming, Get an R5 1400+GTX1080.

The i5-7400 has better single and quad core speed so it'll be better at gaming

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

The i5-7400 has better single and quad core speed so it'll be better at gaming

An R5 1400 @ 4ghz has better single threaded performance than an i5-7400 at 3.5ghz, and a 7400 runs at around 3.3ghz with all four cores under load, also being beaten by a 1400 @ 4ghz. Not to mention that i5's have terrible frame minimums compared to i7s due to only being 4 cores with no hyperthreading. 

[Princess Luna]

Just now, N1ghtshade said:

The i5-7400 has better single and quad core speed so it'll be better at gaming

No the Ryzen 5 1400 has the double of threads which is what all high end GPUs are craving for since the new APIs and games all are made to utilize further more threads, in terms of "future proof" the 1400 is much superior and the gaming performance is equal to the i5 7400

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, N1ghtshade said:

The i5-7400 has better single and quad core speed so it'll be better at gaming

NO.  i5's are going to obsolete soon

[AntonChigurh]

Just now, Damascus said:

NO.  i5's are going to obsolete soon

Not necessarily. They'll be good for light gaming.

 

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

No the Ryzen 5 1400 has the double of threads which is what all high end GPUs are craving for since the new APIs and games all are made to utilize further more threads, in terms of "future proof" the 1400 is much superior and the gaming performance is equal to the i5 7400

 

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

An R5 1400 @ 4ghz has better single threaded performance than an i5-7400 at 3.4ghz, and a 7400 runs at around 3.2ghz with all four cores under load, also being beaten by a 1400 @ 4ghz. Not to mention that i5's have terrible frame minimums compared to i7s due to only being 4 cores with no hyperthreading. 

Eh you're probably right. And they do? My friend has a 7500 in his setup with an rx 580 and it works beautifully.

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, N1ghtshade said:

Not necessarily. They'll be good for light gaming.

 

 

Eh you're probably right. And they do? My friend has a 7500 in his setup with an rx 580 and it works beautifully.

A 1080 is equivalent to two 580s, so that will make a big difference. i5's are still perfectly capable gaming CPUs, they're just not enough to handle the top end anymore. 

[Damascus]

Just now, N1ghtshade said:

Not necessarily. They'll be good for light gaming.

 

Surebut locked i5s and 1400 are on par in performance and the double threads are super good to have

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

The i5-7400 has better single and quad core speed so it'll be better at gaming

but they're both in the range of "in case of cpu bottleneck, add more anti aliasing because you're above display frequency anyways".

 

as for the games where cpu horses actually make a big difference, they're gonna be a cpu neck anyways, no matter what you buy.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, N1ghtshade said:

My friend has a 7500 in his setup with an rx 580 and it works beautifully.

Good for your friend, just because it works it does not mean it is the best purchase, when someone comes here asking for advice we simply try to tell him the best possible deal for his money which by all means have you not yet realized is not the Kaby Lake i5.

[AntonChigurh]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Good for your friend, just because it works it does not mean it is the best purchase, when someone comes here asking for advice we simply try to tell him the best possible deal for his money which by all means have you not yet realized is not the Kaby Lake i5.

Well I asked his (OP's) budget, but he never replied. If he had said he had the money, I wouldn't have suggested an i5. I would have suggested the 7700k

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Good for your friend, just because it works it does not mean it is the best purchase, when someone comes here asking for advice we simply try to tell him the best possible deal for his money which by all means have you not yet realized is not the Kaby Lake i5.

my friend was very happy with his SLI 760 instead of a single faster card..

 

mostly because he has a corsair 900D, and a single graphics card looks stupid as hell in a 900D

[Thony]

i7-7700  + 1070 is very solid option.

with 1070 you can play on 1080p 144Hz screen in many games. Even 1440p 144Hz for some games.

[Mooshi]

Unlesa you have something like an 2500k laying around, i5s are a bit of a waste for a long term investment.

[jig saw]

I suggest the core i5 7500 it's better than 7400 and not a lot of difference 

as for your options, it depends on your usage and the level of enthusiasm you have and what you play on ( 4K , 2K , Full HD , ultrawide )

i would suggest core i7 7700k and gtx1070 for now if you plan to play on full HD monitor or even 2Kand later upgrade to gtx1080

 

if you plan to but core i5 7600k i think you would have a bottleneck because some games now are more CPU bound ( like BF1 and Mafia 3 )

so I wouldn't go for gtx1080 with a core i5 

 

cheers