Ryzen 7 1700 OR Intel i7 7700K?

[Doritojoe]

So i am going to be building a new PC to replace my old amd FX 6300 build, And i have nailed the processor options down to these 2, The Ryzen 7 1700 and the i7 7700k, They both are about the same price range, Even tho the i7 has less cores in benchmarks i have seen they perform about the same, BUT i am leaning more towards the i7 Because they run at lower temps and i will be doing alot of overclocking, i mostly play games not much content creating (BF1 Overwatch Doom etc) So what do you guys think? (Please don't start any amd is better then intel or intel is better then amd fights) Thank you  

[Princess Luna]

I would go with the ryzen 7 1700 because it isn't much behind in gaming but it is miles ahead in content creation and since it has the double of cores and threads it will stay relevant for longer.

 

Just keep in mind you need 3000+mhz ram to make ryzen as good as it can get.

[EPPHO]

I am pretty sure Ryzen runs less hot than 7700k

[Stevoisboss]

2 minutes ago, Doritojoe said:

So i am going to be building a new PC to replace my old amd FX 6300 build, And i have nailed the processor options down to these 2, The Ryzen 7 1700 and the i7 7700k, They both are about the same price range, Even tho the i7 has less cores in benchmarks i have seen they perform about the same, BUT i am leaning more towards the i7 Because they run at lower temps and i will be doing alot of overclocking, So what do you guys think? (Please don't start any amd is better then intel or intel is better then amd fights) Thank you  

totally depends on what you are doing with it. 

[Nergale]

In general, Intel for gaming, AMD for content creation. Atleast in that price range.

 

 

[Stevoisboss]

2 minutes ago, Nergale said:

In general, Intel for gaming, AMD for content creation. Atleast in that price range.

 

 

Ryzen 7 is good for both and I definitely wouldn't segregate them based on brand. Separate them based on cpu. 

[cj09beira]

there is no way to respond to this without amd vs intel ;-)

it depends on what you do

if you only game don't do multitasking, or you Need every-single frame as fast as possible, and you are fine with your cpu utilization being high during gaming then get the i7

if you have various programs open at the same time, you game and have a video on the side and other general multitasking and productivity stuff get the r7

[WereCat]

Personally, I would just get the R7 1700.

Yes, the i7 has better IPC and higher clock speed which makes it better in games but will that be any real benefit to you? R7 1700 is fast enough for games and a lot better for other tasks.

Unless you want to push 240FPS for 240Hz 1080p monitor I wouldn't really worry about it.

 

No, i7 is NOT cooler. In fact, it runs quite a bit more hot and consumes quite a bit more power.

[MrJarhead]

4 minutes ago, cj09beira said:

there is no way to respond to this without amd vs intel ;-)

it depends on what you do

if you only game don't do multitasking and you are fine with your cpu being at 100% during gaming then get the i7

if you have various programs open at the same time, you game and have a video on the side and other general multitasking and productivity stuff get the r7

is this a joke? an i7 at 100% usage in gaming? please dont talk rubbish. battlefield 1 is known for taking the piss out of i5s but my i7 reaches 80% usage max over 2 cores.

[Princess Luna]

By the way now that I saw you want to overclock? then you need a ryzen 7 since the i7 7700k is not meant for overclocking.

[AnalogCanavity]

Depends on what your doing and I would go with the 1600

[cj09beira]

1 minute ago, MrJarhead said:

is this a joke? an i7 at 100% usage in gaming? please dont talk rubbish.

in many games the utilization is pretty than high, 

i could have worded it better, one sec

[MrJarhead]

1 minute ago, cj09beira said:

in many games the utilization is pretty than high, 

i could have worded it better, one sec

i dont know what games youve been looking at because i play games like battlefield 1, battlefield 4, witcher 3 etc and my cpu usage is never high enough to cause concern.

[Princess Luna]

3 minutes ago, cj09beira said:

in many games the utilization is pretty than high, 

i could have worded it better, one sec

Assassins Creed Unity makes an i7 7700k gets maxed out if you put NPC Amount to Ultra

[Nergale]

I myself have to admit that I went for the Ryzen 1700 when I had the exact same choice. And I didn't regret it, but thats just my personal opinion.

[Doritojoe]

1 minute ago, Nergale said:

I myself have to admit that I went for the Ryzen 1700 when I had the exact same choice. And I didn't regret it, but thats just my personal opinion.

I will be going with the Ryzen 1700, Thanks everyone for the feedback!

[cj09beira]

Just now, Nergale said:

I myself have to admit that I went for the Ryzen 1700 when I had the exact same choice. And I didn't regret it, but thats just my personal opinion.

i will wait for the updated version on 14nm+ that will show up late this year or in the next year (probably next year), i am hopeful that it might bring better clocks.

[MrJarhead]

12 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Assassins Creed Unity makes an i7 7700k gets maxed out if you put NPC Amount to Ultra

Probably because that game like the most of them was poorly made.