Ryzen 7 1700 or 1700X?

[Varpin]

Hello!

 

I'm going to upgrade my motherboard to Aorus Gaming K7 X370 AM4 and my CPU to R7 1700 or 1700X. I'm now trying to decide between those two CPUs. 1700 costs 350€ and 1700X 400€. I have the Kraken X52 liquid cooler bought so I wouldn't use the cooler that comes with the 1700. I would OC the CPU, but maybe not the max, at least not yet, because I'm new to overclocking and I don't wanna break anything . My original plan was to use all the money that I have saved up for the 1700X, but now I have been thinking that maybe I should get the 1700 and save 50€ and use it for some cable extension, LEDs or something else to make my setup make little bit nicer. Oh and my GPU is a GTX 1060 6 GB if that information is needed.

 

What do you guys think, which CPU should I get?

 

Thank you!

[Lurick]

Go with the 1700. The two are pretty much the same CPU with roughly the same OC potential so save the money and invest it elsewhere  

[rn8686]

1700, can OC to about the same frequency as 1700x. 

[DrMikeNZ]

If the storage or disposal cost of the stock cooler somehow outweighs the difference in the price of the CPU's, then consider the 1700X.

Otherwise stick with the 1700.

[domandric034]

3 minutes ago, Varpin said:

Hello!

 

I'm going to upgrade my motherboard to Aorus Gaming K7 X370 AM4 and my CPU to R7 1700 or 1700X. I'm now trying to decide between those two CPUs. 1700 costs 350€ and 1700X 400€. I have the Kraken X52 liquid cooler bought so I wouldn't use the cooler that comes with the 1700. I would OC the CPU, but maybe not the max, at least not yet, because I'm new to overclocking and I don't wanna break anything . My original plan was to use all the money that I have saved up for the 1700X, but now I have been thinking that maybe I should get the 1700 and save 50€ and use it for some cable extension, LEDs or something else to make my setup make little bit nicer. Oh and my GPU is a GTX 1060 6 GB if that information is needed.

 

What do you guys think, which CPU should I get?

 

Thank you!

Get 1700, AIO Cooler and overclock it 4 GHz

[Jurrunio]

1700. You can sell the cooler online anyway.

 

BTW, the 1060 6gb seems a little weak with the 1700 for games. It won't be a problem though if playing games is not your only use of the PC.

[PCGuy_5960]

The 1700X has a slightly better memory controller, but if that's not important to you get the 1700

[ILikeBigTree]

if you are only going to game the 1600 or 1600X could be a cheaper option and perform about the same in games but if you have to chose go for the 1700 it's about the same in performance as the 1700X

[DrMikeNZ]

30 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

The 1700X has a slightly better memory controller, but if that's not important to you get the 1700

Ryzen memory controllers are only officially supported to 2666. Even an 1800X could be unlucky on that one.

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, DrMikeNZ said:

Ryzen memory controllers are only officially supported to 2666. Even an 1800X could be unlucky on that one.

I know, but according to G.Skill the X parts can usually get higher RAM speeds

[DrMikeNZ]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

I know, but according to G.Skill the X parts can usually get higher RAM speeds

I wouldn't trust G.Skill when it comes to memory. 

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, DrMikeNZ said:

I wouldn't trust G.Skill when it comes to memory. 

Why?

[Memorizer]

1700. Save money, same cpu, get a free cooler. Next question!

[DrMikeNZ]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Why?

Long stories. But they throw every excuse to reject an RMA claim, some of their DDR3 RAM not containing correct JEDEC settings for stock clock speeds forcing manual configuration of memory speed and timing, and the Trident Z RGB RAM working by write access to the EEPROM corrupting the SPD.