I need help selecting a cpu

[ant666_2]

Hi I am about to put together a pc for the first time and I'm on the fence about what cpu to get.

The options are

i5 7600k

i7 7700k

R5 1600 (x)

R7 1700 (x)

 

So essentially I have about a £300 budget for a cpu

 I have noidea what to get as the Intel chips run faster and are more efficient but the ryzen apparently preform better in certain use cases.

 

The system is going to be used for gaming with simultaneous streaming. And eventuality my girlfriend wants to start content creation.. Also I may want to start audio recording (can imagine that needs alot though)

 

It's going to be paired with a 1080 or 1080ti. And 16gb ram 

 

Thank you 

[PCGuy_5960]

Get the Ryzen 5 1600, the 7600K isn't worth it. If you want to spend more, get the 1700, because it is better for streaming while gaming.

[ErykYT3]

How many times am i going to say this? lol WAIT FOR COFFELAKE.

[ErykYT3]

Just now, ErykYT3 said:

How many times am i going to say this? lol WAIT FOR COFFELAKE.

But i have no idea how much it is going to cost, i'm actually in the same boat as you right now, same budget for a cpu, but i know nothing about Ryzen. Loads of people are saying to get it over the 7700k though

[Brooksie359]

8 minutes ago, ant666_2 said:

Hi I am about to put together a pc for the first time and I'm on the fence about what cpu to get.

The options are

i5 7600k

i7 7700k

R5 1600 (x)

R7 1700 (x)

 

So essentially I have about a £300 budget for a cpu

 I have noidea what to get as the Intel chips run faster and are more efficient but the ryzen apparently preform better in certain use cases.

 

The system is going to be used for gaming with simultaneous streaming. And eventuality my girlfriend wants to start content creation.. Also I may want to start audio recording (can imagine that needs alot though)

 

It's going to be paired with a 1080 or 1080ti. And 16gb ram 

 

Thank you 

For this use case the ryzen cups are much better. The 7700k is the king when it comes to pure gaming but once you start adding other things to the equation like streaming and content creation the 1700 beats it quite handedly. The r5 1600 is just plain better than the i5 7600k and I would have a hard time suggesting buying a i5 that will be beaten by an i3 in a couple of months.

[Hackoroid]

8 minutes ago, ErykYT3 said:

Well Ryzen is better at multi threaded workloads, perfect for your gaming and streaming.So go for R7 or R5 unless you want prices to go down further.

 

[ant666_2]

So of I just want to game 7700k. Anything else the 1700?

 

And what are the X variants for the ryzen cpus?