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I'm planning on doing a complete system overhaul to my amd fx based gaming pc (finally......) now i don't care about multitasking or synthetic benchmark performance, Which cpu should I get, i7 8700k or R7 1700x? I only care about overclocking and gaming performance (gaming moreso than overclocking) can only spend like $380 max

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I personally would get an i7-8700K(others will almost certainly disagree, but that's just my honest opinion)

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10 minutes ago, mrfluppers said:

I only care about overclocking and gaming performance

Well the 8700k then as the ryzen cpus are far weaker on both fronts

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27 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I personally would get an i7-8700K(others will almost certainly disagree, but that's just my honest opinion)

nobody will disagree it's the best you can buy for gaming. it's not even a price question

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    Zotac RTX 3070 OC
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Just now, SquintyG33Rs said:

nobody will disagree it's the best you can buy for gaming. it's not even a price question

I say that because there are bound to be AMD fanboys here that will say Ryzen is superior, but thanks for the reassurance!

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I say that because there are bound to be AMD fanboys here that will say Ryzen is superior, but thanks for the reassurance!

no ryzen was very much worth it before the coffee lake launch because it brought performance at much lower prices but intel freaked out and launched 3 SKU of their new line to keep their crown. and since they added cores at all levels the i5 are now better than the R5 and same for i3 as long as you can clock them up because intel kneecaps their lower ends chips with stupid low clocks just to make the i7 worth it. but their top chip was always the best gaming option

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    MSI B350M mortar arctic
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    32GB Corsair RGB 3600MT/s CAS18
  • GPU
    Zotac RTX 3070 OC
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  • Storage
    WD black NVMe SSD 500GB & 1TB samsung Sata ssd & x 1TB WD blue & x 3TB Seagate
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    corsair RM750X white
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    1440p 21:9 100Hz
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7 hours ago, mrfluppers said:

I'm planning on doing a complete system overhaul to my amd fx based gaming pc.....I....can only spend like $380 max

Is that CPU only, or $380 for mobo/CPU/RAM?

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Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

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MSI B450 A Pro, Ryzen 5 3600x, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Silicon Power A55 512GB SSD, Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC, Corsair CX430

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