Rejoining the Master Race

[Klipstan]

This will be my re-entry into the PC gaming arena. I will be using it for gaming and my wife will be editing videos, from time to time, for work using Camtasia and Vegas. Should I spend the extra money on an i7-8700K to get HT? Is there any benefit to PC-3000 or should I save $10 and get PC-2666? The 1TB drive is for local storage and I have a home built NAS for bulk and redundant storage.  

Thanks in advance for the constructive advice.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/srkVxY

[Lurick]

Swapped the 8600K for the 8700K, the extra threads are worth it for sure.

The RAM is fine, you'll get some performance improvement up to about the 3200MHz mark so that's fine

I would highly suggest a Blu-Ray player instead of a drive, but I left the drive in there.

Swapped the monitors to a single G-Sync monitor instead since you can't take advantage of FreeSync.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($399.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($38.59 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($151.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($167.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($117.60 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($564.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake - Suppressor F31 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($88.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Pioneer - BDR-211UBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($117.88 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($514.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2283.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-15 09:50 EDT-0400

[D Levy]

imo, you can't go wrong with the 8700K. the faster ram will help with 3D and NLE renders and with gaming.. but you could get by just fine with the 2666 ram.

[Klipstan]

Thank for the reply. I forgot to mention that the second monitor is there for video capture of a program that runs full screen at 1080 as my wife is using other software on the main monitor. 

[D Levy]

This paints a pretty good picture on why 8700k > Ryzen 1700 for gaming

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-1700/3937vs3917

 

And will work fine for light NLE and capture work. 

The extra cores from the slower 1700 will only help with NLE a bit.

I think the 8700k makes up for that with base clock alone.

 

Would have to see an actual NLE based test though to be sure.

[TheOriginalHero]

14 minutes ago, L.Lawliet said:

Why not Ryzen 7 1700 instead of 8700k?

8 Core 16 Threads will help and u'll get the benefit from faster ram as well

Its a gaming/editing machine. I7 is better suited