I5-4800 or ryzen 5 1600 for a 1070?

[Kissmyanthia]

Both cpus are in my budget just want to know if they will bottle neck at 1080p and if so which one would bottle neck less

[Crunchy Dragon]

Neither one will bottleneck

[just_dave]

The covfefe for 1080p.

Depends on refresh rate.

Ryzen is enough for 120Hz and less.

8400 for anything above

[thejackalope]

This depends completely on what game you're playing. Just get the most powerful CPU you can

[Morgan MLGman]

Watch this:

Both CPUs give you virtually the same performance in games so if you're buying now - go Ryzen, if you can wait then wait for lower-end Coffee lake motherboards to release in early 2018.

[johnukguy]

Ryzen, better performance all round, rather than just for gaming and a clear upgrade path for at least four years, unlike the Intel CPU.

[Herman Mcpootis]

16 hours ago, BlitzThePcSpecalist said:

I would hands down go for the Ryzen chip. It's running a modern architecture and is an all around decent CPU.

Concider having a look at this page before you chose: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4800MQ-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/m3437vs3919

the i5 8400 is also running a modern architecture, and the 4800MQ is completely different from the 8400.

[Coaxialgamer]

I'd go for ryzen due to the lower clocks of the 8400, lack of SMT and locked multiplier. 

Plus the 8400 requires a z370 board atm

[Binder]

ryzen due to 12 threads and upgradability with am4 mobo.

if you have the cash, and want the best of all worlds, go coffee lake i7.

if its strictly for gaming and you dont care to have a shorter "gaming" life span due to 6 threads, and you only care about its gaming performance in the next 2 years or so, i5 is an ok option...would still personally go either ryzen or an i7. i think i5 is kind of a weird choice people make.