i5-8600K vs RYZEN 7 1800X [Same Price]

[AontaighB]

I am currently building a new system and both are priced about the same as of right now on Amazon. The systems purpose is gaming at 1080P @ 144HZ.

 

RYZEN 7 1800X: https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-YD180XBCAEWOF-8-Core-Desktop-Processor/dp/B06W9JXK4G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511712310&sr=8-1&keywords=ryzen+1800x

Price: £289.99

 

CPU: i5-8600K

Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0759FKH8K/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=AFXON1SGSPLH4&psc=1

Price: £299.99

 

I will be purchasing a Corsair H100i and will be overclocking either or to the limit.

 

Which would be the better choice?

[TurbulentWinds]

3 minutes ago, AontaighB said:

I am currently building a new system and both are priced about the same as of right now on Amazon.

 

RYZEN 7 1800X: https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-YD180XBCAEWOF-8-Core-Desktop-Processor/dp/B06W9JXK4G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511712310&sr=8-1&keywords=ryzen+1800x

Price: £289.99

 

CPU: i5-8600K

Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0759FKH8K/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=AFXON1SGSPLH4&psc=1

Price: £299.99

 

I will be purchasing a Corsair H100i and will be overclocking either or to the limit.

 

Which would be the better choice?

The 8600K for performance now, the 1800X for upgrade path.

[AresKrieger]

For gaming 8600k there is no reason to use ryzen if gaming is the focus.

[Cyracus]

well if you get ryzen I'd suggest the 1700, still have yet to see anything definitively showing any overclocking potential difference to the 1800X outside of the silicon lottery and while I've heard people claim amd is binning based on voltage requirements I haven't seen anything that supports that claim, just get a good mobo like the asus x370 pro (cheap with really good vrms) or the asus crosshair VI hero (twice the price, best am4 vrms on the market) But the ryzen cpus tend to fall short of 144fps in cpu demanding games 

[just_dave]

1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

asus crosshair VI hero (twice the price, best am4 vrms on the market)

It doesn't have the best VRMs but it is close.

[just_dave]

Thats a hard choice. 1800X might struggle with older games (GTA V) that are not properly DX12 optimized. For example WF2: TNC should run with no issues since it uses all 16 threads, but the BF1 or GTA V will run worse on Ryzen.

I'd pick 8c/16t any day of the week over 6c/6t, especially when they're the same price and you dont need to invest into delid.

[Cyracus]

6 minutes ago, dave_k said:

It doesn't have the best VRMs but it is close.

So which board do you think has the best vrms on am4?

[just_dave]

Just now, Cyracus said:

So which board do you think has the best vrms on am4?

C6Extreme or Taichi/Pro Gaming

[Cyracus]

4 minutes ago, dave_k said:

C6Extreme or Taichi/Pro Gaming

C6 has the same vrm as the C6 extreme. and you're right, the taichi has better vrm, just worse everything else, forgot about that one because I don't use asrock since dealing with endless mobo issues due to poor quality across multiple boards

[just_dave]

Just now, Cyracus said:

C6 has the same vrm as the C6 extreme. and you're right, the taichi has better vrm, just worse everything else, forgot about that one because I don't use asrock since dealing with endless mobo issues due to poor quality across multiple boards

Nope. Extreme uses IR3555M powerstages (same as X370-F Strix, just two more) and Crosshair 6 Hero uses CSD87350Q5D dualNfets (Same as Prime X370 Pro, just 2 more)

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, AontaighB said:

 

Ryzen, no real question...I'd always prefer cores/overall performance rather than slightly better gaming performance. If Ryzen is doing 100fps in the average AAA game, Coffee lake is doing 120+fps.
 

If you're going Coffee lake get an i7 8700, not an 8600K.

the ASUS PRIME PRO X370 board is usually pretty good for the money on AM4.