8600k or 8700k

[stevenh]

I'm completly stuck on my cpu choice.

I sold my old motherboard and cpu today so now i'm looking to upgrade.

I'm just not sure which option to go for, the 8600k is alot cheaper.

the 8700k would cost me: 430€

The 8600k would cost me: 275€

 

The main uses would be photoshop, lightroom & gaming.

and the occasional video edit, but mainly the reasons stated before.

 

What would you guys recommend?

 

The GPU i have in my system at the moment is a 1080 so it wil be paired with that.

[mrconflicted]

For gaming, it really doesn't matter. 8600 is still Hex-core, and can easily hit close to 5GHz overclocked with reasonable cooling.

For your productivity tasks, you might appreciate that the i7-8700k is hyperthreaded, giving you twice the effective cores (though not quite twice the real performance).

Since video editing isn't your main thing I say save the money

[Zeitec]

How long are you planning in using this PC? 2-4 years the 8600k is better value. 4-5 years I'd take the 8700k. 

[Linus Tech Tits]

8600k

[epsilon84]

I would get the 8600K at those prices. Gaming performance is almost identical between the 8600K and 8700K, at least on current titles. Future games may take better advantage of the extra threads, but as it stands, in late 2017 they are effectively equal in gaming. 

 

Photoshop/Lightroom does perform a bit better on the 8700K due to the extra threads, but is it enough to justify the price difference? That's up to you to decide:

 

Photoshop: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CC-2017-1-1-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1057/

 

Lightroom: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Lightroom-CC-2015-12-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1056/

[stevenh]

Thanks for the opinions. 

I already telt like the 8600k was the better choise, and as evryone seems to say so to i decided top order that and save the 150€ for an update in the future.