cpu I7 7700 VS I5 8400 Pc upgrade

[thenicktg]

Hello guys so i want to upgrade my current i3 6098p to one of those 2 i5 8400 or i7 7700.(Gaming-Multitasking and by multitasking i mean the Game with 2-3 tabs opened on Opera.

Is it worth buying an 7th gen cpu right now or i should better buy the i5 with a new mobo?What do you guys think.

Btw i want to upgrade my Psu(corsair vs550)to a corsair rmx 550 and also my case(Aerocool battlehawk) to a NZXT s340 elite.My gpu is  gtx 1060 3gb

 

So guys what do you think.If i get these parts will i be able to run most of the games on high at least medium?(1080p)

Thank you

 

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[MatsNorway]

Sure, 1060 is decent and both CPUs will work fine. All a matter of getting that little extra, 7700 is probably way more costly tho. As for PSU you might want to go a tiny bit up, otherwise it is no point unless your PSU is 10years+ and even then it can still be able to rock on.

[RushFan]

Those kinds of tasks work extremely snappily on my i5-7500 so I think just stick to the cheapest options.

Also I reckon you'll squeeze out a few more FPS with an upgrade.

[thenicktg]

1 minute ago, RushFan said:

Those kinds of tasks work extremely snappily on my i5-7500 so I think just stick to the cheapest options.

Also I reckon you'll squeeze out a few more FPS with an upgrade.

So i7 7700 will be "enough"for gaming for at least 2 more years?Oh and does your cpu handle most of the games?(i am just asking cuz i wanna know if 4 cores are enough for gaming i know i7 has 8 threads too but idk  i am new to this whole pc build thing.)

[RushFan]

6 minutes ago, NickWolf said:

So i7 7700 will be "enough"for gaming for at least 2 more years?Oh and does your cpu handle most of the games?(i am just asking cuz i wanna know if 4 cores are enough for gaming i know i7 has 8 threads too but idk  i am new to this whole pc build thing.)

My i5 works great in basically any game I throw at it (with my GTX 1050Ti being the bottleneck). As for surviving 2 years, it will be fine. 8 threads will most likely survive for the next half decade or even full decade with gaming, considering that saturating 4 threads is difficult in a lot of modern games.

 

A 7700 would do fine for you.

[thenicktg]

8 minutes ago, RushFan said:

My i5 works great in basically any game I throw at it (with my GTX 1050Ti being the bottleneck). As for surviving 2 years, it will be fine. 8 threads will most likely survive for the next half decade or even full decade with gaming, considering that saturating 4 threads is difficult in a lot of modern games.

 

A 7700 would do fine for you.

Great thank you.One last thing,do you think that ryzen 1600 is better than the i7 7700?

[RushFan]

For gaming you'd want the 7700 because of Intel's superior efficiency

[thenicktg]

Just now, RushFan said:

For gaming you'd want the 7700 because of Intel's superior efficiency

So an i7 will rock most of the games and it will be good enough for my type of multitasking?

[RushFan]

1 minute ago, NickWolf said:

So an i7 will rock most of the games and it will be good enough for my type of multitasking?

Definitely. I reckon you'll get at least 3 or 4 years out of it, if not more

[thenicktg]

1 minute ago, RushFan said:

Definitely. I reckon you'll get at least 3 or 4 years out of it, if not more

Great thanks for the help.:)Have a good day

[RushFan]

Just now, NickWolf said:

Great thanks for the help.:)Have a good day

You too!