Best CPU for gaming

[Max_Settings]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

As a side note I'd get the 1950X over the 8700K or X299 chips but that's just me, would rather have 16 cores than a bit more fps

Not if you can’t use the cores.

[MNO1988]

4 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

buy the i7-8700K

keep the 1080ti

stand at 16GB or higher

get a 500GB ssd and a 1 or 2TB hdd 7200rpm

Thank you

[Bhav]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

As a side note I'd get the 1950X over the 8700K or X299 chips but that's just me, would rather have 16 cores than a bit more fps

And what would you need the extra cores for, and in what scenario is an 8700k not going to have enough for you?

[Streetguru]

18 minutes ago, Bhav said:

And what would you need the extra cores for, and in what scenario is an 8700k not going to have enough for you?

4K OBS recording

[Shiftstealth]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

4K OBS recording

Your use case is obviously not the OP's use case as he stated exclusively gaming. To be more constructive you could have asked him if he would be recording before making the recommendation. If the OP is exclusively gaming, and shooting for the highest FPS then the 8700k is the best way to go right now. 

 

If he wanted to record 4k OBS then he'd go the 7980XE anyways as he suggested. 

 

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[DarkSmith2]

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CPU	Intel Core i7 8700K
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[Streetguru]

5 hours ago, Shiftstealth said:

 

Ya but if you have no budget you might as well just go crazy, I'd go 1950X over the 7980XE for the soldered dies