8700K or Ryzen

[ladal1]

Just wanted to drop a quick question for you guys here, I was planning a build with 1080 and Ryzen 1800X or 1700X, but have come across a good drop on massdrop that is a 1080 and Gigabyte Z370 motherboard which made me think about going with Intel after all, because in full honesty gaming will still be the main thing that I will end up using the computer for - with only sprinkles of more core intensive stuff (3D modeling or video rendering), and price wise I can pretty much afford 8700K. I will also be using NZXT Kraken x62 to cool either of them.

 

So what is your advice guys?

[LienusLateTips]

Go for the 8700K though.

 

If you don't have it yet, get one of the new Corsair AIO coolers instead of the Kraken.

[Jurrunio]

8700k. It's the recommended choice for workstation and gaming AIO system by LTT, according to a recent video on that.

[hconverse02]

The 8700k is better than the 1700 and 1800x, and since you can afford either, the 8700k has better gaming performance overall because of it's better ipc over ryzen

[germgoatz]

If all you want it gaming then you don't need a very high end Ryzen chip, so you could save some money there (if you want to go for AMD).

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

8700k. It's the recommended choice for workstation and gaming AIO system by LTT, according to a recent video on that.

When have you started being an LTT puppet

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

When have you started being an LTT puppet

I could have quoted what the video said, but it's easier to just say 'Linus said that'.

[ladal1]

Okay, expected about as much :-)

 

I will still go with the kraken though, a lot of people I see have some problems with H115i that I can get here, and I like the minimal noise it makes while idle