i5 8400 for gtx 1080 at 1440p

[ThatFrizie]

2 minutes ago, IdiotPenguin said:

He most likely won't keep it for like 8 years so It doesn't really matter now does it?

if the OP does want to keep it for that long then yes. get the 8700

Yeah it does really depend on how long you wanne keep using the same gpu and cpu.

[Captain_Darkness]

i think ill keep it for like 5 years

[Captain_Darkness]

how much of a performance difference is i7 8700 and i7 7800?

[IdiotPenguin]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

i think ill keep it for like 5 years

Quick question do you have a 144hz or 60hz monitor? If 60 it should be fine but 144 have to lower settings as time goes on, heck even now since the 1080 or 1080 ti can't achieve full 144hz on high settings on some games

[ThatFrizie]

2 minutes ago, Captain_Darkness said:

i think ill keep it for like 5 years

5 years might be kinda steep for that i5 i’d say you’d get a good 3/4 years

[ThatFrizie]

2 minutes ago, Captain_Darkness said:

how much of a performance difference is i7 8700 and i7 7800?

You mean the i7 7700?

[Captain_Darkness]

im plannign on gettting a 1440p 144hz monitor

 

[Captain_Darkness]

i mean i7 7800 the 8th gen i7 and i5 8400

[IdiotPenguin]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

im plannign on gettting a 1440p 144hz monitor

 

You should be fine but don't expect to always hit 144hz especially as the years go on. All you're missing out on is a bit more cores threads and hyperthreading which MIGHT be more helpful in the future but honestly you'll probably upgrade by the time that happens so you should be good.

[ThatFrizie]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

im plannign on gettting a 1440p 144hz monitor

 

Then definetly get an i7 8700.

[ThatFrizie]

5 minutes ago, Captain_Darkness said:

how much of a performance difference is i7 8700 and i7 7800?

Its pretty noticible definetly if you start playing cpu intensive titles.

[Captain_Darkness]

and what about a stck i5 8600k?

[ThatFrizie]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

and what about a stck i5 8600k?

What motherboard do you have?

[Captain_Darkness]

are multiplayers cpu intensive?

[IdiotPenguin]

1 minute ago, ThatFrizie said:

Then definetly get an i7 8700.

I think the price gap is pretty huge and the performance is negligible unless you're playing some cpu intensive games so

[ThatFrizie]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

are multiplayers cpu intensive?

Open world games are mostly pretty intensive and multiplayers are also pretty intensive too.

[IdiotPenguin]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

are multiplayers cpu intensive?

Multiplayer games that are open world and have a lot of players usually tend to be a cpu intensive game

[ThatFrizie]

1 minute ago, ThatFrizie said:

Open world games are mostly pretty intensive and multiplayers are also pretty intensive too.

I find that games like overwatch but quite some stress on my cpu compared to singleplayer games.

[Captain_Darkness]

so i guess ill get an i 7 8700?

[IdiotPenguin]

1 minute ago, ThatFrizie said:

I find that games like overwatch but quite some stress on my cpu compared to singleplayer games.

Overwatch is an easy game to run tho so does it really matter?

[ThatFrizie]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

so i guess ill get an i 7 8700?

I’d would be a good choice because that gpu is pretty high end just like that monitor and you don’t want to cheap out to much on a cpu.

[ThatFrizie]

2 minutes ago, IdiotPenguin said:

Overwatch is an easy game to run tho so does it really matter?

It is but it utilizes my cpu 60% sometimes compared to far cry 5 which uses 20~30

[IdiotPenguin]

1 minute ago, Captain_Darkness said:

so i guess ill get an i 7 8700?

 

1 minute ago, ThatFrizie said:

It is but it utilizes my cpu 60% sometimes compared to far cry 5 which uses 20~30

Do you play on low settings or something

[ThatFrizie]

So if you can afford it go for the 8700 if you don’t want to spend to much you could go along with the i5

[ThatFrizie]

1 minute ago, IdiotPenguin said:

 

Do you play on low settings or something

Nope high/ultra at 1080p