Gaming/Productivity CPU Needed

XenoLancer · July 18, 2018

I was planning for getting a new build and was wondering what CPU to pick. I'll mainly use it for gaming but I'll need it for editing and rendering sometimes.

The Ryzen will save me enough to buy an SSD with it plus it has the ability to overclock (even though I don't plan on overclocking for the foreseeable future unless I need to).

The i7 seems better for when I need it for rendering.

I checked some benchmarks online and the difference in performance doesn't seem too large but I was wondering if that really is the case.

I'm also planning on getting a GTX 1060 6GB so I was wondering which one would be more suitable for it if it'll even make a difference.

I checked the Ryzen 7 1700 too but it seems weaker for gaming so I'm not thinking of getting it.

Techicolors · July 18, 2018

what about ryzen 2?

XenoLancer · July 18, 2018

2 minutes ago, Techicolors said:

what about ryzen 2?

They still aren't available locally as far as I've seen so they're currently out of the question. In case I've found it, though, do you recommend anything?