i5 or i7

[Zmanny12]

I'm about 2 weeks from ordering the parts for my first gaming PC. I'm going with a GTX 1080 and I can't decide between an i5 8600k or an i7 8700k. I'm going to be playing mainly esports titles in 1080p and I'm trying to get the most FPS. I'll be doing some minor streaming and editing but it's not the main purpose of this build. Is it worth the extra $100 to get the i7? Or would the i5 be enough?

[DrMacintosh]

Well if you are dead set on Intel and you want to play and stream, then you should get the i7 and at least 16GB of RAM. 

[TheKDub]

5 minutes ago, Zmanny12 said:

I'm about 2 weeks from ordering the parts for my first gaming PC. I'm going with a GTX 1080 and I can't decide between an i5 8600k or an i7 8700k. I'm going to be playing mainly esports titles in 1080p and I'm trying to get the most FPS. I'll be doing some minor streaming and editing but it's not the main purpose of this build. Is it worth the extra $100 to get the i7? Or would the i5 be enough?

8700K hands down. It'll last you much longer, and is definitely worth it.

[SiameseD]

^{Yah, if you were just  doing gaming, especially esports gaming, i would just go i5. But even if the amount of streaming you do is minimal, you will notice a difference with the i7. The extra 100 is a great value, and lots of future proof value as well.} 

[Chronified]

i5 for just gaming, i7 for gaming+streaming. You need the extra cores for encoding. 

Over 8 cores is overkill for streaming, over 4 cores is overkill for gaming. 4.3ghz stock is where it's at in current gen.

From there, just find what suits your wallet.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Chronified said:

i5 for just gaming, i7 for gaming+streaming. You need the extra cores for encoding. 

Over 8 cores is overkill for streaming, over 4 cores is overkill for gaming. 4.3ghz stock is where it's at in current gen.

From there, just find what suits your wallet.

Over 4 cores isn't overkill for gaming, since people rarely make sure their game is the only thing the CPU needs to worry about. 6 core i5 was a great move because quad core CPUs were struggling to keep up.