Desktop Computers

Yeah 2500k.

Utnayan said:

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs. a 5-year-old gaming PC, or why you should never preorder

Looks like a huge no unless I am missing something.

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r7 1700 is going to be $100-125 cheaper than a 7700k. Also AMD will be using the same socket until 2020.

Ill be upgrading to whatever revised Ryzen AMD releases next year, because fuck Intel. Unless their threadripper platform some how delivers a surprise.

Big Phoenix said:

r7 1700 is going to be $100-125 cheaper than a 7700k. Also AMD will be using the same socket until 2020.

Ill be upgrading to whatever revised Ryzen AMD releases next year, because fuck Intel. Unless their threadripper platform some how delivers a surprise.

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Correct me here if I am mistaken but I am seeing the 7700k right now at Microcenter for $299, and the 1700 R7 for $329 everywhere. Hekotat linked me some reviews/benches in Discord chat, and according to Hard OCP, unless I am streaming, editing, etc - the 7700k still handedly wins over the Ryzen 1700. And for $30 cheaper. Since all I do is game, what am I missing here? Seems to be that HardOCP is saying if developers start taking advantage of everything, it would be a better gaming CPU, but that's not proven as it stands today.

Utnayan said:

Correct me here if I am mistaken but I am seeing the 7700k right now at Microcenter for $299, and the 1700 R7 for $329 everywhere. Hekotat linked me some reviews/benches in Discord chat, and according to Hard OCP, unless I am streaming, editing, etc - the 7700k still handedly wins over the Ryzen 1700. And for $30 cheaper. Since all I do is game, what am I missing here? Seems to be that HardOCP is saying if developers start taking advantage of everything, it would be a better gaming CPU, but that's not proven as it stands today.

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R7 1700 is $295 on amazon. Also the motherboards are $30 to $40 cheaper and the you need to buy a cooler for the 7700k, the 1700 comes with one.

7700k is 10 to 20% faster, with older titles showing the biggest difference. Though that is only at 1080p. If you're going to play a higher resolution the fps is exactly the same.

Gravel said:

That comparison was shit anyway. "We compared an overclocked Intel to the base 1700...because reasons!" Yeah, okay then...

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Yeah that didn't make much sense to me other than they were maybe trying to compensate for the lack of cores and threads compared to the Ryzen to even the match? Either way, Ryzen's 1700 base clock is 3.0/3.4 (Non X and X) ghz. 7700k is 4.2. So not sure why they just didn't do a default benchmark.

But either way it looks like the 7700k is still destroying Ryzen in games, and that's all that matters to me.

1080p/Titan X OC Ryzen 7 1700 Ryzen 7 1700X Ryzen 7 1800X Core i7 7700K Core i7 6900K
Memory Frequency 3200MHz DDR4 3200MHz DDR4 3200MHz DDR4 3000MHz DDR4 3200MHz DDR4
Assassin's Creed Unity, Ultra High, FXAA 116.1 118.3 119.4 132.2 122.1
Ashes of the Singularity, DX12, CPU Test 33.5 34.6 35.3 41.9 46.6
Crysis 3, Very High, SMAA T2x 127.1 132.4 137.5 138.2 150.8
The Division, Ultra, SMAA 127.4 127.1 129.3 133.8 131.4
Far Cry Primal, Ultra, SMAA 85.2 89.3 91.1 137.9 105.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider DX12, Very High, SMAA 80.8 84.0 85.8 126.5 129.0
The Witcher 3, Ultra, No Hairworks 107.9 113.3 118.8 139.4 134.3

Keep in mind performance is practically identical at 1440p.

Ok here is my list.

i7-7700k
ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING LGA 1151 ATX Intel Motherboard
Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-3000 (PC4-24000) CL15 Desktop Memory Kit
Corsair Vengeance Series C70 ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case - Black

Total - $868

Thoughts?

Will be using an existing GTX 1070 Ftw - 512gb SSD, 4 Tb Mechanical and a 750w EVGA power supply I just bought to replace my old one.

Mist said:

Do you need a liquid cooler? Are you realistically going to overclock that thing to squeeze out a whopping .3 ghz?

I would just get a 212 EVO and be done with it, put that money towards an NVME SSD.

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Well, I have been hearing on and off that the 7700k runs hot. I was thinking of OCing it to 4.8-5ghz. Because I want to be like @jeydax. And the price difference is only 70 bucks.

I'd still get a aio, if you don't oc you can basically turn the fans down and it would be silent even at load.

kegkilla said:

why get a 7700k rather than the 7740x?

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Because of this.

NEW NOTICE: Basically every mainboard maker botched their first revision X299 boards' VRM cooling, and most are skewing in excess of 90-100C+ when overclocked. Don't buy a Skylake-X.

Intel X299 platform a potentially dangerous fire hazard, says renowned overclocker

jeffvader said:

i have/love this case.

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Awesome

I'll be your case buddy.