What CPU To Get?!

Bees ZA said:
So what i am seeing is that if you want a CPU for gaming and everyday use i should just get the i7 7700K instead of the R7 1700X?
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Well the R7 1700X won't bottle-neck any current games that are not multi-threaded, and most games are going to start moving to multi-threaded now hopefully with DX12 (as seen in games like BF1), so the R7 1700X would work out better in the long run and for day-to-day stuff it should also be better, both are rated near the same TDP.
Review will start popping up by the end of today, so check on them tomorrow.
 
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Bees ZA said:
So what i am seeing is that if you want a CPU for gaming and everyday use i should just get the i7 7700K instead of the R7 1700X?
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Yes, I probably would.

If you can afford it, and if you want to play games, then an i7 7700k is the best you can do.

There won't be any games for which the AMD 1700 is a better choice. It may be better at video encoding and stuff like that, but not for games. And I'd put money on that remaining true at least for the next 2 years.

Why? Its difficult to properly multi thread games. Even with the XBOX1 and PS4 both having been out for what, 2 years now, games are still not massively multithreaded. It just isn't an easy change to make. The situation won't change that much in 2 years.

EDIT: That being said, as the previous poster said, a 1700 will not bottleneck anything. You might not notice the difference. But, it will be slower.

If it makes any difference, I will buy a Ryzen myself, but only when 6 and 4 core version become available.
 
Anything multi threaded (enconding and such) the Ryzen wins hadn down in value for money and being a top performer. Gaming and everyday use it seems to be very similar indeed from the benching I was checking now.
 
Ancalagon said:
Yes, I probably would.

If you can afford it, and if you want to play games, then an i7 7700k is the best you can do.

There won't be any games for which the AMD 1700 is a better choice. It may be better at video encoding and stuff like that, but not for games. And I'd put money on that remaining true at least for the next 2 years.

Why? Its difficult to properly multi thread games. Even with the XBOX1 and PS4 both having been out for what, 2 years now, games are still not massively multithreaded. It just isn't an easy change to make. The situation won't change that much in 2 years.

EDIT: That being said, as the previous poster said, a 1700 will not bottleneck anything. You might not notice the difference. But, it will be slower.

If it makes any difference, I will buy a Ryzen myself, but only when 6 and 4 core version become available.
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1700 is not the 1700X.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11170...review-a-deep-dive-on-1800x-1700x-and-1700/23
They're still updating with more tests asf.
Looking at it, at worst 10-20% behind the 7700K, other times way ahead. I would still go with the 1700X due to the more cores and cheaper price ($10, but depends again on what deals you get), but that's my opinion.
 
Drifter said:
For the wife, email , word etc. Insurance claim. Matrix wanted R19K for a dual core HP Proliant server.. LOL.
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The 7700 is an i7 not i5 like you said and runs at 3.6GHz not 3.4GHz.

Your wife is getting a beast CPU for emails and word.
 
Drifter said:
For the wife, email , word etc. Insurance claim. Matrix wanted R19K for a dual core HP Proliant server.. LOL.
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Now you listen here, he is correcting you, there is no such thing as a Kaby Lake i5 7700 3.4Ghz...

Maybe you mean Kaby Lake i5 7500 3.4Ghz because that is 3.4GHz, or maybe you mean Kaby Lake i5 7600 3.8Ghz...
 
Johnatan56 said:
Well the R7 1700X won't bottle-neck any current games that are not multi-threaded, and most games are going to start moving to multi-threaded now hopefully with DX12 (as seen in games like BF1), so the R7 1700X would work out better in the long run and for day-to-day stuff it should also be better, both are rated near the same TDP.
Review will start popping up by the end of today, so check on them tomorrow.
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I dunno...I'm thinking games like CSGO and MOBA's (the kind of games where you're generally CPU-limited), Intel would still be the way to go. I haven't read any reviews yet though...will check some out later. Watching CSGO now :)
 
supersunbird said:
Now you listen here, he is correcting you, there is no such thing as a Kaby Lake i5 7700 3.4Ghz...

Maybe you mean Kaby Lake i5 7500 3.4Ghz because that is 3.4GHz, or maybe you mean Kaby Lake i5 7600 3.8Ghz...
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My bad Intel i5-7500 3.4 GHz Quad Core 14nm Kaby Lake Socket LGA1151 Desktop CPU
 
So, PC ordered, now to wait the 5-7 days. 1 lightning strike 4 weeks inconvenience.
 
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