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re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:37 pm to UltimateHog
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:37 pm to UltimateHog
I agree 100% that I would go with the 7700k, but when you're on a budget, I'd much rather put that extra $100 into a better video card and get better performance. Especially if you're going to higher resolutions, where the CPU bottleneck isn't nearly as bad
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Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:23 pm to bluebarracuda
If you're on a budget you go Ryzen, and then put the rest into the GPU. 7600K just doesn't make sense anymore.
The new Intel price brackets with the 8700K being 7700K price, will drop the 7700K quite a bit to make it a not nearly as big a step up in price by the time he specifically buys next year.
8700K MSRP is $388 and the leaked pricing has them at $349-399 for an unlocked 6c/12t CPU. $299 or less for a 7700K, I'd imagine will be able to find them regularly for $279ish maybe even less...The 8600K 6c/6t is at $284 MSRP.
I love that we are finally at the point of more cores/threads in PC gaming, talked about it for so long and it's here. Ryzen helped rush Intel along a bit quicker than most anticipated. Mainstream 6+ core affordable processors with most of your major titles now optimizing to make use of the extra cores. Fun times.
The new Intel price brackets with the 8700K being 7700K price, will drop the 7700K quite a bit to make it a not nearly as big a step up in price by the time he specifically buys next year.
8700K MSRP is $388 and the leaked pricing has them at $349-399 for an unlocked 6c/12t CPU. $299 or less for a 7700K, I'd imagine will be able to find them regularly for $279ish maybe even less...The 8600K 6c/6t is at $284 MSRP.
I love that we are finally at the point of more cores/threads in PC gaming, talked about it for so long and it's here. Ryzen helped rush Intel along a bit quicker than most anticipated. Mainstream 6+ core affordable processors with most of your major titles now optimizing to make use of the extra cores. Fun times.
This post was edited on 9/21/17 at 7:35 pm
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