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Best VR CPU: i5-8600k, i5 8500, or i7 7700?

If this isnt an in place cpu upgrade, why not an R5 3600 if you're looking at that price point? SMT on you have more threads than the i7, SMT off you have the same as the i5. Ticks both boxes?
 
Thanks for the replies.

I heard AMD not so good for VR as they have a slower single core speed.
And when not in VR, I'm pretty happy playing at 1080p - and AMD cards are not good for that either as they bottle neck the GPU.

I don't have a CPU at moment, I'd be buying a totally new system.
I don't know whether to go very new, or last gen - if any last gen CPUs can cut it.
 
A 3600 would eat that crap alive and lol at the AMD video cards.
Good grief are folk still getting there information from clueless youtube streamers and friends with no knowledge.

Truly poor knowledge.
 
From the benchmarks I see... unless you get the top end AMD you will loose frames. Even the top end will loose frames but not enough to 'worry' about.

I just thought it better to avoid AMD for Demanding single thread work, or for 1080p gaming.

And as I mentioned, I am looking at last gen options. Last gen AMD is a no no I think.
 
Even last gen Zen + chips would be far preferable to those very old and now completely obsolete cpu's.
The i5's are 6 core 6 thread cpu's, the 7700k is a 4 core 8 thread cpu and the 3600x is a 6 core 12 thread cpu and its the baby of the line up.
Even the old 2600x will last better and is more powerful.

As an aside i have a rift S and use a 5820k and a 1080ti, while the video card is more than fine the cpu i have is slow by modern standards and its a 6 core 12 thread 4.5ghz chip which i would be comfortable saying is a faster cpu than the ie5s and 7700k you have there. yet i want to upgrade it as there are times now where i find the waiting a little too much to stand.
 
Not sounding good if even a 7700K would struggle...
From what I'm reading though I think it's a pretty capable CPU for VR..
Maybe the others I suggested are a bit too decrepit though. And probably less chance of that bottle neck problem than the 2600.
Both cards score about the same (770k and 2600x) .. but there is the bottle neck issue.. slightly.
Maybe almost unnoticeable with a 3600.. unsure about 2600 though.
 
A 7700k would indeed run things ok, as would the others but it is ancient and a quad core makes no sense in 2019.
From day one with VR it will be on the limit of what it can achieve, get a more powerful cpu and you wont be struggling in 6 months time.
 
Personally I'd be looking at a 3600/3600X. It's true it doesn't quite have the single core speed of it's Intel counterparts but it's pretty close and as such represents far better value. It will last you far longer than a 4 core Intel too, those are short term propositions only that most likely won't cut it in a year's time (and have already been exposed in some titles).
 
Th0nt said:
No I quoted you as your right (hence 'This'). The OP seems to be hearing poor info from his sources.
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Eh?
The the guy seems in budget hence he was quoting i5 6/6 and quad cores. Cannot tell him "go get 3900X". Since the 3600/3600X is better buy than the 4/8 and 6/6 Intel CPUs.
 
Panos said:
Eh?
The the guy seems in budget hence he was quoting i5 6/6 and quad cores. Cannot tell him "go get 3900X". Since the 3600/3600X is better buy than the 4/8 and 6/6 Intel CPUs.
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Not following you mate, never said that.
 
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