Titan Virtual Force i7 vs Chromium i5

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Hi all,

I'm looking to buy a pre-built gaming PC by OC with a budget of between £1400-£1600.
I was hoping to get your opinion on the 7th vs 8th Gen Intel chips with virtually the same spec. The Chromium with i5 cofffeelake chip is £300 cheaper. What would you chose between the two specs listed below?

And any alternatives and changes would be welcome.
Thanks for your time

Titan VR
Processor Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24
Graphics Card Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
Primary Drive Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
Secondary Drive Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD (SI Only)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
£1646.99

Chromium
CPU Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
Memory Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
Graphics Card Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
Solid State Drive (Primary) Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
Storage Drive Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD (SI Only)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
£1377.92
 
Chromium for sure, end of line for i7 7700k, old tech, only few fps difference vs i7 7700k and and with that £300 saved ,you can upgrade to a better cpu or gpu in few years...

Thanks for your reply! I was hoping i could use the extra £300 for i7 Coffee Lake, but there aren't any pre-built specs within my budget. Is it a matter of waiting for a bit longer to see what OC have to offer? Or would you recommend ordering parts separately and getting OC to build ensure getting their 3 yr warranty.
 
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