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VR - 8700k/1080 vs 2700X/Vega64

mediamatt

mediamatt

mediamatt

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Hi,

Wanting to build a new PC for VR (X Plane 11 and F1 2017) and cant decide between 8700k/1080 or 2700X/Vega64. Wanting to go AMD if possible but don’t want poor performance.

Any help appreciated.

Matt
 
Hi,

Have approx £1500 for the whole PC (already got a decent monitor). That’s not with the VR headset as already got funds put away for that. So £1500 I have for everything for the PC (cpu, cooler, ram, ssd, psu, case, case fans, keyboard)

Would love a 1080ti but not at the expense of a cheap motherboard or a major sacrifice elsewhere tbh

Matt
 
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Beren said:
OP - I get not wanting to make any major sacrifices when you are laying out a grand and a half for the system - but seriously a 1080ti is going to give 30% better VR performance than a 1080.

I would drop to either a 6 core i5 or a Ryzen 5. Honestly 6 cores is enough at the moment, especially unlocked. But you save 30 quid going for the 2600x over the 8600k and with the included wraith cooler I would be confident you can get a good build in your budget. ( There is a pretty awesome bundle deal on OCUK with a 2600 an X370 board, ram and SSD for 354 right now.)

Either way you are going to get a significantly better platform with a 1080ti that will give you a much longer lasting platform. If you go with a 1080 or a Vega 64 you are going to be much more severely tempted by the next release on the GPU side - and it is going to be a much bigger upgrade cost than going Ryzen 7nm in the future.
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That does look a good bundle. So if I got that and a Vega 64 it should be pretty good? Not expecting the absolute best but as long as it’s playable with vr it would be good enough for me until I upgrade massively next year or two?

Matt
 
So for my budget it’s either a beast of a cpu and a decent graphics card or a decent cpu and a beast of a graphics card.

8700k/2700x + 1080/Vega64
OR
Ryzen 1600/2600 + 1080ti

Decisions, Decisions

Matt
 
Looks like they have improved but the 1080ti is still way ahead in VR. Going to get a 8600k and 1080ti I think as didn’t realise the 8600k was a 6 core. Didn’t want a quad core so this is a bonus for me anyway.
 
I’m currently on holiday in Corfu but will be back on Wednesday. Going to mill it all over but definitely going to get a 1080ti and if Ryzen is good enough for VR then will try to fit the 2700x in to my budget. If not then the 2600(x) would suffice as you say I can upgrade to then3 series when they come out.
 
Well..

I’ve changed my mind. I’m going to leave VR for a bit and going to up my budget to £2000 to get the right system. Seems X Plane 11 (used the most) runs better with the highest single core and that’s 8086k so I believe. I won’t stream I don’t think so no benefit of the extra cores.

I’m thinking the following but need some help on which board and ram to get so I can get the fastest out of the system..

Intel 8086k and overclock it
1080ti
Nzxt case
Nzxt aio

I really want to delid to get the most out of it but not sure as if I wreck it then it’s nearly £400 down the drain

Matt
 
Hi,

The monitor I have is 32” 2560x1440. Would stick to that unless 4K is going to give me a far better experience. Games I play are..

X Plane 11 (mostly)
Prepar3d V4 (regularly)
F1 2017 (regularly)
Project Cars 2 (regularly)
Sea of Thieves (often)
Fortnite (quite often)

Also will be video editing using Davinci Resolve 15 and editing photographs using Lightroom CC

Want the best power I can get for the budget and then can add water cooling after 6 months when i have saved up for the VR headset again and the relevant water cooling parts :)

P.S The only reason I’m saying 8700k/8086k is on X Plane then the Intel seems to outperform the Ryzen a lot (20% according to benchmarks)

Matt
 
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triss said:
Its the same cpu with a different name and cap. I'd suggest where you seen benchmark differences the platform or something else was different, or it was within margin of error.
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Ah right. The 8086k is still effectively a binned 8700k isn’t it? Gibbo said these. 8086k will all be the best of the chips as they are the first batch. The 8700k’s now struggle to get 5ghz often. For the sake of £80 I’d rather get a 8086k if I was going the Intel route.
 
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