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TechSpot have a very detailed comparison of the Ryzen 5 1600 vs the Intel i7-7800x. 30 games are tested and benchmarked, and there is a reasonably wide range of results:
Read the review here:
https://www.techspot.com/review/1450-core-i7-vs-ryzen-5-hexa-core/
If you were building a budget gaming PC, which CPU would you choose?
If you care at all about value, the Ryzen 5 1600 is clearly the way to go. This is why we recently named it the best value performance desktop CPU. It was unlikely that the Core i7-7800X was going to change that, but we hoped the performance would at least be a compelling reason to buy Intel's new six-core processor.
Ryzen will hit 4GHz with the box cooler but it will be a more mild experience with a $20 aftermarket cooler like the Cooler Master 212, so keep that in mind. The 7800X on the other hand cannot be overclocked to 4.7GHz using a 240mm AIO closed loop solution. Instead, it required a $380 custom loop setup to achieve that result.
Read the review here:
https://www.techspot.com/review/1450-core-i7-vs-ryzen-5-hexa-core/
If you were building a budget gaming PC, which CPU would you choose?