Quote (Trapnasty @ Nov 17 2017 01:33pm)
Is there a happy medium? I don't think I necessarily need the best out there, but I'd like to not have to upgrade for a couple of years.
I recommend going an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (6 core/12 thread) and overclocking it to ~3.8ghz with 16GB of DDR4-3000+mhz RAM. This is the best price:peformance. I would take what you save from this (compared to the other options) and start saving for a new 1440p monitor. A 1070 will not be amazing at 1440p, but it'll be pretty dang good.
Other options:
i7-7700k (4 core/8 thread) and overclocking it to ~4.8-5ghz with 16GB of DDR4-2400+mhz RAM. You'll likely need a good cooler (gonna cost probably $80+) to get this type of an overclock. It will be probably $200+ more expensive than the Ryzen option.
i7-8700k (6 core/12 thread) and overclocking similar to the 7700k with similar RAM. Pricing will probably be $100-150 more expensive than the 7700k option. Nevermind. This is not an option with the current inflated prices of parts.
This post was edited by Incendiary on Nov 17 2017 11:47am