Quote (nexcoor @ May 25 2017 05:40am)
Money-wise the 7700K equivalent R7 1700 would be a mediocre choice for a lot of people outside of streamers when you could just pick up the 1600. One could still reap noticeable benefits from 7700K instead of 7600K without being power user such as a streamer by playing BF1 or such. So I'd say 7700K is not niche, whereas 1800(X) is and therefore is not what I'd call equivalent in terms of usage. I'd compare the 7700K with 1600(X) and the AMD one is surely cheaper.
Why pick up the 1600 if you're spending 300, the price of a 1700