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Is the Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz good for building a gaming pc? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm building a gaming PC, to play games like Overwatch 2, Valorant, Genshin Impact, CoD, Battlefield, Death Stranding. All at great resolution, high FPS.

I wan't to also stream on twitch,discord, and edit/render videos.

Is this CPU a good option in 2023?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Performs around an Intel 10400 or Ryzen 3600 when not power restrained ( it runs at 4.3GHZ and boosts up to 4.6 on single threaded workloads. ) Still sips power in most games.

Have that CPU running along a 3070, it still purrs like a kitten in most games except a few exceptions that have crap optimisation that came out this year.

It's 100% worth it if you got it for free, what do you have to lose?

But if you want to stream, it'll be a no go unless you stream using the GPU.