R5 2600X or i5 8600K?

[GhostFigure]

I always game with a few chrome tabs open.

[Cloudy]

i5-8600K

Costs a bit more and doesn't come with a cooler, but if your PC will be mainly for gaming it is the better choice. With a good cooler it can overclock much higher than a 2600X (or even a 2700X), normally able to hit 5.0GHz. It is better optimized for more softwares and games, and you wont need to buy super high speed RAM and with ultra low CAS latancy unlike AMD CPUs for gaming. It also has as much as 25% higher single and quad core processing (which is important for gaming) compared to the 2600X. Some may disagree with me on this but I don't think you'll regret spending the little bit extra for the i5-8600K.

Just make sure if you are going to go with an overclockable 8th gen Intel CPU to go with a Z370 chipset motherboard paired with it. If you don't think you will overclock ever than stick with an 8th gen Intel CPU without a K at the end of it's name, like the i5-8400 or i5-8500 and pair it with a B360 chipset motherboard instead.

[Tsunami]

If those are your only two options I would choose the 2600X, but personally I would spend a bit more and get the 2700 and overclock it, it's only around $40 more expensive for 2 more cores and 4 more threads.
If you game while having chrome running in the background, you won't regret it.

[OLDMAN🎅]

I7 8600K

[GhostFigure]

How about in the long run? Next upgrade would be 2025 xD

[Talby]

There is an excellent comparison between them here: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs. Intel Core i5 8600K[us.hardware.info]

Agree the i5 is the better performer and the 2600x is clearly the budget choice - I just picked up the 2600x during the Black Friday sale last week with the ASRock B450M Pro4 combo for $210 at my local Micro Center, crazy good deal. Nice upgrade from my 2500k for sure.

[vadim]

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How about in the long run? Next upgrade would be 2025 xD

Nobody knows. Unpredictable.