Every time somebody buys a re-branded corsair power supply saying a baby cries on the planet... Anyways, are you sure you won't be happier getting the 1600 non X and overclocking the living crap out of it? Or if you are really set on an 8 core - 1700 non X? I mean so far the XFR function have been questionable at best...
Not really... I can start like 50 single threaded things right now, and i would need 50 threads... So no, it's not just video editing... Having an extra core means your system in general will not hick up whenever you are doing something and actually need to do other stuff side by side with that something... 8 cores are way better for simultaneous playing, streaming and recording, than only 4 cores. Each software have it's own cores to play around with, so yeah...
So that's why they're always crying, I had no idea they just re-branded!
I can't see me getting the value from the 8 cores. This build started with the intention of being a 1080p gaming machine with a rx480, but I'm typing this looking at a 4k screen so things have escalated....
I know the feeling, I have a new case, all the watercooling components & other bits and pieces ready to go. I'm hoping we will see some better motherboards with the R5 release.
My usual supplier has the Taichi & the Gigabyte K7 in stock now though, which were my top choices so far.
I usually prefer April 11th to stay the hell away from me....because its the day I have to add 1 to my age and get an annoying amount of calls from family members :(