Maybe I missed it but where on earth does he say that he has a 7 year old computer that can fit an i5 8600K without a platform upgrade? Anything he gets will be a whole platform.Like I said OP, regardless of what the AMD nerds try to tell you, the I5 8600K is going to be your best buy for several reasons including the fact that it fits your motherboard it will be cheaper than going to ryzen. And guessing what i5 you have is most likely a 35% upgrade.
And again,
Personally, because its release is in a few months, I would wait for the ryzen 3000 Series to fall flat on its face before making a decision of what to do.
These dudes just like to try to argue with me because none of them like me and it's been that way ever since I joined in 2010. I can say the sky is blue and they will come spew out some bullshit why its actually green.
Aside from that I'm done with this circus
Edit: Pretty good article on the 8700K vs the 2700X in gaming. Note the GPU's are pretty much the fastest you can get and the 2700X is within a handful of frames in every test if not matching the 8700K. Only Hitman has a very noticeable difference and if you're on a mid range GPU the difference will basically disappear. 2700X is $100 cheaper, and much better at multi tasking. Extra $100 for a GPU would be better too.
https://www.techspot.com/article/1809-amd-intel-radeon-geforce-config-test/
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