So, lightening fried the PC. It was custom so insurance is just paying out for a new build. Looking for some input. Especially on cpu as Intel vs Amd is pretty close atm. Budget is $3000 +/-~150$
Cpu: i7 8700k or ryzen 2700X
GPU: 1080 ti, Asus rog strix I think will be the choice
Ram: 16g g.skill trident rbg 3000
Psu: evga supernova 650-750w gold or platinum
Mobo: Asus rog strix z370-E or 470 series for the amd
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500gb
Hd: wd black 1tb probably if it's salvageable from old PC
Cooler: either Noctua NH-D15 for air or kraken x62 for liquid
Case: Corsair air 540
Monitor: already have Asus 1440p one
Thoughts? Ryzen vs i7? I know Intel has better single thread performance but it's not as big of a gap as between the lead ryzen has in mulithread. Plus gaming companies are starting to make better use of more cores and ryzen is a little cheaper to boot.
Thanks for the feedback