Help me choose CPU for use with Excel 16/SPSS 24

NumberCruncher

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I am having a hard time choosing between an i5-7600 w/32gb of ddr4 or i7-7700 w/16gb of ddr4. The rest of the system will be the same:

Asus z270m Prime
512gb 960 Pro ssd
Firecuda 2 TB
Blu-ray Burner
GTX 1060 3Gb ( not gaming, best bang for the buck)
Corsair Carbide 200 case
650w modular p/s, not sure of brand yet

I mostly will be doing numerical analysis in preparation for dissertation.
Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
 
Here is the most important question - what will you be doing with these applications:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21477294

If your use is heavily multithreaded and makes frequent use of:
CORRELATIONS
CSSELECT
FACTOR
PARTIAL CORR
REGRESSION
SORT

then I'd go with the 7700, else I'd go with the 7600. It also depends on the size of your data sets - if large enough to fill 16GB then go with the 32. Only you can decide this.
 
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