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Yep, you can argue one way or the other, but if you say one setup is trash then you are a full on fanboy.
Bad local/RAM pricing is the kicker. Struggling with the choices, happy to be shown my faulty logic here.
I was really looking forward to the Hardware Unboxed Ryzen 5 2600 vs. Core i5-8400, 36 Game Benchmark Battle video given my P55 motherboard is showing signs its about to take the choice of whether to continue the perpetual wait for the next generation or not out of my hands, and wanting to finally have a definitive answer... but it feels like its just muddied the waters.
There's my issue... assuming the *cheapest* local listings for each component - i5 8400 and R5 2600, Z370 and X470 motherboards respectively, and 16gb DDR4 kit at 2666 or greater for the Intel system and a kit that will likely be able to do 3400 for the AMD system:
Code:Item | Intel | AMD -------------------------------------- CPU | $249 | $275 Motherboard | $165 | $229 RAM | $259 | $325 -------------------------------------- Total | $673 | $829
I understand that there are cheaper motherboards for both, and RAM options for a 2600, but without the better memory especially, aren't you back to comparing stock i5 8400 and stock R5 2600 and so hamstringing the latter? And otherwise, the $156 difference would be enough to swap out the i5 8400 for an i5 8700 (non-K) here... boosts to the same or slightly higher all core clocks as the OC 2600 (and +10% higher than the i5 8400), has the same 6/12 threads as the 2600...
Bad local/RAM pricing is the kicker. Struggling with the choices, happy to be shown my faulty logic here.
It's a good price breakdown but I think you underestimate the B350.
It seems like you have up alot in order to p0wn a few more n00bs in PUBG.
It seems like you are very clearly a gamer and I am not trying to ridicule that. It is just a wonder that you didn't go Intel in the first place of that is the case.
It seems like you have up alot in order to p0wn a few more n00bs in PUBG.
Has anyone bought a Ryzen 1700 and overclocked it then regret that you could have bought the i7 8700K instead ?
I traded some stuff a buddy needed for an 8700k board and chip, been using that with my V56. Stock for stock with the 2700X I'm seeing 30-50 more fps in PUBG and WoT with the same RAM and I don't even need to overclock. I also didn't have to dick with the RAM for two weeks to get it stable, just pressed XMP and voila, good to go. Ended up selling the 2700X, I still have my 1800X rig, but not sure what I will do with it.
In fairness, I have his 2700X now and I just put it in to a X470 board, hit XMP with 4x8GB of RAM and had zero issues .
Something else to consider. You could always turn your 2700X to mine Cryptonight when you're using it and maybe make $0.50 a day@45W or so. Almost double the hashrate of a 8700k at same W.
I had the Asus Crosshair whatever X470 board, the top of the line one. My Gigabyte X370 clocks ram leagues better than that thing tbh. I still have 3 AM4 boards and an 1800X along with 3 kits of DDR4 so I still have some stuff to work with, but the 8700k for my use (1080p 240hz) is just flat out better. I haven't even overclocked it.
In 720/1080p gaming intel will be faster overclock to overclock. When at 1440p. You are gpu limited by both cpu’s.
So if you game at 1440p. It will be a tie.
It's actually pretty cool that you can't make a really bad choice right now. Some workloads tilt one way or the other, but overall, they're really pretty competitive.
I'm happy that this is the case once again.
That was true until Intel Meltdown/Spectre. With Meltdown perf penalties in my work I see 30% performance reduction. For gamers, ya they don't even matter, just wasting time.. sure, great, anything works for them, including a Playstation.
In 720/1080p gaming intel will be faster overclock to overclock. When at 1440p. You are gpu limited by both cpu’s.
So if you game at 1440p. It will be a tie.
Maybe you're just gaming today.... but it's a general purpose machine. If you just want a game machine, there are Playstations and Xboxes.