Tech pleb here. Gonna build a gaming pc and was wondering if amd processors are any good or if intel is the way to go?
/pcbg/ processors
Nathaniel Anderson
Carson Torres
this smells like bait but I'll take it. What's the refresh rate of your monitor and what games do you play
Luis Clark
Intel is the best choice for gaming.
Dylan Gonzalez
Caleb Harris
Right now AMDs the way to go. You would be stupid to buy Intel right now. Intel has production problems which caused a 50% price-hike on their products while prices on AMDs CPUs has gone down. What used to be a situation where we had a $200 Intel CPU vs a comparable $200 AMD CPU has become a choice between $300 for the Intel CPU or $170 for the comparable AMD CPU. You get about half the performance per dollar buying Intel compared to what you get with AMD. This situation will probably last until the end of Q1 2019.
Check your local prices, if it's very different (which I doubt) then act accordingly. If it's anything like here then Intel's not really a choice unless you really want to pay twice as much for the same performance.
Jordan Davis
1080p high refresh rate = go intel.
1440p+ = go amd.
or zen 2 if you can wait.
Ayden Morales
pretty much this
if you can wait, then wait for zen2
if you can't, intel is better for 1080p, difference gets very low at 1440p and virtually zero for 4k.
and, as usual
>PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING
Bentley Perry
>implying Intel and AMD had same prices
(lol
Intel was always the more/slightly expensive brand
There was never a time in their history that they are tied with AMD in pricing, its how they became the premium brand while AMD's low pricing always placed them as the inferior budget brand
Aiden Bennett
Who gives a shit
Lincoln Edwards
(You), when someone overtakes your gaming accounts and/or credit card gets charged for stuff you did not buy.