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Switching to AMD?

DEL 707

DEL 707

DEL 707

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I'm looking to build a new PC soon.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/good-time-to-upgrade-1200-budget.18834277/

I was going to go with Intel again, since my i7 has gone above and beyond the call of duty for 10 years.
But looking at the prices and from recommendation in my thread, I was thinking of going with a Ryzen 7.

My question is, are Intel worth the extra money? I hope my new PC lasts as long as the previous, but I don't want to spend the extra cash if I'm going to get a negligible increase in performance.
 
DEL 707 said:
I'm looking to build a new PC soon.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/good-time-to-upgrade-1200-budget.18834277/

I was going to go with Intel again, since my i7 has gone above and beyond the call of duty for 10 years.
But looking at the prices and from recommendation in my thread, I was thinking of going with a Ryzen 7.

My question is, are Intel worth the extra money? I hope my new PC lasts as long as the previous, but I don't want to spend the extra cash if I'm going to get a negligible increase in performance.
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Just off topic, how does your 970 pair with the i7 930?

I've got the same CPU and thinking of picking up a 2nd hand 960/970 to tie me over. I've also been considering an upgrade but with the price gouging, and the fact they're stuck on 14nm process for the last 4 years, I'm just not prepared to pay 1200-1400 on what's frankly still old tech.
 
I'm starting to get that upgrade itch too after rocking a still solid 3930k for 6 or so years. For the first time since the athlon days I'm feeling tempted by amd's offerings.

Intel is still the best but at almost double the price for a fraction more performance seems silly.
 
normally I would agree you should upgrade as your system is old BUT with new ryzen 3000 series CPU so close
you could wait it out if your machine performs decent enough and you can get that by just upgrading your current cpu to
a X5650 or X5670 they cost about £20-£30 and overclock somewhere in between 4.4ghz-4.7ghz and this should give you
very decent performance boost and make waiting less painful as next years cpu should be a big performer by AMD.

anyhow ryzen 2700x would be a wise choice currently if you must upgrade, no point in the overpriced 9900k regardless of its ~12% extra games performance.
 
DEL 707 said:
I'm looking to build a new PC soon.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/good-time-to-upgrade-1200-budget.18834277/

I was going to go with Intel again, since my i7 has gone above and beyond the call of duty for 10 years.
But looking at the prices and from recommendation in my thread, I was thinking of going with a Ryzen 7.

My question is, are Intel worth the extra money? I hope my new PC lasts as long as the previous, but I don't want to spend the extra cash if I'm going to get a negligible increase in performance.
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To answer your questions, no Intel doesn't worth the price. 2700X is good value for money.
 
DEL 707 said:
I'm looking to build a new PC soon.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/good-time-to-upgrade-1200-budget.18834277/

I was going to go with Intel again, since my i7 has gone above and beyond the call of duty for 10 years.
But looking at the prices and from recommendation in my thread, I was thinking of going with a Ryzen 7.

My question is, are Intel worth the extra money? I hope my new PC lasts as long as the previous, but I don't want to spend the extra cash if I'm going to get a negligible increase in performance.
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AMD 2600 (6core 12 thread) cpu is on offer today for £140. Intel can't beat that.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,218.45 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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Sell your 970 and other bits to fund the cost of a good case and you're good to go with a new 144Hz Freesync setup with a Sapphire Vega 64, 6 core 12 thread CPU and 16gig of 3200 speed RAM.
 
Gosh darn it! I really didn't want to spend the extra money on a new monitor, but this freesync stuff sounds amazing.
So on that note, I'm going to get that Optix G24C, but lets not include that in the budget.
So using £1200 on the just the PC (not the monitor) is it worth using that extra money for a better CPU or GPU, should I aim for a Ryzen 7?
How are AMD graphics cards these days? I've been using Nvidia for years.

AMDPower said:
most likely sometime may/april/june time frame and prices similar to what we see now. But if you really need a pc now then OCUK are doing some excellent deals on AMD cpu and GPU but this is for 24 hours only.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...tin-texas-lets-celebrate-with-deals.18834782/
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What time do these offers finish at?
 
DEL 707 said:
What time do these offers finish at?
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Well, as Gibbo posted that at 9.13am this morning as a 24 hour sale, it probably went on site at about 9am...................................so a good assumption might be it finishes at 9am tomorrow morning :rolleyes:
 
DEL 707 said:
Gosh darn it! I really didn't want to spend the extra money on a new monitor, but this freesync stuff sounds amazing.
So on that note, I'm going to get that Optix G24C, but lets not include that in the budget.
So using £1200 on the just the PC (not the monitor) is it worth using that extra money for a better CPU or GPU, should I aim for a Ryzen 7?
How are AMD graphics cards these days? I've been using Nvidia for years.



What time do these offers finish at?
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I am not sure but its 24 hours from when gibbo posted them, so maybe the same time tomorrow. If you make a post in that thread i am sure he will answer you .

what resolution will you be gaming at? and is £1200 your buedget without monitor?

You could keep your 970 if you are playing only at 1080p Or you can sell it for £100 and also sell your current motherobard cpu and ram for another £80 and that is already £200 towards your new pc. AMD GPU compete well with nvidia up until GTX 1080 after that they dont really have anything to compete with 1080ti, 2080, 2080ti not till next year.

you could buy one of the ryzen 2700x bundles from ocuk and it will still leave you about £700 for GPU and you can buy a 1080TI or GTX 2080 with that if you want to game higher than 1080p. If you only game at 1080p then a GTX1060/1070 or AMD rx580 or even a vega 56 which is on a special with games for £350 which is good for 1440p gaming and give you some wiggle room with graphics setting and specially if you dont update often. The nvidia gpu are more power efficient so if you go amd make sure you have a good power supply.

so £530 for the bundles and £350 for vega56 or 1070ti which are both on special price right now and that will take you to £880 if you sell you current rig then that is £180ish off this. Yea your X58 with ram and cpu sell well because people buy them to put x5670 cpu in there for a cheap but capable system, roughly equivalent to a 2600x performance if you can overclock them to 4.6-4.7ghz.
 
DEL 707 said:
I'm looking to build a new PC soon.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/good-time-to-upgrade-1200-budget.18834277/

I was going to go with Intel again, since my i7 has gone above and beyond the call of duty for 10 years.
But looking at the prices and from recommendation in my thread, I was thinking of going with a Ryzen 7.

My question is, are Intel worth the extra money? I hope my new PC lasts as long as the previous, but I don't want to spend the extra cash if I'm going to get a negligible increase in performance.
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If you want the new PC to stand a chance of lasting as long I suggest getting an 8 core cpu like the 2700x now or just stick a 1200 (even they would blow away a 930) in there until the new Ryzens come out next year. Wether Ryzen 3s are worth the wait is hit or miss. I rekon they will be the same but with another 200-300mhz more.
 
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