A mate is looking to upgrade after 10 years. He's not sure what to go for. He wants to know AMD or Intel for the CPU. He's never had an AMD.

[scottthrustans]

I've been explaining to him how IMD with the rising brand has sort of taken the lead really in the last few years but although my knowledge is more up to date than his he's done a lot of serious elbow clocking in his time and he's still running a 1080 on a really high quality rug board with an overclocked CPU from nearly ten years ago I think it is and you know he's got a custom water cooling rig. It just wants to know I think what your opinion is in terms of overclockability of current chips and if AMD are ahead in that area as well or whether he should stick with Intel. I think from my point of view a 9950X3D is probably his best option with you know a high quality rug board and probably he's thinking about a 5080 the 24 gig version if it comes out and he's going to do a custom water cool he's got half the stuff he needs already really it's just a question of getting a block for the rug graphics card. What do you guys think amd or Intel these days advice appreciate it thank you. From my point of view I'm also I've got like a medium to high spec build and I'm looking to water cool as well I suppose so I'll ask in the water cooling section about doing it that he can advise me

 

[scottthrustans]

Thanks for that. I've been wondering if it's worth him getting a temporary 5700X3D until the 10 series comes out... then going for the top 10 series... i suggested that might be a good idea as the jump from 9 to 10 sounds like it might be quite major.

 

[scottthrustans]

Just to throw a minor spanner in the work however.

Is your mate the type of person who if you suggest an AMD chip and there is any issue whatsoever, will hold it against you and be instantly "should have bought Intel"?

Some people are so inherently biased that they will actively look for problems and potentially you might not hear the last of it.

No he's a good egg. He wouldn't do that.