AMD or Intel (New Build)

[BRIGGBOY81]

A bit surprised no one is suggesting wait till threadripper chips are out. Although with the recent price cuts iam very tempted jump all over the r7 1700

 

[AiiR]

A bit surprised no one is suggesting wait till threadripper chips are out. Although with the recent price cuts iam very tempted jump all over the r7 1700

Much better off getting a Ryzen 7 and a 1080/ti for the price of what Threadripper is likely to be.

 

[BRIGGBOY81]

Ok, already got the 1080 so might push the button...... Watch this space

 

[faceman123]

r1700/1600 future proof socket ( amd are always a safe bet upgradeability wise) or as said above wait for threadripper.

 

[haszek]

Motherboards for TR might be expensive as well:/

 

[humbug]

I've been asked for input into a new PC build primarily for flight sims and he's advised that many cores are required (I'm checking into this for certain)

There's this at £448.99
Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1800X 4.00GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail

Or this

i7-6900K 3.20GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail

at £830


Seems like a big difference but is the extra worth it? The build isn't really budget limited (£3K just for the box) but adding lots of RAM, big SSDs and a top GPU soon eats away the budget.

Hell no... for a start the 1800X is the faster of the two and the more power efficient and X99 is a dead end platform

 

[RSR]

Motherboards for TR might be expensive as well:/

My guess would they would be on par with X299 MB's, even if they are more expensive than the Intel counterparts they will be is better value for money as a overall package.

 

[humbug]

Not necessarily, I think Intel like to charge a hefty premium for X series chipsets, to intice Vendors to X399 i bet AMD charge very little for their chipsets, for them its not about profiteering from Chipsets. its about bloodying Intel's nose at every turn.

 

[elrasho]

This should fit your needs OP

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £319.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £101.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2B3200= £85.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060025-WW)= £119.99

Total: £639.06
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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[smogsy]

Not necessarily, I think Intel like to charge a hefty premium for X series chipsets, to intice Vendors to X399 i bet AMD charge very little for their chipsets, for them its not about profiteering from Chipsets. its about bloodying Intel's nose at every turn.

AMD dont make their chipset ASmedia do but yes you are correct.

 

[humbug]

AMD dont make their chipset ASmedia do but yes you are correct.

Ah... my bad

 

[mattyg]

Just to Hijack slightly but it may aid the OP

Which Chip if you weren't going to OC.

 

[Panos]

AMD dont make their chipset ASmedia do but yes you are correct.

Actually the whole Northbridge is integrated in the CPU, making the traditional word "chipset" bit vague.