AMD or not to AMD

[3drealm]

Hi

I'm in the process of building a new system, and I'm at the crucial stage where I need to decide which route to go. Intel or AMD. I've been an AMD guy for going on 20 years now, but my loyalty has been tested in recent years. I'm really hoping their new line of cpu are on a par with Intels latest offering, but I have my doubts. Would I be best off waiting to see how AMD goes, or should I just cut my losses so to speak, and go Skylake?

Thanks

 

[3drealm]

Thanks for all the help I'm quite eager to get my system finished off, so the thought of waiting for AMD to get their finger out is a little off putting. It's just being with AMD so long, old habits die hard I suppose. It's like the proverbial carrot on a stick. I remember when I bought my 8120 and being very underwhelmed, but feeling held back from switching out due to a combination of misguided loyalty and the hope that "in the near future" things might be better.

I'm going to be gaming and using design tools such as 3ds max and photoshop, so ideally a cpu that offers gains in those areas. Having never gone Intel before, I'm just trying to collect as much info as possible before I commit. In all honestly though, Skylake is looking more and more appealing. Specifically an i7-6700k.

 

[3drealm]

Should have added. My budget is around £400.

 

[3drealm]

For the tower (CPU, motherboard, memory, graphics, storage, PSU, case)? Software (OS)?

An i7-6700K is way out of the budget if you need everything - it's over £300 on its own.

£400 for the cpu and all required cooling. Which would probably be one of those hybrid water cooling systems that Corsair do.