• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

Intel vs AMD

noxidjkram@hotm

noxidjkram@hotm

noxidjkram@hotm

Associate
Joined
29 Oct 2005
Posts
2,495
Location
Newcastle upon Toon
Coming back to working out a system build after years away.

I was thinking Intel for the CPU, but seems AMD now have the CPU advantage by quite some distance?

Is it still the case that Nvidia graphics have the advantage over Radeon? I'm not clear after a bit of reading.

Cheers,
M
 
What exactly do you intend to use your PC for? It's not a black and white thing.

I'd recommend giving this a read and posting in that section with the template:

Read first: Build and Upgrade Advice + Template!

It is exceedingly and increasingly difficult to recommend components to people that give limited to no information, those helping often do so as a hobby within their free time. To alleviate growing frustrations I feel having a base-line and template goes a long way, I am requesting that people...
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk

(Fellow Geordie btw!)
 
Last edited:
I'm hoping to build a server solution using Proxmox (on another box). The SFF PC i want to build will access that to get an isolated connection to my work place, outside of that it will be limited gaming (not new or graphics intensive) and web browsing, not a lot else given my usual usage.
 
Tetras said:
If you tell us your budget and usage we can make better suggestions, there's not a 100% answer to either question.
Click to expand...
Fair point. I can get an ASUS or Geekom solution for about £1k, but they lack the discrete graphics that I feel I might need. Budget is flexible. I have also looked at the ASUS ROG NUC 2025 at about £2.5k, but wasn't happy with reviews.
 
Purchase Timeframe:
Next few weeks

Budget:
Up to 3k

Usage:
Light gaming, mainly to access work and web-browse

Preferences:
Quality that will last a good few years. Size that will fit on a desk (20-25L?).

Current Hardware:
Deasd PC with 1080gtx, 9900k, 32GB RAM

Peripherals:
KEF LSX audio (has digital optic)
2 high res large monitors including 49" Samsung.

Special Needs/Requirements (inc Wi-Fi):
None I can think of.
 
noxidjkram@hotm said:
Fair point. I can get an ASUS or Geekom solution for about £1k, but they lack the discrete graphics that I feel I might need. Budget is flexible. I have also looked at the ASUS ROG NUC 2025 at about £2.5k, but wasn't happy with reviews.
Click to expand...
Integrated graphics has come a long way, but they're still fairly limited for anything beyond basic 1080p gaming (at least, if you're playing anything vaguely modern). For example: they would be unlikely to come close to your relatively dated existing PC. The same is true of entry level cards that are likely to fit easily in a compact PC, e.g. the latest 5050 is barely faster than an 8 year old 1080 Ti.

If size isn't a big constraint, I'd lean toward a micro-atx build, where you don't need to have or buy custom/SFF components and have better expansion. 1K5-2K would easily build a good one capable of 1440p (or 4K with some upscaling) in the latest games. 3K would be mega overkill for the usage you described.
 
Tetras said:
Integrated graphics has come a long way, but they're still fairly limited for anything beyond basic 1080p gaming (at least, if you're playing anything vaguely modern). For example: they would be unlikely to come close to your relatively dated existing PC. The same is true of entry level cards that are likely to fit easily in a compact PC, e.g. the latest 5050 is barely faster than an 8 year old 1080 Ti.

If size isn't a big constraint, I'd lean toward a micro-atx build, where you don't need to have or buy custom/SFF components and have better expansion. 1K5-2K would easily build a good one capable of 1440p (or 4K with some upscaling) in the latest games. 3K would be mega overkill for the usage you described.
Click to expand...
Thanks. :) Size is a factor as my desk currently has large monitors and KEF speakers (although I'm hoping to move these to floor stands). Micro-ATX i would struggle to fit, unless i think about a solution to mount the PC on a hanging frame under the desk?
 
noxidjkram@hotm said:
Thanks. :) Size is a factor as my desk currently has large monitors and KEF speakers (although I'm hoping to move these to floor stands). Micro-ATX i would struggle to fit, unless i think about a solution to mount the PC on a hanging frame under the desk?
Click to expand...
Hmm, could you measure it? If you're limited to prebuilt stuff like NUC or very compact ITX cases it'll have a huge influence on your build.
 
noxidjkram@hotm said:
Its aorund 30cm depth by 20cm width, with height not an issue.
Click to expand...
Hmm.

There are tower cases you can get which are small footprint, but more vertical, often designed to resemble a console (Phanteks make some), but yeah, M-ATX is not normally viable in those dimensions.

I think the smallest you can get with MATX is around 17.5 by 35 (e.g. something like Aerocool's Trinity Mini is on the small side).
 
Tetras said:
Hmm.

There are tower cases you can get which are small footprint, but more vertical, often designed to resemble a console (Phanteks make some), but yeah, M-ATX is not normally viable in those dimensions.

I think the smallest you can get with MATX is around 17.5 by 35 (e.g. something like Aerocool's Trinity Mini is on the small side).
Click to expand...
I think my current case is a Phanteks (originally an OCUK build). Very nice kit. Will have a look - cheers. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom