If your .........
I was very lucky and picked up an RTX 3090 and I want to game at 165hz at 1440p; currently WARZONE COD
Do I go i7 or AMD 5600x?
Which board?
Which cooler?
Many thanks
If your .........
Given the uncompetitive pricing and availability issues surrounding the Ryzen 5000 range I think I'd stick with Intel for a gaming PC right now.
Lol. Now AMD have a competative product and can charge a bit more money (remember they are a business in the end) and suddenly they are uncompetative
I agree with the availability issues though
@jpod Your current psu will be fine,
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £319.99
- 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95
- 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
All in stock. Unfortunatly the motherboard has gone up £20 since I first recommended this to you.
Lol. Now AMD have a competative product and can charge a bit more money (remember they are a business in the end) and suddenly they are uncompetative
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I get your point but given the OP wanted a gaming PC I feel given the performance in that area tends to favour team blue and the AMD no longer have the pricing advantage I'd be inclined to stick with Intel.
For content creation it'd be worth going AMD though.
With a 3090, ..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Note your 3090 is PCI-E 4, only AMD are doing PCI-E 4. It may not use all the bandwidth of PCI-E, but you may lose a few percentage points going Intel with PCI-E 3 boards....Pci Express, on Intel is a bit behind.
Hi Bud, thanks for this.
What about i7 10700K which has two more cores?
Asus ROG Strix Z490 G
Noctua NF A15 cooler
32GB 3600 DDR4
And thanks for sharing your expertise
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Intel Core i7-10700K Avengers Edition 3.8GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £349.99
- 1 x Asus ROG Strix Z490-G Gaming (WI-FI) (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £239.99
- 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £119.99
In gaming the 5600x beats the older i7-9700k in every test. The 10700k is barely 5% faster so over all it would still lose out to the 5600x.
https://www.hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/146662-amd-ryzen-7-5800x-ryzen-5-5600x/?page=6
With a 3090, I think you need 5800X minimum to drive it. I think 5600X may hold that monster GPU back. I may be wrong, but that CPU an GPU do not match.
I bought the following, however I never intend to buy a 3090, due to the crazy prices.
Asus B550 Strix E
▷ Asus ROG Strix B550-E Gaming (AMD AM4) B550 A… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)
AMD 5600X
▷ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)
Be Quiet Dark Rock Slim, a silent cooler. Rated up to 180 watts.
▷ be quiet! Dark Rock Slim CPU Cooler - 120mm | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)
I would pair your CPU with....AMD 5900X, but it costs a whopping £599.99.
▷ AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket … | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)
Note your 3090 is PCI-E 4, only AMD are doing PCI-E 4. It may not use all the bandwidth of PCI-E, but you may lose a few percentage points going Intel with PCI-E 3 boards....Pci Express, on Intel is a bit behind.