No advantage in buying 11th Gen

Mr Wurley

Mr Wurley

Mr Wurley

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Just watched a video from Jayztwocents where he built a $1500 rig but used 11th gen because (which seems logical) 12th gen is geared for DDR5. However, I've just priced up an 11th Gen Build using the same components as my 12th gen build and it only comes out £20 cheaper. Plus the i7-11700k seems worse than the i5-12600k in benchmarking. My conclusion is that there is no point building an 11th gen rig even if you are only planning to use DDR4 in 12th gen. Am I right?

Here are my two build on PCPP

edit: can't link but the general question remains

Would welcome any thoughts and views!
 
Yeah unless the 11th gen stuff was really significantly cheaper it makes no sense. Looking at current prices from main UK stores 11th gen parts only seem to be marginally cheaper than 12th gen so I don't think it makes any sense at all for a new PC.

I guess a scenario where it might make sense is if you already have a 10/11th gen Intel system with say an i3 and want to upgrade to an i5 or i7 without going though the hassle of completely rebuilding your system with a new mobo etc and selling it on, just want a slot in upgrade.
 
There was a while where there was better pricing for 11th gen motherboards, which might have been enough to swing the pendulum that way. But 12th gen motherboards have come down a fair bit recently
 
Going 11th gen will eat any savings on the CPU and motherboard in electricity in a few years, not advisable together with the performance loss.
 
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