So I'm really on the fence between Ryzen and i7 for my next build. Looking at the 1700, and the 7700k.
Its mostly for gaming (PUBG, Rocket League, Overwatch, maybe Fortnite etc). However I'm a software developer (mostly web), so will have various IDE's, GIT / db clients open etc.
Also its unlikely I will be overclocking. I haven't OC'd since my AMD Athlon about 12+ years ago, as more concerned with system longevity, stability, etc. I want this to last for at least 5 years, but current system (i7 950) is 7 years old.
My concerns with buying intel is my 7 year old rig is quad core, 7 years later it feels bad buying the same number of cores. I know single core performance is key for gaming, but still that has to be changing on newer games right?
My concerns with buying AMD is the stock core speed is only 3GHz, the same as my 7 year old i7. Even with all those cores, are they just going to go unused, and I'll regret the lower clock speed.
Its mostly for gaming (PUBG, Rocket League, Overwatch, maybe Fortnite etc). However I'm a software developer (mostly web), so will have various IDE's, GIT / db clients open etc.
Also its unlikely I will be overclocking. I haven't OC'd since my AMD Athlon about 12+ years ago, as more concerned with system longevity, stability, etc. I want this to last for at least 5 years, but current system (i7 950) is 7 years old.
My concerns with buying intel is my 7 year old rig is quad core, 7 years later it feels bad buying the same number of cores. I know single core performance is key for gaming, but still that has to be changing on newer games right?
My concerns with buying AMD is the stock core speed is only 3GHz, the same as my 7 year old i7. Even with all those cores, are they just going to go unused, and I'll regret the lower clock speed.