Will try make it snappy...
Okay, so I'm upgrading my PC this coming Monday (Mobo & CPU/RAM) and I have about £330. That makes for two obvious paths... Ryzen with a 1600/1600x, or an i5 8400.
Really don't know which path to take - it's gonna be mainly a gaming build with some premiere pro on the side (Nothing too high res - just 1080p gameplay vids)
Now I know for gaming, the i5 is better & I'd also like something aimed towards Star Citizen as my current 3470 doesn't do the best of jobs (Works, but too many spikes).
However, and forgive me as I'm not 100% sure what this means, but I've seen on benchmarks, the i5 often uses twice as much CPU usage as the Ryzen does although I'm aware this has something to do with the threads so not 100% sure what it means.
Additionally, I read the AM4 boards are good until 2020, in which space of time AMD will release further chips (Obviously Ryzen 2 coming in April which will probably be on par, or exceed the i5 8400's performance); additionally though, around the time AMD release Ryzen 2, I'd be able to afford the i7 8700 (Non K - not huge on overclocking)
Honestly, both upgrades will cost around the same as I plan to get a decent Ryzen board, but for the life of me I cannot decide.
Will also add - will use the Cemu emulator to play BotW
Okay, so I'm upgrading my PC this coming Monday (Mobo & CPU/RAM) and I have about £330. That makes for two obvious paths... Ryzen with a 1600/1600x, or an i5 8400.
Really don't know which path to take - it's gonna be mainly a gaming build with some premiere pro on the side (Nothing too high res - just 1080p gameplay vids)
Now I know for gaming, the i5 is better & I'd also like something aimed towards Star Citizen as my current 3470 doesn't do the best of jobs (Works, but too many spikes).
However, and forgive me as I'm not 100% sure what this means, but I've seen on benchmarks, the i5 often uses twice as much CPU usage as the Ryzen does although I'm aware this has something to do with the threads so not 100% sure what it means.
Additionally, I read the AM4 boards are good until 2020, in which space of time AMD will release further chips (Obviously Ryzen 2 coming in April which will probably be on par, or exceed the i5 8400's performance); additionally though, around the time AMD release Ryzen 2, I'd be able to afford the i7 8700 (Non K - not huge on overclocking)
Honestly, both upgrades will cost around the same as I plan to get a decent Ryzen board, but for the life of me I cannot decide.
Will also add - will use the Cemu emulator to play BotW
