Rocket Lake or AMD 5000

[LordBeggar]

Hi All

Looking to upgrade my 9yr old 3rd gen Intel system. I use it for internet,email, 1080p/4k video watching and virtualisation (using VMware Workstation Pro). I can't decide between AMD (3000 or 5000 series) or Intel (11th Gen Rocket Lake).

I've been considering the following:

Intel:
Intel Core i5 11600KF
Asus Strix B560-F
2 x 16GB 3200Mhz
Samsung 980 Pro 500GB

AMD:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Asus Strix B550-F
2 x 16GB 3200Mhz
Samsung 980 Pro 500GB

Each of the above systems are almost the same price. The main difference I can tell is that the Intel CPU uses 125W and the AMD uses 65W.

I was also considering paying the extra for the 6 core AMD Ryzen 5 5600X but that would add about £120 for the AMD system.

I can't seem to make up my mind, help please I do want the system to last at least 5+ years.

Since I've waited this long if there's anything new coming around the corner I could wait a bit longer to upgrade!

Ryzen is better choice at the moment. Faster, runs cooler and uses less power

 

[Tetras]

Ok, am trying to finalise the shopping list so here is what I have so far taking all the helpful feedback into account. I've decided to high end and spend more as I am building this with 5+ years in mind:

• AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
• ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero (plus optional TPM for Bitlocker)
  
• Corsair 2 x 16GB 3600Mhz
• Samsung 980 Pro 500GB(boot/system drive)
  
• Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Data/VM drive)
• BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4CPU cooler

I'll be reusing my PSU, GPU, case and SATA SSDs (these will be used for my online backups).

The motherboard has 8 SATA ports, can they all be used if I have two M2 drives installed?

Also. are there enough PCIe lanes to add a third M2 drive using one of the PCIe slots? The plan is to replace the SATA drives with single M2 drive later on.

The motherboard is really expensive, pretty sure you could power a 5900X with less?.