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What CPU would you use for a high end and a med end PC?
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Gaming 9800x3d, gaming and multi core performance the 9850x3d.
Speed is dependent on work load
Speed is dependent on work load
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9800X3D.
9800X3D.
A time machine?
10800X3D (if it has the rumoured 12 cores).
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9950x3d Is at the top I miss typed.
10000 incoming no definite date yet.
Intel is still an option depending on workload .
A 265K/285K is not the CPU for gaming-only, but the 265K is decently priced for mixed usage.
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Yep, if you're using it for professional use (and are dependent on processing time!) such as content creation then high end Intel may be slightly better, but if it's just gaming then 9800x3D is the best you can currently get.
Even if you do some content creation, but just for hobby/non-professional use, then 9800x3d will be more than enough.
At around the £300-350 mark there are more differences, but for £500 just get the 9800x3D, or if you want to spend more then 9950x3D is a monster! (I'm tempted to get one if I decide to upgrade, mainly because it feels wrong going to less cores than I have now, but my 5950x is doing fine and I'll probably wait until something breaks or if next gen AMD has 12 core CCDs - So 12c24t or 24c48t options)
Even if you do some content creation, but just for hobby/non-professional use, then 9800x3d will be more than enough.
At around the £300-350 mark there are more differences, but for £500 just get the 9800x3D, or if you want to spend more then 9950x3D is a monster! (I'm tempted to get one if I decide to upgrade, mainly because it feels wrong going to less cores than I have now, but my 5950x is doing fine and I'll probably wait until something breaks or if next gen AMD has 12 core CCDs - So 12c24t or 24c48t options)
The CPU situation is pretty horrible really - you can't just spend money and get the perfect high end CPU currently.
For gaming nothing really beats the 8 core per CCD AMD X3D parts both 7000 and 9000 series, unless you are doing stuff like multi-boxing game clients and/or running stuff along side for streaming, etc. where the Intel 14700K, 14900K and AMD 7950X and 9950X tend to be a better choice.
For productivity the 285K is strong in some areas, but struggles against the 14700K in others and likewise for the AMD chips - the top end ones are often stronger in some areas than others.
For reasonable priced all around balanced performance the 265K since the price drop and the 14700K are hard to beat - but Raptor Lake is overshadowed by the degradation issue even though that issue is mostly overblown.
If you are happy with more middle of the road performance there have been some excellent deals on the AMD 7700 chips but at their normal price they can't compete with the similarly priced Intel options.
For gaming nothing really beats the 8 core per CCD AMD X3D parts both 7000 and 9000 series, unless you are doing stuff like multi-boxing game clients and/or running stuff along side for streaming, etc. where the Intel 14700K, 14900K and AMD 7950X and 9950X tend to be a better choice.
For productivity the 285K is strong in some areas, but struggles against the 14700K in others and likewise for the AMD chips - the top end ones are often stronger in some areas than others.
For reasonable priced all around balanced performance the 265K since the price drop and the 14700K are hard to beat - but Raptor Lake is overshadowed by the degradation issue even though that issue is mostly overblown.
If you are happy with more middle of the road performance there have been some excellent deals on the AMD 7700 chips but at their normal price they can't compete with the similarly priced Intel options.
Will fail well before their MTBF.
Not really. AMD offer much better performance per watt and typically better performance per £££. Intel just aren’t worth considering outside of a few specific workload's.