Subj : Re: Gaming (Windows) PC: build or buy?
To   : Nightfox
From : Tracker1
Date : Fri Sep 03 2021 06:14 pm

On 7/20/2021 7:49 PM, Nightfox wrote:
 >> The roles are pretty much reversed of where they were a couple years
 >> ago. While AMD is current king in terms of best of breed, there is a
 >> bit of a price premium for that, so unless going for 5900X or 5950X,
 >> then Intel is actually a better deal at the moment for most systems.
 >
 > Oh?  I thought AMD's processors were still cheaper.  At least a couple
 > years ago, I remember hearing when AMD's processors were rating ahead
 > of Intel's.  For the price of an Intel i9-9900K, there was an AMD
 > processor that was similarly priced that had more cores, and AMD's
 > processors were getting slightly better ratings than Intel across the
 > board, except for a couple cases.

With the AMD Ryzen 5000 series (current), they bumped the pricing, at 
the top end they're faster than Intel's fastest.  Meanwhile Intel prices 
dropped a bit, Intel still tends to take more power for a given 
performance class.  Again, role reversal.

In the enthusiast space, AMD is much more popular, and also had been 
selling out more, given Intel more breathing room.  It's a bit of a 
mixed bag outside the top end.
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Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com

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