I’m shopping around looking for my next PC build. I have built 2 Ryzen and 1 Intel PC over the last 10 years and this current one (2700x with a 1080Ti) was built in 2018.
Thou it is doing great still I’m thinking of building a new PC with PCPartpickers.
BUT…
I can’t decide to stick with AMD or try Intel this time around. Both have great reviews with different Mobos/chipsets ect and it’s just difficult to choose.
I will use it mostly for gaming. I do not Stream or do any Video editing. I do watch YT and Twitch and do day to day stuff.
I’m either leaning towards an Ryzen 7 5800X3D or the Intel i5 12600k. I want to get a 3080 GPU at the least and the budget is about $3-5k so it’s flexible.
Of course I want to play the newest games coming soon and even thou the 1080Ti is still a beast it may not be able to handle the games in 2023+ as well.
as great as 5800x3d is , the AM4 socket is at it’s end of life. unless you’re planning to keep this current build for like 5 years i would wait until the AM5 socket stuff comes out
the intel chip sucks power like crazy, but it is on a new socket/platform so if they improved on that part it’s just a matter of replacing the cpu
If you have a decent AM4 motherboard and decent ram I think i would get a 5800x3d and wait for DDR5 to go mainstream (ie its in every prebuilt Dell and HP) 12th Gen motherboards might have another Gen after them but the premium of DDR5 is too high atm and DDR4 is going to hold it back long term. So I don’t think long term b660 or z690 is a solid foundation to build on. I think a 5800x3D could last me the 2 years it will take for AMD to release 7800x3d and DDR5 should be much more affordable by then.
Also getting Ryzen 9 for a non streamer non video encoder is a bad idea more cores does not mean more performance in games, better multitasking with multiple apps yes but better gaming performance no.
100% This or wait for 13th gen. AM4 is a dead platform. Raptor Lake is confirmed to be LGA 1700 also just like Alder Lake which will make it the second Generation on LGA 1700.
Just remember AM5 may have a LOT of bugs at first. Its a new platform and I personally never recommend buying the 1st generation on a new platform. Raptor Lake is around the corner so Id wait for that or do what You said and wait for AM5 if you prefer AMD.
Either way its best to wait to do a build. If you MUST do a build now get the cheapest 12th gen Processor you can find with plans to move to 13th Gen (Raptor Lake) later this year since it will be the same socket
It may be at the end of the road but it gave AMD first gen users a huge upgrade path
Someone with a 1600x and a x370 back in 2017 can still get a 5900x, 5800x, or even the 5800x3d right now with just a bios update and still have best performance
Meanwhile Intel makes you pay a new motherboard every generation or 2
Like the kaby lake generation, coffee lake is the exact same socket of kaby lake and skylake but they didn’t bother making z170s or z270s compatible, so you were forced to upgrade the board and cpu if you wanted more than 4 cores 8 threads
That’s why I’m still considering on waiting myself even though I have a 2700x and a x470
Would rather take an am5 first gen if AMD continues their tradition for upgrade friendly path
Since AMD is known for keeping their sockets for quite a long time across Generations of processors? You may be right. Even with the bugs of a new generation, going with AM5 may very well be someone’s best bang for the buck.
I was just trying to give the op all the facts and keep an unbiased opinion
I say build now and stick to your price point. There is new stuff coming out every few months no matter when you build. Unless you get lucky you’ll be on a waiting list or waiting for a drop on brand new GPU’s in the months after a release anyways.
I build a new cpu about every 5 years. After five years most of the parts aren’t compatible anyways.
