CPU for an imminent mini-ITX build
Hi,
it basically depends on how quickly you want to get the new PC. If you need to have it ASAP, I'd go with a Kaby Lake i5, or, if you can find some on sale, the i5 6500. If you can wait, I'd wait to see what Ryzen brings to the table.
AFAIK, the Ryzen launch should be sometime in March. By then the AM4 motherboards should hit the shelves as well, so you'll know by then if there's a mITX motherboard for Ryzen.
You'd also know whether or not is Ryzen a Ryzenoable option in terms of performance, thermals etc. (sorry, I had to...)
Personally, I don't think that the Ryzen launch will have that significant impact on Intel's pricing of Kaby Lake, but rather on the next CPU line-up.
I understand your struggle perfectly because I have a mini ITX build planned for a year now, and with the new Z270 mITX boards from Gigabyte and ASRock (Czech them out, both have onboard WiFi) and now I need to wait to see if it would make sense to rethink the whole damned build with Ryzen. However, my upgrade cycle is centered on July/August, so I don't plan to rush anything with a machine that I want to last for 3-5 years.
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