Changing to Mini-ITX for portability. Should I purchase a Ryzen CPU or Intel?

[Joshua]

Hello. 

 

I am changing my system to mini-ITX. I use my computer for gaming & programming.  I would like to also upgrade from Z77 for a number of reasons - mainly advanced storage solution support.

Should I get AMD Ryzen, or Intel. I'll spend up to about £500 for CPU + Motherboard + RAM. I like the performance of an 3570k, so something like that or better - and that can keep up for the next 5+ years.

 

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[Max_Settings]

Most people will say go with Ryzen

[That_PC_Kid]

Intel i5 for pure gaming/moderate office work or Ryzen 5 (6C/12T) for streaming, video editing, VMs, 3D rendering, and more taxing office work.

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, That_PC_Kid said:

Intel i5 for pure gaming/moderate office work or Ryzen 5 (6C/12T) for streaming, video editing, VMs, 3D rendering, and more taxing office work.

r5 goes toe-to-toe with i5 in gaming, making it the safe bet here. 

[.:MARK:.]

Go intel because it's better

[Joshua]

2 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

r5 goes toe-to-toe with i5 in gaming, making it the safe bet here. 

Which CPU in the R5 range would you suggest?

Just now, .:MARK:. said:

Go intel because it's better

Any justification on that? Why is it better?

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Joshua said:

Which CPU in the R5 range would you suggest?

Any justification on that? Why is it better?

the 1600. 

it's 6 bloody cores, and IMHO the best value CPU out there. 

or get the 1600x if you don't want to OC, as it hits 3.7Ghz+ out of the box through xfr

[That_PC_Kid]

7 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

r5 goes toe-to-toe with i5 in gaming, making it the safe bet here. 

I mean if all he is doing is gaming, which he said in the OP along with programming, then sure pick up a 7500 or even 7600K.

[That_PC_Kid]

Alternatively, you could wait for 8th Generation Coffee Lake Intel CPUs as the i5's and i7's will have 6C/6T and 6C/12T respectively. 6 physical cores matched up with the good IPC Intel CPUs have will be excellent for gaming and programming.

[Droidbot]

4 minutes ago, That_PC_Kid said:

I mean if all he is doing is gaming, which he said in the OP along with programming, then sure pick up a 7500 or even 7600K.

but what's the point investing in an architecture that performs the same in gaming and worse in everything else?

[That_PC_Kid]

Just now, Droidbot said:

but what's the point investing in an architecture that performs the same in gaming and worse in everything else?

Well, he could wait for 8th Generation Coffee Lake Intel CPUs as the i5's and i7's will have 6C/6T & 6C/12T respectively.

[.:MARK:.]

13 minutes ago, Joshua said:

Any justification on that? Why is it better?

You know why.