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Which build is better for gaming?

OppositeDestiny
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Budget (including currency): No more than $1350 USD (not including peripherals or case fans)

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 75% gaming 25% Schoolwork (college)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

 

I am looking for 1080p possibly 1440p gaming at 144hz with decent fps. I'm trying to figure out which build would be best for my needs, I know that the 3600 is a great bang-for-the-buck CPU all around but is it the best out of the two for gaming? I am not making any changes to the gpu or storage.

 

Intel Build: 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $198.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $38.99 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $6.43 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $179.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $69.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $56.48 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card $499.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $99.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1320.82
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 10:47 EDT-0400  

AMD Build:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $167.00 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $6.43 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $82.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $69.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $56.48 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card $499.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $99.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1197.84
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 10:48 EDT-0400  

 

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the difference between the 9600 and 3600 in gaming are very small and only visible when using the 2080ti on a 1080p screen. 

the 900 series from intel has now been replaced, so you're basically buying into a discontinued platform.

I advise to go with the 3600 or if you have more money to spend, with the intel 10600k

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If you cant get 10600k (after all the mobo goes up in price), get 3600 and throw in an aftermarket that isnt the 212 Evo, say the 212 Black or Freezer 33 or 34. 212 Evo's design is old and not really cheap

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3600. Buying a 9600K makes literally 0 sense considering Comet Lake just launched.

Also, you can get a 512GB Sabrent Rocket for $10 more than the Crucial P1, and it's more than worth it. The P1 is not a great OS drive.

Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6

Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13"  --  i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe

Peripherals: Leopold FC660C w/ Topre Silent 45g | Logitech MX Master 3 & Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed | HIFIMAN HE400se & iFi ZEN DAC | Audio-Technica AT2020USB+

Display: Gigabyte G34WQC

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Since you have the same GPU, RAM, and similarly classed CPUs I'm not sure there's a large difference between them, but for price-to-performance I'd go with the Ryzen 3600

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The difference in overal cost would give you a better GPU and it's a no brainer.

Ryzen 5700g @ 4.4ghz all cores | Asrock B550M Steel Legend | 3060 | 2x 16gb Micron E 2666 @ 4200mhz cl16 | 500gb WD SN750 | 12 TB HDD | Deepcool Gammax 400 w/ 2 delta 4000rpm push pull | Antec Neo Eco Zen 500w

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The 9600K makes no sense. Either splurge a lot on the 10600K (careful to get the good stepping as there is one without STIM and with shit paste) or just get the 3600.

 

If it were my money, I'd buy the 3600 and use the saved money on more storage/better RAM/GPU/case or some games

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