i9 9900K or Ryzen 9 5950X

[495Dynasty]

Budget (including currency):  Unlimited

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Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games like Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, etc.

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'm planning on building a pc for my friend, found two good deals from two sellers I know personally and can't really decide which to take. I already have a Super Flower 1200W Titanium PSU ready and a 3080 10G. The options are as follows:

 

This for 700 Euro:

CPU AMD 5950X
64GB (4x16) RAM Kingston Fury 3200mhz
EVGA FTW DARK X570 WIFI
Samsung EVO Plus 970 500GB (3200-3500MB/S) + 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Noctua NH-D15
Seasonic 750W Gold

 

or This for 250 Euro:

i9 9900K

16GB G.Skill Trident Z Series, DDR4-3600, CL16

ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI)

240mm AIO

 

PS: I'm a huge EVGA fan and would maybe even keep the motherboard for myself

[Poinkachu]

11 minutes ago, 495Dynasty said:

Budget (including currency):  Unlimited

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games like Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, etc.

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'm planning on building a pc for my friend, found two good deals from two sellers I know personally and can't really decide which to take. I already have a Super Flower 1200W Titanium PSU ready and a 3080 10G. The options are as follows:

 

This for 700 Euro:

CPU AMD 5950X
64GB (4x16) RAM Kingston Fury 3200mhz
EVGA FTW DARK X570 WIFI
Samsung EVO Plus 970 500GB (3200-3500MB/S) + 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Noctua NH-D15
Seasonic 750W Gold

 

or This for 250 Euro:

i9 9900K

16GB G.Skill Trident Z Series, DDR4-3600, CL16

ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI)

240mm AIO

 

PS: I'm a huge EVGA fan and would maybe even keep the motherboard for myself

Does your friend need 64gb of ram ?

[podkall]

So like, both are good choices, it depends what your friend needs,

 

the amd has dobule the cores, is newer and has similar speeds to the i9, (maybe higher IPC too)

 

but to give you a perspective, I linked a video, the AMD performs better, but it depends on the games, some games it's only few fps, other games it's 20 fps more...

 

The AMD shatters intel in productivity, but in gaming they come close, really dpeends on which games,

 

you could try finding benchmakrs of cpus individualy, but keep in mind they might use different GPU, so a benchmark where intel won over amd could be because it had a stronger gpu, the benchmark below uses similar components though.

 

and as @Poinkachu said, 64GB is alot, though I understand the system was probably used for productivity or something where that much ram was needed...

 

 

[Poinkachu]

What @podkall said above.

If your friend doesn't need 64gb ram, me personally would get the Intel one.
Why? Cheaper. Because I already have a 1200w PSU anyway.
Will need to buy him an SSD though.
The perf difference in game is not a dealbreaker.

Another comparison video.

 

 

[495Dynasty]

Thanks a lot on all the suggestions and information. I decided on getting the i9 and somehow managed to get it down to 200€. And yeah 64GB would be a lot but I would most likely just save half of it and put it in another pc.

[Poinkachu]

17 minutes ago, 495Dynasty said:

Thanks a lot on all the suggestions and information. I decided on getting the i9 and somehow managed to get it down to 200€. And yeah 64GB would be a lot but I would most likely just save half of it and put it in another pc.

Yeah, use the money for something else.
Keyboard, mouse, monitor. Anything that he might need.