AMD or Intel?

[Penguinverse]

Hi everyone I just recently upgraded my GPU to a EVGA GTX 780 and its bottlenecking because of my outdated CPU, and I was wondering if I should an AMD or Intel CPU?

[CowsGoRoar]

I am wondering which one is better: apples or potatoes?

[JuztBe]

>>>4690k<<<
Like in every other thread, nothing changed.

[Clyne]

Intel if you have enough money, AMD if your on a budget.

[GlassBomb]

The only reason why I really prefer Intel these days is the much greater performance per watt that they have, along with more feature rich motherboards.

[Polyvalent]

I am wondering which one is better: apples or potatoes?

 

This.

 

Each brand is good in its own right. 

 

AMD has lots of room for overclocking and is great for a tight budget, and still delivers solid performance and great multitasking ability.

 

Intel processors have better performance per core, and while they are generally much more expensive, the extremely powerful performance matches the price.

 

 

 

tl;dr

 

Budget < $200 --> AMD

Budget > $200 --> Intel

 

edit: 400th post sweg

[patrickjp93]

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Yeah, I gotta say this much, unless you're a brand new poster, there's no excuse for this. Unless there's a brand new line of CPUs out then the answer is the same found in at least 3 other threads. I swear we should keep a master benchmarking thread just for this (not Cinebench since the Intel compiler incident).

[Najuno]

As said before 4690K for gaming is an awesome choice or AMD´s FX8350. And before you open yet another thread... Z97 chipset for Intel and FX990 for AMD in terms of mainboards .

[Faceman]

For that high end of a GPU, you have to get an Intel processor.  The FX processors will bottleneck that high end of a GPU.

 

Because you are currently on a 760 chipset, you will have to upgrade your motherboard anyways, might as well go Intel.

[BlargKing]

Intel 100%. Bit more expensive, but they run cooler and more effiecient. Plus Intel has CPU's that go beyond anything AMD has if you've got the budget for it. (Like my 4930K )

[Penguinverse]

The only reason why I really prefer Intel these days is the much greater performance per watt that they have, along with more feature rich motherboards.

Ok thank you!

For that high end of a GPU, you have to get an Intel processor. The FX processors will bottleneck that high end of a GPU.

Because you are currently on a 760 chipset, you will have to upgrade your motherboard anyways, might as well go Intel.

Ok this is great help!

Yeah that´s just as annoying as those people that have to multiposte because editing a post seems to be pretty tough .

@ Topic

As said before 4690K for gaming is an awesome choice or AMD´s FX8350. And before you open yet another thread... Z97 chipset for Intel and FX990 for AMD in terms of mainboards .

Alright that was gonna be my next question what motherboard should I get thank you!

Yeah, I gotta say this much, unless you're a brand new poster, there's no excuse for this. Unless there's a brand new line of CPUs out then the answer is the same found in at least 3 other threads. I swear we should keep a master benchmarking thread just for this (not Cinebench since the Intel compiler incident).

I am a brand new poster so don't get mad at me

[patrickjp93]

I am a brand new poster so don't get mad at me

I apologize, I'm currently in Hungary and I replied in a haze of exhaustion. In the future, please scan the forums for similar questions ahead of time. Chances are you'll find a close copy about 3 pages in.

[Penguinverse]

I apologize, I'm currently in Hungary and I replied in a haze of exhaustion. In the future, please scan the forums for similar questions ahead of time. Chances are you'll find a close copy about 3 pages in.

Ok thank you I will!

[Opcode]

Easy, i5-4690k and a Z97 motherboard. Plus you'll be set for Broadwell.

[Deletive]

i5 4690k with a gaming 5,or z97-A is perfect.

[eLucid]

I always go with intel cpu's now. As for gpu's, it doesn't really matter to me.