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Stick with intel.

 

At this point, unless its an apu system or crazy low budget, intel is definitely the way to go.

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Stick with intel.

 

At this point, unless its an apu system or crazy low budget, intel is definitely the way to go.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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I'm kinda new to building pc's, but are the AMD cpu's viable options, or should I just stick to Intel?

Depends what you're doing and your budget. Some of the apus are good for htpcs. But for gaming or anything else really, amd is just really far behind. Especially with skylake coming out soon.

 

 

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For gaming? Stick to Intel CPUs.

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600X            | Cooler: Deepcool AK400  | Motherboard: B550 Elite AX V2  | Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB  |

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB   | GPU: MSI RTX 3060 Ti    | Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black)    | PSU: EVGA 650W G2             |

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Depending on what applications you are using them for. For gaming deffinatly stick to intel as most games thesedays dont make use of the extra cores. That said if you are a video editor or something then you will benefit from the extra cores.

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CPU> Intel 4790k< GPU> EVGA GTX970< SSD> Crucial MX200 250Gb< HDD> Seagate Barracuda 2Tb<
Cooling> Corsair H100i< Case> Corsair Air 540< PSU> Seasonic X-Series 650W< RAM> 8Gb Kingston HyperX<
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