Advantages of getting an Intel over an AMD cpu?

[Venn]

So I've seen that Intel CPU's are more expensive than AMD ones and everyone suggests Intel over AMD.

 

But why is that? If the CPU doesn't bottleneck the GPU, then why go for even more performance when you can use that money to get a better GPU?

 

Still confused on w/e or not I should get an Intel CPU or an AMD one. Running on my phenom ii x4 955 that's around 4 years old and can't overclock from what I've seen, and the CPU usage hits 100% at times.

 

Feels like people are making it a necessity to get an Intel

[VG Docs]

Running on my phenom ii x4 955 that's around 4 years old and can't overclock from what I've seen, and the CPU usage hits 100% at times.

That's why. The FX and Athlon CPUs aren't a ton better, mostly due to every two integers sharing a single module. 

You simply don't have to worry about stuff like that with intel CPUs.

[GDRRiley]

So I've seen that Intel CPU's are more expensive than AMD ones and everyone suggests Intel over AMD.

 

But why is that? If the CPU doesn't bottleneck the GPU, then why go for even more performance when you can use that money to get a better GPU?

 

Still confused on w/e or not I should get an Intel CPU or an AMD one. Feels like people are making it a necessity to get an Intel

Intel's CPU are stronger core for core. AMD are better for budget and for cheep streaming or recording PC. A FX 6300 is not as good as a I-5 6600k and will bottleneck a R9 370 in some games.  

[Hman1250]

Intel usually has lower TDP and aren't has hot. Also intel has stronger cores, their architecture is really good and not just a spam of cores. Intel CPU's are also really good with not only gaming, but also strong forms of work such as video editing, photoshop etc. You also don't need as expensive as a cooler compared to AMD. Also their boards are always include the latest features such as onboard wifi and bluetooth, PCI-E 3.0(Yes AMD uses PCI-E 2.0, not that big of a deal), sata express (some amd boards have that too) and multiple M.2 and NVMe support

[Praesi]

I5's are simply the best performance choice for a Gaming maschine without spending more money as necessary.

[Venn]

Alright guys thanks. Any suggestions for a good mobo/cpu that's around 300$ USD ? (I live in Canada, and the prices are higher)

[Techicolors]

intel CPUs have better single-thread performance compared to amd FX processors. so an i5 will fare much better in a lot of games. however it appears that the more recent titles like GTA V will gain more frames with an i7 or better. perhaps that will change with DX12, but it's always said than done 

[Glenwing]

So I've seen that Intel CPU's are more expensive than AMD ones and everyone suggests Intel over AMD.

But why is that? If the CPU doesn't bottleneck the GPU, then why go for even more performance when you can use that money to get a better GPU?

Still confused on w/e or not I should get an Intel CPU or an AMD one. Running on my phenom ii x4 955 that's around 4 years old and can't overclock from what I've seen, and the CPU usage hits 100% at times.

Feels like people are making it a necessity to get an Intel

Well, it does depend on your GPU to a degree. You're right that if the CPU isn't the limiting factor because you don't have a high-end GPU setup, you generally won't see a difference between an AMD and an Intel processor.

However, it also depends on the games; every game has a different balance of how much CPU power vs GPU power it needs. Some games are CPU-bound in almost any setup, such as StarCraft II, which is extremely CPU-intensive and also really doesn't take advantage of more than 2 CPU cores, so performance really suffers due to AMD's low single-threaded performance, and the fact that they have more CPU cores than an equivalently priced Intel processor doesn't make up for the difference. Even an FX-8350 at 4.0GHz will drop to sub-15fps in large battles with lots of units, while a Haswell processor hovers around 30fps in the same scenario.

The other thing is that CPUs are considered a longer term investment for most people, the upgrade cycle is longer than GPUs. With graphics cards, you can easily swap your card out for an upgrade whenever it suits you, whereas a CPU involves a new motherboard (at least, if the CPU is newer enough to be a meaningful upgrade in the first place) as well as some extensive disassembly of your system. So it's not necessarily a good idea to get a CPU that is "just enough" for whatever graphics card you have initially, because you have to consider that you might upgrade to a more powerful GPU in the future, and it's a lot easier to do that if you don't have to upgrade your CPU too in order to not be limiting your new graphics card.

AMD's CPUs aren't "bad" in the sense that they're unusable for gaming, it's just that Intel's CPUs are much stronger. There are very few situations in which an AMD CPU makes sense, and that's really only when you're heavily constrained by budget, and it's still not going to hold up as well as an Intel chip in the long run.

[bomerr]

Alright guys thanks. Any suggestions for a good mobo/cpu that's around 300$ USD ? (I live in Canada, and the prices are higher)

save up till you can afford an i5-6500 with Z170 motherboard that can overclock non K CPUs. 

[Bhav]

Even an I3 is better for game performance than a 8 core AMD.

For gaming - I5

Productivity / creative software - I7

Non gaming / production software - AMD

Supebudget cheap as possible PC - AMD.

[Jahramika]

Intel usually has lower TDP and aren't has hot. Also intel has stronger cores, their architecture is really good and not just a spam of cores. Intel CPU's are also really good with not only gaming, but also strong forms of work such as video editing, photoshop etc. You also don't need as expensive as a cooler compared to AMD. Also their boards are always include the latest features such as onboard wifi and bluetooth, PCI-E 3.0(Yes AMD uses PCI-E 2.0, not that big of a deal), sata express (some amd boards have that too) and multiple M.2 and NVMe support

Good reasons all comes at a cost tol

[Darkseth]

Get an i5 6500 + Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P. is a very nice one. Cheap, and good connectivity.

And pls, DDR4.

 

Using DDR3 + DDR3-Board with Skylake might damage the memory controler inside the CPU, because 1.5 Volts might be too much for a long time. Linus made a Video about this.

 

IF that is too expensive... its fine, to go down to a Haswell, i5 4460 + Asus B85M-Gamer, for example.

[Qwerty2323]

300 well slightly above or something like that u can try grt h170 motherboard and i5 6500. Not sure about how much higher canada prices are but with USA prices could try gigabyte h170 h3dp and i5 6500.

If you are on budget you can go for low end motherboard b150 which will lack some features but save like 30-40. Or get i3 6100 which is dam good processor but might not run some super games mainly upcoming ones that have quad core requirment. But i3 will mostly be same as i5 except some rare games that benefit massivly from quad core set up. If how ever you can step up a bit price get i5 6600

[Nena Trinity]

More single thread performance and performance per watt!