Gaming Build Based on AMD CPU

[BSula99]

Given an budget of say $5,000 USD, could you make an AMD based desktop gaming rig that's competitive with an Intel based version?

[Oshino Shinobu]

No. The issue is the CPU. Even their highest end CPU will end up bottlenecking high end graphics cards. 

Things may change when Zen comes out, but that remains to be seen. 

[desertcomputer]

Wait for Zen. 

[GreezyJeezy]

just one fury x can run gta 5 on ultra 4k 60 fps, so for like 1-2k you could and the for CPU youd have to wait for zen. this is kinda a dumb question 

[alexhelvetica]

5k on a computer?
Is this your dream build, if so; no, if you actually going to buy it; don't do it.

[GreezyJeezy]

and im pretty sure he's not asking becase he wants to build one, pretty sure he's just asking to ask.

 

i mean his first words are "given a budget" as in its a hyperchaotic question 

[Brace]

no but I tried http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BDHfMp and RIP power bill

[thatguyyouknow75]

The issue is that amd hasn't been releasing cpus for several years. It's not a matter of one company being better or spending more, amd just doesn't have anything new out at the moment 

[BSula99]

I wouldn't buy an AMD model right now, just asking out of curiosity. Hope they really step their game up with Zen CPU, got a lot of incentive.

[ItsTurbo]

Currently with AMD not supporting DDR4 ram, and having a reputation for bottlenecking the crap out of everything, especially Fury cards, not worth it unless Zen supports DDR4 and has a higher IPC (Instructions per Count/Cycle) to make the cores more useful, the current platform is a no go.

 

 

Even if you overclock an FX-9590 to 5GHz (which is possible) it will murder your electricity bill and you better hope that you bought a motherboard that can deliver that kind of power.

[ItsTurbo]

AMD Overkill build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p2d8FT

INTEL Overkill build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9dkv8d

 

 

**Note: AMD only supports a max of 32 GB of ram, whilst Intel can go up to 64 GB with Skylake, the enthusiast/gaming/editing grade chips...

[tpcs1980]

1 hour ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

No. The issue is the CPU. Even their highest end CPU will end up bottlenecking high end graphics cards. 

Things may change when Zen comes out, but that remains to be seen. 

I haven't seen proof of this yet on anything unless you're dealing with a monitor in use supporting 120hz or more even with the 980Ti.   Can anyone confirm proof of Oshino Shinobu's claim?   It's all good to me either way.  I"m just here for the facts.  Cheers

[Oshino Shinobu]

10 hours ago, tpcs1980 said:

I haven't seen proof of this yet on anything unless you're dealing with a monitor in use supporting 120hz or more even with the 980Ti.   Can anyone confirm proof of Oshino Shinobu's claim?   It's all good to me either way.  I"m just here for the facts.  Cheers

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2199-star-wars-battlefront-cpu-benchmark-bottlenecks

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2182-fallout-4-cpu-benchmark-huge-performance-difference

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-core-i7-3770k-gaming-bottleneck,3407.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8316/amds-5-ghz-turbo-cpu-in-retail-the-fx9590-and-asrock-990fx-extreme9-review/8

 

Even i3s beat it in many cases. To be clear, it's not going to bottleneck in every game, especially not those which utilise more than 4 cores well (things like Battlefield and GTA V do well with the 8350/9590), but in an awful lot of games, it's well behind Intel's options, even the cheaper ones. In relation to OP's post, if you had $5K for a build, going with an AMD CPU with their line up right now is not a good choice.