Upgrading PC

[xRosana]

Hello,

So it's time to upgrade my PC.I have AMD FX-6100 which i want to upgrade because u have bottleneck on my graphic card ( GTX 960 ) and i have big dilemma. What to choose Blue side ( Intel i5 7500 ) or Red side( Ryzen 5 1600 ).

My idea for Ryzen build is:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 
MBO: MSI B350 PC Mate 
RAM: Any DDR4 8GB ( not sure if Ryzen likes dual channel ram or doesn't matter )

And for Intel build:
CPU: Intel i5 7500
MBO: GIGABYTE Z370P D3
RAM: Same as with Ryzen build but this time i know it doesn't matter 

Right now i have GTX 960 but i'm planning to upgrade it soon and it will be RX 580 im 90% sure. 

So if you guys can help me choose better build for gaming, but it also need to be good at CAD and Inventor. 

Thank you guys in advance. 
 

[Lennart van de Merwe]

7 minutes ago, xRosana said:

Hello,

So it's time to upgrade my PC.I have AMD FX-6100 which i want to upgrade because u have bottleneck on my graphic card ( GTX 960 ) and i have big dilemma. What to choose Blue side ( Intel i5 7500 ) or Red side( Ryzen 5 1600 ).

My idea for Ryzen build is:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 
MBO: MSI B350 PC Mate 
RAM: Any DDR4 8GB ( not sure if Ryzen likes dual channel ram or doesn't matter )

And for Intel build:
CPU: Intel i5 7500
MBO: GIGABYTE Z370P D3
RAM: Same as with Ryzen build but this time i know it doesn't matter 

Right now i have GTX 960 but i'm planning to upgrade it soon and it will be RX 580 im 90% sure. 

So if you guys can help me choose better build for gaming, but it also need to be good at CAD and Inventor. 

Thank you guys in advance. 
 

Ryzen for what you have proposed here, but I'd wait for the 8th gen intel budget boards and get an i5 8400

[Jurrunio]

7th gen and 300 series mobo dont work. Use i5-8400 instead.

 

Then it;s hard to decide. Both are equally good at games. Upgrades of Ryzen favours multi core work while upgrades of Intel favour single core performance, which makes Intel better for gaming rigs. That said, Intel is likely to chop compatibility on mobo and CPU again, so no 9th gen without changing the mobo. On the other hand, AMD promised to launch 2 newer generations of CPU on AM4, which means a BIOS update is all it needs for a B350 mobo to work with newer CPUs.

 

I'd still recommend Ryzen because it's cheaper and the rest of your build needs some refresh as well.

[Agonizel]

25 minutes ago, Lennart van de Merwe said:

Ryzen for what you have proposed here, but I'd wait for the 8th gen intel budget boards and get an i5 8400

I'd actually get that CPU now and wait, because it's price will rise when the corresponding mobos will be released. (since the demand will rise)