Gaming CPU Poll

[drkknghtavngr]

• Which is better value?
• Which is faster gaming wise regardless of price?

[Shreyas1]

Are you going to be using a dedicated graphics card?

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, drkknghtavngr said:

• Which is better value?
• Which is faster gaming wise regardless of price?

Ryzen 3 because it gets you on AM4 so you have a solid upgrade path.

[Altruist]

If your using a dedicated Gpu then i3 8100, if not Ryzen 2200g

the i3 8100 will won't bottleneck gpus until you reach the high end

so pairing it with a 1070 won't have the effects you would with a 2200g

[dizmo]

Personally I'd go with Intel, as I've had issues with Ryzen not liking memory. Intel has always taken whatever I've thrown at it.

How long do you plan on having the system before upgrading?

[drkknghtavngr]

40 minutes ago, Shreyas1 said:

Are you going to be using a dedicated graphics card?

Yes forgot about that my b

[Shreyas1]

5 minutes ago, drkknghtavngr said:

Yes forgot about that my b

Then I would go for the i3 because getting an APU is kind of a waste when you already have a dedicated graphics card.

[Streetguru]

9 minutes ago, drkknghtavngr said:

Yes forgot about that my b

 

3 minutes ago, Shreyas1 said:

Then I would go for the i3 because getting an APU is kind of a waste when you already have a dedicated graphics card.

If you're actually building a new PC, the APU can probably hold you over until next gen GPUs are out and you get more for your money.

[Altruist]

57 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

 

If you're actually building a new PC, the APU can probably hold you over until next gen GPUs are out and you get more for your money.

Unless he has fast memory the apu isnt reaching its full potential, plus if you motherboard doesn't come with the right bios he'll have to ask AMD for a boot-kit.

it's like air vs water-cooling. An Aio has many points of failure. 

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, Altruist said:

Unless he has fast memory the apu isnt reaching its potential, plus if you motherboard doesn't come with the right bios he'll have to ask AMD for a boot-kit.

it's like air vs water-cooling. An Aio has many points of failure. 

Most of the motherboards should be updated at this point. I would hope someone actually does research before buying, so they know they need fast RAM for the APU.

[drkknghtavngr]

5 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Most of the motherboards should be updated at this point. I would hope someone actually does research before buying, so they know they need fast RAM for the APU.

Ive heard that Ryzen wants faster ram even with dedicated gpu compared to intel... Is this true?

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, drkknghtavngr said:

Ive heard that Ryzen wants faster ram even with dedicated gpu compared to intel... Is this true?

The infinity fabric design likes fast RAM ya.

Coffee lake also benefits from fast RAM, didn't used to be the case I don't think before DDR4