Which PC to buy?
Which PC to buy?
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I think the price difference would more more less reflect in the perofrmance difference for these setups. So whatever you need and can affort is the right choice. Unless you intend to install linux, then the AMD one for sure.
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One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention yet is upgrade potential - on the intel system, you could move to an i7 or i9 from the same generation but you can’t get anything newer without replacing the motherboard as well. The amd one is AM5 and you’ll be able to pop a new CPU in for like the next six years - odds are good you’d want to upgrade the cpu by then anyway, so expect the amd option to save you the cost of a motherboard down the road. It also gives you a 750W psu rather than a 650, so there’s a higher chance you won’t have to replace that too on your next upgrade.
In terms of performance between the two, i’d actually expect the intel to be a marginally faster cpu and have better connectivity (AMD’s 8000 series is a bit weird compared to their 7000 or 9000 series options, and lack some pcie lanes compared to a standard gaming cpu). This isn’t a super relevant difference for gaming, but still worth knowing for comparing the computers. On the GPU front, which is the most important part for games, the 9070 is way better and this is probably where the price difference comes from. I’d expect the amd system to be noticeably better for gaming, though honestly the price to performance between the two computers probably tracks pretty well.
The other option worth considering is building a pc, which will let you pick a better cpu, MUCH better ram, a faster + more reliable ssd, and your choice of case vs either of these two pcs. I don’t know what the price of that would look like in your market, so maybe not worthwhile, but I’d def recommend checking out the option at least because both of these prebuilts are skimping a little on ram and probably on the mobo/psu/cooling as well.
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The amd one is AM5 and you’ll be able to pop a new CPU in for like the next six years
AM5 will lose support in 2027 unless it's extended further, no? Six years from today is probably an overstatement, but I still agree with the general sentiment if we know now that there could be good upgrade options for the future.
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On Lemmy, everyone will say AMD. On the rest of the net most people will probably say Intel+Nvidia. Difference is just the software that's available. I would go with the AMD one personally.
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AMD has great Linux support.
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And it's not even close. FOSS developers who have to deal with Nvidia on anything seem to hate it with a passion.
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Intel supports genocide and is directly called out by BDS for its crimes. Go AMD instead.
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As with most things, the answer is: it depends. More contextual information please.
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gaming
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Linux? AMD. Windows? AMD. Go with the AMD one. You won't regret it.
I have a 9950X3D, and a 9070 XT working together. Runs everything I want super smoothly at max settings. 👍
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That's still not a lot of info. What kind of games do you want to play? Do you want to play the latest games at max graphics? Are you playing older games? FPS, moba, strategy? Those all have dramatically different requirements. Do you want to use ray tracing? Most importantly, do you want Linux of Windows?
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AMD imo
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I would go AMD for the reasons others have said, but also for long term driver performance. NVidia has shown over time that their cards stay the same for performance, meaning very little long term increase from driver improvements. AMD on the other hand has had long term driver improvements leading to longer life and better performance. Your nVidia option would start to feel crappy earlier than a matching AMD card. Also, if you can afford it the AMD is a more performant option. And consider making sure you have room to upgrade the RAM. If there are only two slots and both are full you will have to replace the RAM, but if there are two free slots you could add another 16GB later for a good boost.
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I assume you want this for gaming? I'd probably go with the AMD kit
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Build it yourself
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Why these choices in particular?
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Raptor lake sort of sucked. I would look for an arrow lake cpu if you can.
Amd of the same generation were better at that time. I’d get amd over that intel cpu.
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Nvidia GPU
It's been an hour, I'm surprised nobody has jumped down your throat about this.
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Depends on what games your playing. Would maybe bump ram at the expense of gpu or cpu. If your playing RTS like beyond all reason or city skylines then get better cpu— if splashy fps— it depends— but maybe better GPU.
Personally I would go with the AMD one, but would increase RAM to at least 32GB and maybe downgrade GPU/CPU to compensate the price if needed.
My reasons are:
For gaming you don't really need 16GB yet. Maybe after the next gen of consoles is out, developers might start using that much RAM. But then OP can just add a stick or two