buying a new pc
buying a new pc
I recommend considering the Intel 10th Gen i5 chip now. The 11th generation is expected to offer more significant improvements, but waiting six months might mean missing out on those gains.
Instead of opting for a Ryzen chip, you could save money and gain more threads, enabling smoother multitasking.
The issue right now is that Intel is quite costly in terms of price and performance, and it hasn’t seen much improvement lately. Over the past decade, Intel hasn’t made substantial progress year after year. My 10-year-old Intel CPU still works well. It shouldn’t be like this. Tiger Lake appears to be the first chance Intel has to compete with modern AMD offerings. It’s disappointing. The 11th generation isn’t Tiger Lake either, so your question really comes down to whether you want to buy this expensive and outdated chip or wait for another one. My only advice is “no.”
I considered the Ryzen 3600, but the Intel GPU on that chip really simplifies things for me. Since I plan to use a compact case, the GPUs could end up costing twice as much as the overall price.
Intel's advertising efforts are being highlighted again, though they've made this claim multiple times before. I don't often keep track of such details.
Nah, both 2400g and 3400g are 4/8 zen plus. High-end 9th gen i5 doesn’t seem much better than that. Having more than 4 cores would be nice for a plex server. The 2400 & 3400 models actually share the same CPU. The only variation is the performance of the APUs. AMD is expected to release bigger APUs with more than 4 cores, but that hasn’t happened yet. Chickens again. Some “4000” laptop APUs are now available and include more than 4-core Zen2 chips.