Upgrade your system with a more powerful Intel processor.
Upgrade your system with a more powerful Intel processor.
Hey, I’m planning on upgrading both my and my gfs computer, we’re both rocking a Intel i5 4690K 16GB DDR3 RAM. She has 2x GTX970 Sli, planned to upgrade to RTX3070 whenever they come back in stock and I got ahold of one RTX3070 for myself. I’m originally planning to wait for DDR5 to come in stock and down in price to upgrade my setup to a i7 12700K or i5 12600k I use my pc for CAD, programming and AAA titles. Any pointers/ recommendations about my plan as well would be perfect. But what I’m really wondering about today is the upgrade to my gfs pc. She plays mostly FPS AAA titles (eks. Battlefield, Ghost Reckon Wildlands, Overwatch), WoW, and it takes two atm. I have 2 builds I’ve looked at for her: Ryzen 5 5600X ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Kingston Fury Beast DDR 4 3200MHz 32GB NZXT Kraken X53 Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD or Intel i5 12600K ASUS Prime Z690-P DDR4 Kingston Fury Beast DDR 4 3200MHz 32GB Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360R with alderlake bracket Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD The Ryzen setup is about 813EUR (925USD or 1 150 Canadian Dollar) The Intel setup is about 1000EUR (1 150USD or 1 440 Canadian Dollar) Which one is a better value both for right now and going forward? Should I wait for DDR5 for her as well? Is DDR5 even worth the wait? I can upgrade the Ryzen 5 to a Ryzen 7 5800X for 80 EUR more if that would be even more bang for your buck. Any thoughts about the subject would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Choose the Intel build. The 12600K looks strong, but not yet. It might improve later. Right now, it doesn<|pad|> to deliver better performance, but the price and limited availability make DDR4 a more practical choice for most users. The 12600K remains the better value at this time.