Best High-End AMD CPU (best PPR)

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Davcoll

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Hello! I was wondering what people consider to be the best AMD CPU for gaming with a good performance for price ratio (PPR). Reason for me asking this is I've been an Intel fanboy since the dawn of time and am looking to get into other brands other than just Nvidia and Intel. From what I can tell, the best Intel CPU for PPR is the i5-4690/4670.

Mostly used for playing games like Shadow of Mordor, Battlefield, Modded Minecraft etc. Maybe factor in one for rendering too because hey, why not!
 
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Th3-Hunter333

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Seeing as how you know how well your intel processors performance in gaming is right now.

I advise against switching to amd for gaming purposes from intel.

I promise you that you WILL NOT be happy with the performance when compared to anything intel has to offer.

Im speaking this from a previous amd fx8350 owner (about the best you can get right now)
 
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RedJaron

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I disagree. The 4690 is NOT the best "PPR" Intel CPU for gaming right now. The 4460 offers near identical performance for $40 less. I'd say the i3-4170 is even better. Others may laugh at this, but the fact is that an i3 saves ~$60, or 50%, over an i5. However the i5 does not give you 50% better performance in games.

Waiting for Zen has its merits. However, the ideas of bang/buck and high-end components is somewhat mutually exclusive. To get premium parts, you always need to spend more on them then the performance boost they give you. I would say the 860K and FX-6300 are probably the best values AMD offers right now. They're not high-end parts, but you get a lot of performance out of them relative to what you pay.
 
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synphul

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I think in terms of price to performance ratio, you have to decide what it is you're after. Considering the performance of the various chips, the overall ppr is extremely close. Can you find a cheaper amd or intel chip than an i5? Yes. Will they have lower performance? Yes. Not sure if you're looking to compare price or price to performance. Having a lower price doesn't mean it has a better ppr, it means it has a very similar ppr but with lower cost and lower performance while the ppr remains the same.

Part of the equation depends on price. The games you've mentioned are benefited by stronger cpu cores which would be intel. Switching to amd for those games would have more of an impact in terms of a performance hit. Amd has gone to great lengths to price their products appropriately with where they compete in intel's lineup. The fx 8350 is stronger than an i3 (usually), not as strong as the 4690/4690k and closer to performance as slower locked i5's like the 4460. There's a $10 difference between the 8350 and 4460. I3's are cheaper, 4690k's are more expensive. It's all relative and scales fairly well in terms of pricing according to performance making ppr fairly balanced and equal.
 
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AMD has a new architecture on the way. AMD has been getting good press since the Ashes of Singularity benchmark reviews. In my head i think theyll use this momentum the Zen architecture will be available by early next year.

I think that you have a few options for an AMD build. The Most popular choice is the FX 6300 and it is so for good reason. For Around $100 retail and a good motherboard to overclock it for about $100 to $150....and a good CPU cooler.
plan b is to get an APU setup. before you stop reading entirely , just picture a nice looking M-ITX or M-ATX Case housing a A10 7850K and 2x8GB of DDR3 2400MHz memory (DDR3 Cheap at the moment) now you could this in crossfire with a R7 250x or just get a dedicated GPU down the line. Something like a Corsair 350D(m-atx) or Phanteks evolve(m-itx) could be in the middle of your room to , like a showpiece . Certainly not tucked away under a desk collecting dust
 
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