Intel or AMD

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 27, 2017

Hey, Im planning on building a gaming pc soon, and am looking at the new generation of processors, thinking of which one to pair with a gtx 1060. Ive narrowed it down to the i5 7500 and the ryzen 5 1500x. I dont plan on overclocking as I wish to save some money by buying a h110 or a a320 motherboard. So the question, which one should I buy? The ryzen is 10e cheaper where Im shopping, so which one will give me better performance? Thanks for answering in advance.

Supahos · Jul 27, 2017

Your best bet is a b350 board anyway as you can oc with the stock cooler to basically max oc on the ryzen setup. What is your total budget and country. I suspect I can fit a b350/1600 in your budget.

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 27, 2017

Supahos :

planning on paying 850e max, including shipping and a monitor, living in Ireland but am going to buy parts from mindfactory.de and cclcomputers, as its the cheapest

Supahos · Jul 27, 2017

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (€207.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€74.00 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€66.15 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.88 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card (€232.89 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Zalman - ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€23.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€64.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Monitor: AOC - E2270SWHN 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor (€92.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €814.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-28 00:25 CEST+0200

That close enough or do I need to trim more off?

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 27, 2017

Supahos :

Its not that easy my friend

PC part picker can tell you a price for shipping, but is it accurate? looked at only the bottom 2 produckts u sent me, the psu and the monitor. The monitor doesnt ship to ireland and the psu includes extra delivery costs to ireland

finding sites that ship to ireland and have decent prices isnt easy

USAFRet · Jul 27, 2017

Bartek_Shady101 :

Well..he's given you a generalized parts list that is pretty close to your target price in euro.
Its now up to you to research and refine for buying and shipping to your particular market.

InvalidError · Jul 27, 2017

I would also strongly recommend going for the 1600 non-X instead of the 1500X. Much cheaper to pay ~$50 extra up-front than spending another $200 and being stuck with a ~$200 paperweight (used 1500X) two years from now.

Edit: Actually, the difference between the 1500X and 1600 is closer to 20 USD, which makes the 1500X even harder to recommend.

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 27, 2017

USAFRet :

The thing is, i didnt ask for a parts list, as i made enough research into place where i can buy from and found the cheapest solution. From the name of the thread, you can tell im asking about the cpu, not the whole system, and explained that i will not be buying a board that will allow me to overclock and wanted to know which one will perform better. I thought i was quite clear on the question

USAFRet · Jul 27, 2017

Bartek_Shady101 :

"Ive narrowed it down to the i5 7500 and the ryzen 5 1500x"
" So the question, which one should I buy?"

A or B dictates changes in other parts.

Get the Ryzen 1600.

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 27, 2017

Not willing to pay that amount for a cpu

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 28, 2017

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Bartek_Shady101 : "Cheapest place to buy PC components (with delivery to Ireland)"

Hey, Im planning on building a gaming pc, but am having a problem with finding a store that has good prices and delivers to ireland. My best bet was mindfactory.de, but the <removed> stopped delivering outside of germany. Any other sites with decent prices?

Watch the language

Supahos · Jul 28, 2017

www.custompcparts.ie

http://www.komplett.ie

Seem to be the two I keep seeing other places

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 28, 2017

Supahos :

Thanks but the prices are horrible tho

Supahos · Jul 28, 2017

Then move

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 28, 2017

Supahos :

I guess that among the many helpful people on this website, you will still get those few retards that think theyre smarter than everyone else. Dont want to help, ******

USAFRet · Jul 28, 2017

OK...that's enough of the attitude, from all directions.

I really don't want to have to supply someone with a vacation.
Do I make myself clear?

YoAndy · Jul 28, 2017

Ill go for The Ryzen 1500x. It has 4 cores and 8 threads that's better future proof than the i5 4 cores and 4 threads plus games will start to require 6 cores instead of just 4, so those 8 Hyper-Threading cores will come handy.

Bartek_Shady101 · Jul 28, 2017

YoAndy :

Ok, thanks a lot. Although Im worried about about the poor nvidia drivers that people are talking about when it comes to pairing it up with the ryzen

YoAndy · Jul 31, 2017

Bartek_Shady101 :

Well Intel's platform still better optimized than AMD (you are correct)

Finstar · Jul 31, 2017

Bartek_Shady101 :

I've had no issues running a Nvidia card with a Ryzen cpu.
I'd recommend you get a b350 mobo just because they're only slightly more expensive than a320 and allow overclocking in case you want to do it in future.
I can also see the 3gb vram becoming an issue in future games that require a lot of vram so i'd suggest you go for the 6gb variant. Another option would be rx 470/570 or rx 480/580 with either 4gb or 8gb, but their prices are so messed up right now that you'll likely find a gtx 1060 for cheaper.

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