So I was planning on getting the ryzen 5 1600 until coffee lake came out. I wouldn't be doing much video making or live streaming if any and was not going to do too much overclocking. Mostly, I'm going to be using my computer for gaming and school work and maybe a bit of photoshop So, I was wondering, should I go with ryzen (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/72XYvV) or Intel (https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Liam807/saved/zc9r7P). The ryzen build also has quake champions and assassins creed origins. I was thinking of getting assassins creed if it got to maybe $30 USD and I don't really care for quake. Thanks!
Intel i5 8400 or Ryzen 5 1600?
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chemmajorp53
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It would be easier to recommend the 8400 if you didn't have to buy a z370 board with it. The r5 1600 is still a pretty good deal.
overclockingrocks
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I'd agree with the above. Due to the Coffee Lake CPU's requiring a Z370 mobo for the time being I'd say the Ryzen series chips are a better value especially for gaming
chemmajorp53
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the microcenter near my house is selling r5 1600s for $169.99 and you still get $30 off a motherboard, if you can get that it's a really good deal
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