Considering an AMD build. Input wanted.

[sniperwolfpk5]

Intel owns the single thread performance crown, but 4 cores (i5) and arguably 8 threads (i7) is inadequate today (and moving forward) in every category except single threaded performance.

 

My Ryzen7 system smokes the older i7 it replaced in every day use with multiple apps running. I can alt-tab out of games and have videos, music, manuals, etc running in the background with no hit to game performance. I won't win a benchmark war with the latest i5/i7 testing game performance, but I have yet to hit a performance roadblock in any game (including DCS and VR) that wasn't a GPU limitation (GTX1070)

 

+1 for understanding the little bench-marking difference has no value for casual user. Ryzen is far great value in terms of future proofing.

 

So, after some deliberation, her and I went with these main components:

 

1 x MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON AM4 AMD X370 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

1 x AMD RYZEN 7 1700 8-Core 3.0 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo)

1 x G.SKILL Flare X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200

 

Going to put her current laptop's SSD into that new build, as well as my GTX 1080 (while I step up to a 1080TI). Gonna be good. :)

 

Well this is a monster setup.

[*Rage*]

Just for anybody considering an AMD build - Ryzen loves fast, low latency Ram. Just using 3200/3466 CL14 will give you a 10-15% FPS improvement.

[Pilotasso]

Enjoy your build, I did the jump 2 months ago myself. :)