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I am also quite annoyed because I paid premium (Intel) prices with the expectation to get premium speed. Now if I can just get the same performance cheaper with

I am also quite annoyed because I paid premium (Intel) prices with the expectation to get premium speed. Now if I can just get the same performance cheaper with AMD, maybe I should just return the whole thing.

philjohn 9y ago
Which chip to get depends on your usecase. If you absolutely need the best single core performance you can, Intel is the way forward. If multicore performance is important (lots of multitasking, lots of heavy processes running) then one of the 8 core Ryzen 7's will be better, for cheaper.
- chrisper 9y ago
  Thanks. I guess I'll stick to my 8700k then.
  - otakucode 9y ago
    Just curious, what do you do that requires a fast single core? I always find it strange when people value that, as most computers nowadays generally run more than 1 process at a time.
    - drb91 9y ago
      Computing things serially, obviously!
    - chrisper 9y ago
      A lot of games only run single core. Though finally, more modern games do take advantage of more cores!
    - copperx 9y ago
      Ruby on Rails.
SSLy 9y ago
if I had an 8700K (I have a 7700K, btw) and my use case was gaming (that's this cpu's target market) I'd keep it. Otherwise I'd get a Ryzen.
- chrisper 9y ago
  Yes, I am mostly gaming on that PC. Thanks.