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That hasn’t been true for the Zen based models at least. The 5700G and now the 8700G occupy the $350-370 price slot. My comparable 13th gen Intel CPU with lesse
by Moto7451 3y ago
That hasn’t been true for the Zen based models at least. The 5700G and now the 8700G occupy the $350-370 price slot. My comparable 13th gen Intel CPU with lesser graphics was the same price. That’s a great value for a casual gamer.
I’m sure at some point we’ll see Intel based APU equivalents on desktop with some teeth. Intel needs to solve their driver issues first.
- brucethemoose2 3y ago> That’s a great value for a casual gamer. It depends. If you're truly performance insensitive and have to buy new, maybe, but these APUs are extremely slow compared to even older, low end discrete GPUs. AM5 is an expensive platform. The total cost of a DDR4 platform is peanuts in comparison.
- toast0 3y agoThe cpus are currently significantly more expensive, yes, but is the AM5 platform that much more expensive than AM4? On AM4, pcpartpicker says I can get an A520M board for $70, and 2x16GB DDR4-3600 CL18 for $55; total $125 On AM5, an A620M board is $75, and 2x16GB DDR5-5600 starts at $76; total $151. The real question is where the Microcenter bundle pricing will end up, if you live near a Microcenter.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoMmm, A620 has come down considerably since I last checked. That's good.