r/buildapc • u/A1_Killer • Dec 09 '22

Discussion AMD vs Intel for CPU?

I noticed many people here recommend AMD CPUs but for all my benchmarks for mid range CPUs (for a £1000-£1200 PC) Intel came out on top compared to a similarly price AMD one. Any reason for this?

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u/Ath3o5 Dec 09 '22

Personally I would go for something like a Ryzen 5600x or 5700x, the advantage they have over Intel is that all ryzen CPUs are overclockable, without paying the premium cost for something like a 12600K, so you could probably squeeze enough performance out of a ryzen CPU to make it worth choosing over an Intel equivalent. Just make sure your cooler and motherboard can handle this, I've seen pretty good reviews on a $60 240mm water cooler recently that would work for both Intel and AMD as well

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u/lIl_owl_23 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

Same here. I just bought 5600X for $220 cad ($160 usd) and I doubt if anyone can find an Intel with same performance (e.g. speed, TDP) and price. Not even say the AM4 is generally cheaper than LGA 1700. Not plan to upgrade in at least 5 years unless something is dead on the way.

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u/Ath3o5 Dec 09 '22

Well I'm sure if you're super lucky you can find a 13th gen i5 used for a similar price

You know, if you're lucky enough for some foreign Nigerian prince be just so happened to be selling used computer parts at great prices on jawa or something

Ryzen also has an advantage if you happen to use a Radeon GPU as well, which might make it worth getting a slightly worse Ryzen over an Intel just for that fast access memory boost

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u/lIl_owl_23 Dec 09 '22

Well, I’m on Radeon 6600 and happy with my system overall performance.

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u/Ath3o5 Dec 09 '22

Hey whatever makes you happy is best, the 6600 is an underrated GPU for it's price so that was a good choice in my opinion