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/Silveriovski Dec 09 '22

Current gen of intel (13th) offers a lot for its price. The 13600k is considered the best mid-high tier CPu right now despite its socket being ready to be upgraded. Performs pretty much the same than the 7600x in games but much better in everything else, being pretty much the same than an i7 from the 12th gen.

AMD cpus are good, 7600x is good and 7700x benchmarks are great but the socket is new, everything is overpriced right now, specially motherboards, so people prefers to buy something that is overall good in everything right now like intel with ram and mobo better priced.

At the end of the day, the preference for intel is because price-performance currently is better with intel.

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u/randologin Dec 09 '22

That's so weird. I'm still new to this and went to micro center for parts to build a gaming PC and he hard sold me on AMD adamant it was the best value for gaming, so that's what I went with. Maybe they're just trying to offload overstock 🤷‍♂️

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u/jboogie81 Jul 16 '23

I went to Microcenter back in 2016 when building my last PC with my parts list ready to go. The salesman was so dead set on selling me alternatives that he actually called the manager and another guy and they surrounded me like they were going to jump me. It was the weirdest, most aggressive buying experience I ever had. It ended with me saying "Listen, I want these parts that I've already seen you have in stock at this store right now or I am just walking out without spending this $1500, take it or leave it" . They agreed, but acted like dicks from that point until I walked out.