Candyflip Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) The Intel v. the Ryzen kit. The Ryzen CPU alone is a full $200 more exxy than the Intel, and with that cash I can get a second SSD installed, and still have $$'s leftover to upgrade elsewhere. https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/205067 v. https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/204993 Edited February 6, 2021 by candyflip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, candyflip said: The Intel v. the Ryzen kit. The Ryzen CPU alone is a full $200 more exxy than the Intel, and with that cash I can get a second SSD installed, and still have $$'s leftover to upgrade elsewhere. https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/205067 v. https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/204993 Ah so you have gone for a lower end i5 with the i5-9400 that's a downgrade for that savings. That compassion previously with the Ryzen vs 10600K is no longer valid, you have gone down to 6 threads instead of 12 and down in clock speed too, and a smaller cache. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-9400-vs-Intel-Core-i5-10600K/m735306vs4072 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) BTW @candyflip that asrock board is a AMD board, not an Intel board. Also the upgrade path is not as good with the intel CPU's, and even worse with that i5-9400 as it uses the 1151 socket as opposed to the 1200 socket used with the i5-10600. Either way a bit of a dead end on CPu upgrades going Intel. Edited February 6, 2021 by muon* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minute Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 58 minutes ago, candyflip said: Thanks so much @muon* @LHC and @minute for the advice so far. About to order this one based on your feedback: https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/204993 I've upgarded the CPU (XT now back in stock) and the Kingston Hyper RAM as suggested. Before I press 'go', can you have a look over and make sure I haven't done something stupid, or left out a cooler I'd need or something? cheers Personally I would go the extra mile and go for a 5600 not the 3600xt or intel. The extra investment is worth it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candyflip Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 11 hours ago, muon* said: Also the upgrade path is not as good with the intel CPU's, and even worse with that i5-9400 as it uses the 1151 socket as opposed to the 1200 socket used with the i5-10600. Either way a bit of a dead end on CPu upgrades going Intel. Can you help me out with that bit? I don't get why the Intel CPU's are not as easily upgradeable. If I moved to the i5-10600K option here (https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/205087) wouldn't it be easy to swap in a new chip if needed in a few years, as I could a Ryzen in another board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) 53 minutes ago, candyflip said: Can you help me out with that bit? I don't get why the Intel CPU's are not as easily upgradeable. If I moved to the i5-10600K option here (https://www.centrecom.com.au/buildpc/205087) wouldn't it be easy to swap in a new chip if needed in a few years, as I could a Ryzen in another board? CPU's have a specific socket type on the board, the i5-9400 uses and older one that is the 1151, the i5-10600 uses one specified as socket 1200. AMD currently use one called AM4. AMD have been notable in not changing the socket type as much in recent times compared to Intel. Of course there are other things that can stop us using a newer chip like main board chip set incompatibility, but that's another separate thing. You can see the history of sockets and the cpu's they were compatible with here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_socket Edited February 7, 2021 by muon* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candyflip Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, muon* said: AMD have been notable in not changing the socket type as much in recent times compared to Intel. Right, got it. ta. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 In saying that, who knows where any of them go in the future from this point, need to keep up with industry news constantly to have an idea and I don't keep up these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candyflip Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 This was VERY instructive this morning: https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_5_3600xt_review,20.html At $319 now, the 3600 CPU is really damn good value then. No need to overclock either (for me). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, candyflip said: This was VERY instructive this morning: https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_5_3600xt_review,20.html At $319 now, the 3600 CPU is really damn good value then. No need to overclock either (for me). Yeah, the 3600XT would be good for your main use. And where the AMD comparable motherboard chip sets are concerned you can see here what ones offer the best current upgrade compatibility, note that the latest 5000 series Ryzen CPU's are on top beating Intel's rivals. https://www.amd.com/en/chipsets/b550 So that board you did have picked out using a 550 chipset is a decent pick, without going all out for a board with a performance 570 chipset. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Deleted That ram has low latency of 15-15-15-36 but at a lower bandwidth and not indicative of it a 3000mHz, so my mistake there. Do go for better ram than what was originally picked by me, so go for 3000mHz or 3200mHz type. If it has a latency of cas16 It's a bonus. Edited February 7, 2021 by muon* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 On 06/02/2021 at 8:25 PM, muon* said: Not sure what will happen in the long run for home users, but looks like Windows Cloud PC is happening for the business environment now. https://www.techradar.com/au/news/microsoft-drops-fresh-details-about-upcoming-windows-10-pc-as-a-service?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekend+Newsletter+-+06%2F02%2F2021&utm_content=Weekend+Newsletter+-+06%2F02%2F2021+&utm_term=1623536&M_BT=1318185420156 Going to suck in the future I think. There will be no Windows 11, as you would have gathered for a while now. This PC is Win 7 Ultimate and is still updating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, LogicprObe said: This PC is Win 7 Ultimate and is still updating. That's definitely the Ultimate Win 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Just now, muon* said: That's definitely the Ultimate Win 7 I've got to admit...........it's pretty slow on the pantry fanless job........................but that's only Win 7 32 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, LogicprObe said: I've got to admit...........it's pretty slow on the pantry fanless job........................but that's only Win 7 32 bit. Y'all are missing bits! Win 7 Home was still updating here and there before I moved from it a couple of months ago, I think they are being nice in the lead up to sticking us with a sub' service system in the future Likely why they allowed the upgrades from 7 and 8 to 10 to continue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Like XP........................a lot of businesses are still using it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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