AMD's new Zen-based $499 CPU beats Intel's $999 CPU

teh_g depends for what you need that PC … I can give you few ideas … main problem will be MBO which supports Xeon E3 / E5 CPU … but will post my builds with images …

teh_g said in AMD's new Zen-based $499 CPU beats Intel's $999 CPU:

ShiftySatchmo said in AMD's new Zen-based $499 CPU beats Intel's $999 CPU:

What’s funny is most gamers don’t even come close to utilizing an i7 anyway. I rock the mid range cpus

Biggest reason for an i7 is for streamers who need the additional threads for the game, encoding, etc.

And video editing and such. Like I said, not most gamers.