new home pc for gaming and solidowrks

Screw Intel. Overpriced crap. The new AMD should be insane. I'm running an AMD FX-9590, and it's pretty amazing (with liquid cooling). I wouldn't recommend it though, compared to the newer stuff. It draws more power (220W), and will overheat without proper cooling.

If you go AMD, definitely go with Radeon for GPU. DDR4 is nice, but DDR3 with an AMD is still powerful. It looks like the Ryzen does finally support DDR4 though, so it's probably worth it if you go with a Ryzen.

If you really want top of the line, go with a PCI-E SSD, not a standard SATA SSD.

I haven't had a board with onboard GPU in, well, since the first computer that I ever bought (not built). If you're building there's no point in worrying about onboard GPU, when you're going to be putting in a monster GPU anyways. The only time you should want a CPU/GPU (at least with current technology) is for a mobile device, or where power consumption is an issue.

My comment about the on board graphics wasn't that you want to use it, but that it's there. If you lose your graphics card with AMD, your options are limited.

AMD/Intel is like Chevy/Ford, iPhone/Android, whatever else puts people into unnecessary camps.

My comment about the on board graphics wasn't that you want to use it, but that it's there. If you lose your graphics card with AMD, your options are limited.

AMD/Intel is like Chevy/Ford, iPhone/Android, whatever else puts people into unnecessary camps.