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new home pc for gaming and solidowrks

bigtallanddopey
Hi Everyone

Not sure who, if anyone is into gaming here but I am looking to replace my ageing i7 950 system to something up to date and modern with nice shiny DDR4 ram and an SSD.

was just wondering if there is anyone here who has upgraded there pc recently perhaps to a ryzen? if so what do you think to it? I have also seen that there is yet another generation of intel's i7 coming out next month which may be a contender to be the heart of my new pc.

just looking for peoples thoughts on the matter.

B,T&D

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  • 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.
  • in reply to VinniUSMC
    There are (older) AMD integrated CPUs, but more likely you'll have a mobo that has onboard graphics (on the lower end mobos, or laptops mostly). In either case, someone building a gaming computer doesn't/shouldn't care about either. Sorry, I was mixing up integrated CPU/GPU and onboard GPU. Either case though, is sub-optimal.

    I have 2 GPUs, and several older generations laying around. But if a GPU goes, It's probably time to overhaul the system anyways, lol. Slight smile

    AMD does have integrated chips on the horizon though. Not that I would wait for them.
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  • in reply to VinniUSMC
    There are (older) AMD integrated CPUs, but more likely you'll have a mobo that has onboard graphics (on the lower end mobos, or laptops mostly). In either case, someone building a gaming computer doesn't/shouldn't care about either. Sorry, I was mixing up integrated CPU/GPU and onboard GPU. Either case though, is sub-optimal.

    I have 2 GPUs, and several older generations laying around. But if a GPU goes, It's probably time to overhaul the system anyways, lol. Slight smile

    AMD does have integrated chips on the horizon though. Not that I would wait for them.
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