$20 difference is nothing, so i would go for the XT
If you want a quiet and cooler running chip, you need aftermarket heatsink or AIO, therefore the stock cooler is not an advantage at this level.
If you want to stay with Intel, a 10600K is a great choice
MSI MEG Z490 Ace its a strong board with solid VRM's
Sell you graphics card if you want to play @ 4K. Start saving for a RTX 3070 or (similar) upcoming Radeon 6000 series
P.S. I know you're considering Intel only but if you want the...
Built my neighbor's son his first gaming rig last week and they had to settle for a 3100X.
Together with a Radeon 5600 XT it play's quite well @1080p high settings and @1440p medium settings
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Consider getting a R5 3600 since it's more efficient than a R7 2700 and can match it in a lot of situations
R7 3700x consumes more or less the same as the R7 2700, while being faster in all scenarios. A no brainer in my opinion, specially if price is a non factor
I recognize that the gap is smaller, specially now that Intel implemented HT to the lower skus but in general what i said is factual
I see that the effort of pointing out that the 3600X victory in Cinebench R20 was small but nevertheless it beats the intel and does so consistently. Same could...
This is my opinion, based on numerous reviews online and my own experience
Ryzen R5, R7 and R9's are a better processors for multithreaded applications and even quite a few singlethreaded ones, and i5, i7 and i9's are better for games and most singlethreaded apps
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Demand for top of line up CPUs is always high due to users of said platform wanting to upgrade without having to change motherboards.
As a simple drop in, there's nothing more powerful for a board equipped with (chipsets) Z87, Z97, B85, H81, etc
I dont mind waiting a few more months if it means getting a proper upgrade. I currently have a quad core i7 and a GTX 1070 which have served me very well
I'm currently shopping around and given the positive reviews of the new Ryzen 4800 - 4900 series i made up my mind on the cpu side.
While the ASUS G14 comes with a RTX 2060, i couldnt find bigger laptops with better cooling designs such as the new Gigabyte Aero that have also AMD cpus in them...
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