I see people constantly recommend the 7700X/7800X3D if you’re primarily gaming and an Intel chip if you’re doing both gaming and productivity tasks. Even I make that recommendation based on the benchmarks I’ve seen.
That got me thinking though. Are there any reasons to get an Intel chip if your primary use case is gaming? I’m not trying to dig at Intel, I genuinely want to know if there’s anything I’ve overlooked about Intel chips regarding their gaming performance and factors around them. Maybe more future proof thanks to the extra cores for when games inevitably start using more cores.
What a lot of people don’t tell you is that Intel CAN be cheaper than AMD depending on how you shop. I’ve seen fully featured ddr5 z690 motherboards for only 125.00. Couple that with a 12600k or 12700k and you’ve got a very competent computer for cheap. AMD does have some cheaper makes these days but, for the price, they aren’t spec’d as nice as z690 in all honesty.
Really just depends on what you want. AM5 motherboards will have processor options though. Although, by the time you’d want to upgrade…AM6 will probably be either here or very nearly…so there’s that.