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Which PC to buy?

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      I think the price difference would more more less reflect in the perofrmance difference for these setups. So whatever you need and can affort is the right choice. Unless you intend to install linux, then the AMD one for sure.

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        As with most things, the answer is: it depends. More contextual information please.

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          I think the price difference would more more less reflect in the perofrmance difference for these setups. So whatever you need and can affort is the right choice. Unless you intend to install linux, then the AMD one for sure.

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          There wouldn't be any major problems with the AMD kit? AMD is the more stable GPU on linux

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            I assume you want this for gaming? I'd probably go with the AMD kit

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              There wouldn't be any major problems with the AMD kit? AMD is the more stable GPU on linux

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              That's his point, if OP will use Linux, then AMD is better.

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                Personally I would go with the AMD one, but would increase RAM to at least 32GB and maybe downgrade GPU/CPU to compensate the price if needed.

                My reasons are:

                • Ryzen CPUs are better for multitasking
                • AMD GPUs work better on Linux
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                  That's his point, if OP will use Linux, then AMD is better.

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                  Unless you intend to install linux, then the AMD one for sure.

                  The only way I'm capable of reading this is a general recommendation for the AMD kit, with the exception of Linux use cases

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                    Unless you intend to install linux, then the AMD one for sure.

                    The only way I'm capable of reading this is a general recommendation for the AMD kit, with the exception of Linux use cases

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                    Sorry if I wasn't clear. I did mean OP should not consider NVidia + Linux

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                      Personally I would go with the AMD one, but would increase RAM to at least 32GB and maybe downgrade GPU/CPU to compensate the price if needed.

                      My reasons are:

                      • Ryzen CPUs are better for multitasking
                      • AMD GPUs work better on Linux
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                      For gaming you don't really need 16GB yet. Maybe after the next gen of consoles is out, developers might start using that much RAM. But then OP can just add a stick or two

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                        Unless you intend to install linux, then the AMD one for sure.

                        The only way I'm capable of reading this is a general recommendation for the AMD kit, with the exception of Linux use cases

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                        It's the other way around: X, Unless Y, then Z means that in the case of Y, Z is true. A similar grammatical example would be You should work, Unless you're sick, then you should rest

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                          Depends on what games your playing. Would maybe bump ram at the expense of gpu or cpu. If your playing RTS like beyond all reason or city skylines then get better cpu— if splashy fps— it depends— but maybe better GPU.

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                            On Lemmy, everyone will say AMD. On the rest of the net most people will probably say Intel+Nvidia. Difference is just the software that's available. I would go with the AMD one personally.

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                              On Lemmy, everyone will say AMD. On the rest of the net most people will probably say Intel+Nvidia. Difference is just the software that's available. I would go with the AMD one personally.

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                              AMD has great Linux support.

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                                For gaming you don't really need 16GB yet. Maybe after the next gen of consoles is out, developers might start using that much RAM. But then OP can just add a stick or two

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                                16GB is probably fine for most games right now but there are already some games where you will start to notice some drawbacks.

                                A game like Cyberpunk has a minimum RAM requirement of 12GB, but features in the game can cause it to eat more than that. And someone playing on PC may also want to have things like Discord streaming and a web browser going at the same time which can further eat into the budget.

                                Better to have more than you need IMO and future-proof a little bit, and RAM is not that expensive.

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                                  Intel supports genocide and is directly called out by BDS for its crimes. Go AMD instead.

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                                    I would go AMD for the reasons others have said, but also for long term driver performance. NVidia has shown over time that their cards stay the same for performance, meaning very little long term increase from driver improvements. AMD on the other hand has had long term driver improvements leading to longer life and better performance. Your nVidia option would start to feel crappy earlier than a matching AMD card. Also, if you can afford it the AMD is a more performant option. And consider making sure you have room to upgrade the RAM. If there are only two slots and both are full you will have to replace the RAM, but if there are two free slots you could add another 16GB later for a good boost.

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                                      Intel supports genocide and is directly called out by BDS for its crimes. Go AMD instead.

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                                      Also Intel CPU's have a reputation for being space heaters

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                                        Raptor lake sort of sucked. I would look for an arrow lake cpu if you can.

                                        Amd of the same generation were better at that time. I’d get amd over that intel cpu.

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                                          It's the other way around: X, Unless Y, then Z means that in the case of Y, Z is true. A similar grammatical example would be You should work, Unless you're sick, then you should rest

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                                          That seems to be how they meant it, so I'll chalk it up to misreading the context

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