Which PC to buy?
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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.
Yeah, 16gb is the minimum requirement for a pc nowadays I'd say. If you can get it ofc.
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The amd one is AM5 and you’ll be able to pop a new CPU in for like the next six years
AM5 will lose support in 2027 unless it's extended further, no? Six years from today is probably an overstatement, but I still agree with the general sentiment if we know now that there could be good upgrade options for the future.
Honestly I’m basing this more on the fact amd is STILL out here releasing new am4 cpus than on their stated timelines, they just don’t know when to give up on a socket no matter what they claim (not complaining tho)
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Fair. But since RAM is one of the easiest parts to upgrade you don't need to future-proof it much imo. Just add a stick when it's cheaper
Unless you're in the US, then now might be the best time to buy electronics before prices continue to rise, haha.
I laugh because I'll cry if I don't.
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Honestly I’m basing this more on the fact amd is STILL out here releasing new am4 cpus than on their stated timelines, they just don’t know when to give up on a socket no matter what they claim (not complaining tho)
You are right, I hope their track record continues, AM4 has been amazing.
I'm only slightly worried myself because I believe a few years ago they tried to silently drop 5000 series support from b450 boards or something like that, but then reversed that decision after backlash. Makes me think they could try that again, but so far I think they have course corrected successfully. Maybe I'm being slightly pessimistic by thinking they'll try something similar again.
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Even their latest gens? I thought they started heavily investing in e-cores to reduce power consumption (heat).
In general though, their CPUs seem to have had a lot of issues recently and they look to be in a rough situation right now.
I'm not certain. They may have fixed the overheating. I still think it's worse performance than a similar spec AMD processor.
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Build it yourself
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Even their latest gens? I thought they started heavily investing in e-cores to reduce power consumption (heat).
In general though, their CPUs seem to have had a lot of issues recently and they look to be in a rough situation right now.
Especially their new ones. They're better at generating heat than they are at executing code.
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A mix of both preferably - AMD cpu + Nvidia GPU. 32GB of RAM as well.
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A mix of both preferably - AMD cpu + Nvidia GPU. 32GB of RAM as well.
Nvidia GPU
It's been an hour, I'm surprised nobody has jumped down your throat about this.
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AMD has great Linux support.
And it's not even close. FOSS developers who have to deal with Nvidia on anything seem to hate it with a passion.
