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    Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    With Zen2 on the way I was just wondering now if Intel is even a option for consideration should I want to upgrade my cpu. My pc is rapidly becoming more productivity all rounder than a gaming machine it was primarily.

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Quote Originally Posted by rob4001 View Post
    With Zen2 on the way I was just wondering now if Intel is even a option for consideration should I want to upgrade my cpu. My pc is rapidly becoming more productivity all rounder than a gaming machine it was primarily.
    you've got a Xeon right? From 2014?

    Intel make some lovely clock speed cpu's and they're decided to sell a few without extra threads to keep the gaming scene happy.

    But AMD Ryzen's are quite astonishing. Not just in value terms.. but overall performance.
    And Threadrippers are fearsome on productivity based jobs

    TBH a Ryzen 2700 with a big Noctua or bequiet! air cooler on it, on a nice board with 32gig of DDR4 might just blow your socks off!

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    https://hexus.net/tech/features/cpu/...ch-release-20/
    give that a try.. see what your current CPU scores and compare with some others

    My work PC is a Ryzen 1700X 3.4ghz and it scores 3445 every time. V consistent

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Quote Originally Posted by rob4001 View Post
    With Zen2 on the way I was just wondering now if Intel is even a option for consideration should I want to upgrade my cpu. My pc is rapidly becoming more productivity all rounder than a gaming machine it was primarily.
    Having abandoned Windows based machines, I'm not really in the market for self build apart from Linux based machines - but I'd certainly be looking at AMD Ryzen for serious grunt.

    (That said, I like SFF PCs based on ITX boards and that tends to limits the CPU range available.)
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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Yes I am also a SFF fan my current xenon from 2014 chugs along but would be nice for more grunt. I don't see the 10nm from intel being available this year. Sometimes with Zen the sff market is not as wide ranging as intel at least in mboard selection.

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    My i7 PC has served me well for many years with its X980 CPU. I'm currently looking for a new Intel-based laptop gaming system for security reasons as well as getting more performance. I'll keep the old system for day to day use but am looking forward to the increased processing power. I've always had Intel based systems and am not really interested in chaging that.

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Quote Originally Posted by markih View Post
    I'm currently looking for a new Intel-based laptop gaming system for security reasons
    By security reasons, do you mean you need a less secure system? Odd use case.

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    By security reasons, do you mean you need a less secure system? Odd use case.
    No, I mean my i7 processor is one that has not been patched for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. The CPU is an i7 980x released in 2010 so I think I'm due an upgrade.

    I'm just wondering when the next iteration of Intel processors are due, does anyone know?

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Quote Originally Posted by markih View Post
    No, I mean my i7 processor is one that has not been patched for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. The CPU is an i7 980x released in 2010 so I think I'm due an upgrade.
    I see. Perhaps you should look for a non-Intel upgrade, which has fewer discovered vulnerabilities so far?

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    That's a very good point.

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    Re: Is there any reasonable case to upgrade to intel this year?

    Of course, it all depends on what you're going to be upgrading from. I had a 3rd Gen i5-3570k and now have a 9th Gen i7-9700K. I mean, my PC wasn't a slouch or anything, but it's now blisteringly fast.

    Teamed up with a 1TB Samsung 970Evo NVMe m.2 drive and it's almost instantaneous. Should keep me going for another 7 years
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