barryv88
Distinguished
Chris Fetters :
I'm really wondering if the only reason they gave the i5-8400 the $100-200 nod over the R5 2600 is simply to avoid having AMD outright run the table, potentially raising the ire of the Team Blue fanboys, because otherwise I'm at an absolute loss on the logic of that one. The only scenario where the former is the definitively better option, is also the one least likely to happen considering the product segment these are in. Namely if your first and foremost focus above all is 1080p 144/240Hz gaming with at MINIMUM a GTX 1070 Ti/RX Vega 56 class or better GPU. People in that group aren't buying $100-200 CPU's, and ESPECIALLY not locked i5's. In every other build / use-case scenario, both short AND long term (and for the first time, this EVEN includes primarily single-threaded workloads like Photoshop as an OC'd 2600 is practically in a dead-heat with the locked 8400 in single-threaded performance. While absolutely obliterating it everywhere else).
The 2600 includes a cooler, is just as fast in single-thread when OC'd, extremely similar average 1080p frame-rates in all the likely builds/GPU combo's for this price range but more often than not SUPERIOR 1 & .1% minimums from the 2x thread count & bigger cache, is VASTLY superior in multi-thread & thus with any/all multi-tasking as well, and is on a cheaper (specifically better value/bang per $) & FAR more future proof platform. Come on Tom's team, what exactly am I missing here???
The 2600 includes a cooler, is just as fast in single-thread when OC'd, extremely similar average 1080p frame-rates in all the likely builds/GPU combo's for this price range but more often than not SUPERIOR 1 & .1% minimums from the 2x thread count & bigger cache, is VASTLY superior in multi-thread & thus with any/all multi-tasking as well, and is on a cheaper (specifically better value/bang per $) & FAR more future proof platform. Come on Tom's team, what exactly am I missing here???
Even the 'new' H370 boards make no sense. Hardly any tweaking can be done on em, forget overclocking and the price is far too close to that of Z370 boards. Too little, too late, but ultimately, more products that will be quickly forgotten.