Question I5 9400f or r5 1600 not overclocking

[Atodgbup]

I am building a pc need to know whether to buy i5 9400f or r5 1600. I am not going to overclock.both are same price in my country.i will be using it mainly for gaming but will do programming too.so which is better.

 

[bluechimecho]

if they're the same price i would definitely go with the i5. you'll get significantly better per core performance and even if you don't get multi threading 6 cores is still a good amount

 

[iMatty]

You are better going with the i5 much better than the ryzen CPU.

 

[OctaBotGamer]

Go for the i5

 

[DavidUSSR]

The I5-9400F is better mate

 

[sizzling]

The problem with the 9400 is core/thread count. There are games that when going for higher FPS can max out or nearly max out the hex core i5’s already. While the i5 is the better gaming cpu today it has little headroom for tomorrow’s games. We saw how prior gen quad core i5’s lasted compared to their i7 8 thread counterparts for gaming, the i7 proved much better long term for AAA gaming. Personally I’m not a fan of the current i5’s when Ryzen is an option.

 

[iMatty]

Its either you go with the i5 or just wait for few months until the new gen of ryzen is launched, which will offer a lot of good performance for the money you will pay.

 

[99StefanRO]

Not a pro, but from personal experience the i5 tends to choke when playing some AAA games. By choke I mean they go up to 100% usage (happens to me in AC and Forza because I did not play/try any other games on it) and it is quite annoying. I am online on discord all day long while I'm playing and if the CPU goes up to 100% I can't hear anything and my friends can't hear me either... Basically, if you want to have higher FPS go for the i5, but you will sacrifice any other background app. If you want to have background apps running fine go for the r5, but you will be penalised with around (maybe) 10-15 FPS ?

I'm now selling my i5 because it's just so damn annoying. Buying r5 2600 soon.

 

[OctaBotGamer]

Yea the ryzen 3000 series is worth waiting for too, much more future proof too

 

[99StefanRO]

Yes, I agree. If you can wait for the new Ryzen lineup then do it. Even if you won't buy the 3rd gen, you could find the 2nd for cheaper after its release. For me the 2600 has a good price now, maybe I'll upgrade to the 3rd gen if I need to, buy for now the 2600 is the best value for me.

 

[iMatty]

Depends on what i5 you have, @99StefanRO i have an i5-4690k overclocked it 4.2GHZ and i don't suffer any of these problems.

 

[99StefanRO]

Depends on what i5 you have, @99StefanRO i have an i5-4690k overclocked it 4.2GHZ and i don't suffer any of these problems.

Mine is an i5 7600 that boosts to 4.0 GhZ. Non K and this might be the problem. But the K prices are insane for me.

 

[iMatty]

Well, i got mine from a really close friend of mine that he has a water cooler on it, and he took good care of it still brand new, sold it for me for like 80$ and he got a new i7 4th gen processor that is unlocked.

 

[OctaBotGamer]

I have an i5 2400 running 4 cores at 3.1ghz which I got at Dirt cheap price 🆒($40)

 

[iMatty]

Problem is, your's is a 2nd gen chip its pretty old if you ask me, even the 4th gen chips but none the less overclocking is a good option.

 

[OctaBotGamer]

Problem is, your's is a 2nd gen chip its pretty old if you ask me, even the 4th gen chips but none the less overclocking is a good option.

I know it is but what can poor people like me do? Ya, buying these outdated chips but that's running just right for me as I don't do so much of resource consuming work, that's just me being me

 

[iMatty]

I feel you, i was running a duo core for 6 years, and then i went and finally bought an a10 APU and then i5 4460 then the CPU i have now.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Raw MHz is your friend for gaming. Since you wont be overclocking, i would go with Intel.

That said AMD does provide an upgrade path and usually offer cheaper boards.

 

[mdd1963]

Given those two choices only and objectives, I'd also opt for 9400F....

Toss in a GTX1660 Ti and you're set!

 

[xravenxdota]

Tbh wait for the ryzen 3000 series.I got my ryzen 5 2600 in november so it was worth it then.You may see the prices drop now cause of the 3xxx cpu launching soon.My cpu are 500 bucks cheaper than when i got it.I know the first gen ryzens are cheap but i will still hold off.Either get a 3xxx model or something like a 2600 or 2600x(my 2600 non x with my aio i can clock it to same speed than a 2600x)