Intel Core i3 8350k or Upcoming AMD Ryzen APUs?!

[zektro]

Howdy!! It is worth buying an Intel Core i3 8350k "Cofveve Lake" or should I wait until AMD Ryzen 5 2400G w/RX Vega Graphics it's able to buy?! Thanks!!

 

[grmnlxndr]

It depends on what you plan want to do with your computer.
If you plan not to get a video card, and you also want to play, wait to ryzen APUs.
If you plan to get a video card, I think that an i3 8100 is better value, or jump to an i5 8400, which cost very little more. Also Ryzen CPUs like r5 1600 is a great option.

Best Regards

 

[zektro]

Most likely I will wait until Ryzen 5 2400G APU appears. I do gaming and for normal tasks. Still, I have a another question. It's true the latest update Windows 10 can "brick" users PCs because of Spectre or Meltdown bug!?

 

[jaslion]

Most likely I will wait until Ryzen 5 2400G APU appears. I do gaming and for normal tasks. Still, I have a another question. It's true the latest update Windows 10 can "brick" users PCs because of Spectre or Meltdown bug!?

Not brick just cause big boot problems on anything older than skylake.

 

[Trafalgar747]

I haven't heard of any such "Brick", probably doesn't exist.
The i3-8250k is only worth it if you plan on overclocking, for which you will need a decent aftermarket cooler. I would recommend the the i5 8400 is you don't have much experience overclocking and would probably recommend it otherwise as well. I would urge you to go for an Asrock Z370 board tho, as you could BCLK OC the processor (I've done it by very little on an MSI Mobo, will be much better on Asrock as they properly support it)

As for the GPU, if your are running a decent one at the moment, I would probably wait for it, if your dont have a PC or just have an older GPU go for the RX 580 instead. With the release of the i5 8400, i would not consider an Ryzen 1600 over it at all.

 

[zektro]

As GPU I have an Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Version from EVGA. I bought recently Corsair Vengeance RGB LED 16GB DDR4 at 2666MHz as RAM.

However, how good are those motherboards from ASRock?! Never had before. Although, I knew that ASUS and Aorus (Gigabyte) have good mobo's!!

And yet why do many people choose Intel instead of AMD?!

 

[jaslion]

As GPU I have an Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Version from EVGA. I bought recently Corsair Vengeance RGB LED 16GB DDR4 at 2666MHz as RAM.

However, how good are those motherboards from ASRock?! Never had before. Although, I knew that ASUS and Aorus (Gigabyte) have good mobo's!!

And yet why do many people choose Intel instead of AMD?!

If you are going to use a 1600 with it then there is no point in you getting an apu since you are loosing out on the part that makes it worth it the integrated gpu. You can then just get a zen+ version of the 1600.