[SOLVED] Intel Upgrade or AMD upgrade? (From i5 6500)

[OliT250]

Hi there!
I'm looking to upgrade my PC in the very near future and have created two builds that i would like to go with. Problem is I don't know which one to go for. I plan to use my build for gaming (AAA games like Battlefield 5 have the i5 6500 BELOW their minimum requirements) and light content creation. The two build are around the same price (£520) and have around the same specs but I don't know which one to choose.
Any help would be really appreciated!

Current build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For £0.00)
Motherboard: MSI - H170 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: ADATA - Premier SP550 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GAMING X 3G Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For £0.00)
Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link - DWA-582 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased For £0.00)

Total: £0.00

Intel Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£262.79 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid Lite 120 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£37.99 @ AWD-IT)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£97.27 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£127.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: ADATA - Premier SP550 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GAMING X 3G Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For £0.00)
Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link - DWA-582 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased For £0.00)

Total: £526.03

AMD Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£292.90 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard (£89.97 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£127.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: ADATA - Premier SP550 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GAMING X 3G Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For £0.00)
Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link - DWA-582 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased For £0.00)

Total: £510.85

Thanks!

 

[captaincharisma]

since the new builds are currently close to the same price i'd go for the ryzen build since it has an extra 2 cores although i am not sure what tasks you mean by "content creation" so i'm not sure if the extra cores would matter

 

[SkyNetRising]

Problem is I don't know which one to go for. I plan to use my build for gaming and light content creation.

Why do you think, you need to upgrade.
Can't your current build do the work? Do you experience any performance problems with it?

 

[hendrickhere]

I second the Ryzen build but I would strongly consider getting a a larger SSD if you are going to put anything other than the OS on it. Prices are cheap enough right now.

 

[igohomeeveryday123]

I think you should sell your pc and buy lots of revision books

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

I agree, why do you need to upgrade? Is your current build not doing what you need?

Why not keep your existing build and simply get an i7-6700?

 

[OliT250]

Problem is I don't know which one to go for. I plan to use my build for gaming and light content creation.

Why do you think, you need to upgrade.
Can't your current build do the work? Do you experience any performance problems with it?

AAA Games like Battlefield 5 (which I want to play) have the i5 6500 under their minimum system requirements. Plus I want my PC to be more future-proof so I can continue to use it for a long time. Also I plan to get more into content creation and I feel that my current CPU does not cope very well with video editing and such. That's why I'm upgrading

 

[OliT250]

I agree, why do you need to upgrade? Is your current build not doing what you need?

Why not keep your existing build and simply get an i7-6700?

As I said AAA Games like Battlefield 5 (which I want to play) have the i5 6500 under their minimum system requirements. Upgrading to the i7 6700 will not benefit me as these games also need more than 8GB of 2133Mhz RAM. Plus this build will not be very future-proof

 

[WildCard999]

Grab a 6700/7700, 8gb more memory and you'll be good for awhile.

 

[captaincharisma]

Problem is I don't know which one to go for. I plan to use my build for gaming and light content creation.

Why do you think, you need to upgrade.
Can't your current build do the work? Do you experience any performance problems with it?

AAA Games like Battlefield 5 (which I want to play) have the i5 6500 under their minimum system requirements. Plus I want my PC to be more future-proof so I can continue to use it for a long time. Also I plan to get more into content creation and I feel that my current CPU does not cope very well with video editing and such. That's why I'm upgrading

a simple upgrade to a 6th or 7th gen i7 chip would still be good for future proofing. and it would be more costs effective too since your build would support both those CPU's