Kabylake or Zen?

[inhumanCRAZYGUN]

I'm building my first gaming pc and still choosing parts, but with recent news plaguing the internet of amd zen and intel kabylake coming out in january i figured id wait the extra month and get the new stuff but know the question is which one would be better for gaming?

 

[dudeman509]

Probably Kaby Lake, but no one actually knows what Zen will bring to the table until it's released and benchmarks are done.

 

[sizzling]

Until it released and independently tested no one can answer this truthfully

 

[Slow Pri]

Well from experience AMD CPU's are always drawing more power and are making more heat. With Intel CPU's (over the course of 10 years) have been known for low temperatures and high-over clocking ability. Although both Zen and Kabylake aren't released, it's not really a 100% accurate until someone or many get a hold of it.

From a tiny bit of research looks like the kabylake will have higher clock speeds and normal TDP.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not one or the other, AMD also has great CPU's for the money.

I would say if it was me to wait for a few months until we know both new architecture is stable and well worth it to be safe.
If you were thinking about purchasing around this holiday season the LGA 1151 or Skylake platform is more than incredible.

I've always thought that AMD is slacking behind. For example, there 8350 8core CPU is magnificent comparing that to a i3-6100 (skylake) dual core 4 threads processor there more than up par in some games.

It's really up to opinion, as i'm sure that many others will have different opinions versus mine.