Ryzen + Vega or Intel + Nvidia

[md_abdulhamid14]

Hi,

I'm stuck between these two builds:

1) ASUS PG279Q-27" [G-sync]
Intel i7-8700k
Asus ROG Strix Z370-F
Cryorig R1 Universal
G.skill Trident Z 16GB 3200Mhz
Gigabyte 1080 WF oc

2) ASUS MG278Q 27" [Freesync]
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Asus ROG Strix X370-F
*Corsair Dom. 16GB 3200Mhz*
Sapphire RX vega 64

3) PSU: Corsair RM750i
SSD: PNY Phantom 240GB
HDD: Toshiba 1TB
Fan: Corsair AF120 quiet edition x3
Case: NZXT S340

* cmd16gx4m2b3200c16 is the only
available RAM stick which is
compatible with this motherboard.
I would buy B350-F but I can't find
the compatible RAMs in my country
Bangladesh.

# The Intel build is expensive due to
the monitor I can't find any other
G-SYNC monitor.

 

[bjornl]

The Intel build is faster, especially in games.
There are quite a few g-sync monitors, but they are generally $200 more than the same free-sync one. G-sync is better, the question is: Is it $200 better to you?

Since you had a hard time finding g-sync monitors, here are some g-sync links.
https://www.g-sync.com/
https://www.144hzmonitors.com/list-of-g-sync-monitors/
https://pcmonitors.info/others/nvidia-g-sync-variable-refresh-rate-technology/

 

[md_abdulhamid14]

Sorry bjornl I was pressing upvote really sorry.
As I already said I can't find any other monitor in Bangladesh only cheap freesync monitors and shipping costs too much.

 

[bjornl]

Sorry bjornl I was pressing upvote really sorry.
As I already said I can't find any other monitor in Bangladesh only cheap freesync monitors and shipping costs too much.

Well you certainly know the market in Bangladesh better than someone on the other side of the world from there. One other wrinkle. You can mix and match AMD and Intel products without any compatibility issues. Meaning Intel CPUs work just fine with AMD GPUs and AMD CPUs work just fine with Nvidia GPUs.

So you can sort out which motherboard, cpu and such you want. And after all that settle in on if you are interested enough in g-sync to pay the extra for it.

 

[md_abdulhamid14]

I just changed my build. I'm going to use i7-8700k and gtx 1080ti on a 1440p 60hz monitor by enabling fast sync it decreases the total cost of my build.

 

[bjornl]

That is very similar to what I do. I found for my use that text clarity mattered more than 144hz.