[SOLVED] should i get a i7 4790k or ryzen 5 3400g?

[drakeslayer1234z]

Title says it all...

 

[kanewolf]

A 3400G will require RAM purchase as well as motherboard. You might have DDR3 you can use on the 4790K.

 

[sizzling]

The 3400g. The 3400g gives you good future upgrade options. The 4790k give you no upgrade path as it was the best cpu for its socket.

 

[kanewolf]

You don't say what GPU you have. If you have a GPU, you could look at an R3 3000x CPU rather than the 3400G It also depends on what your primary use for this system is.

 

[HeathcliffX1]

Get the Ryzen, more support, later hardware, better software, games will run only 10 Frames slower at most compared to most of the highest end Intel CPU's

 

[King_V]

This question can't be answered without knowing what you have currently, and what you'd be paying for the 4790k.

 

[Third-Eye]

The i7-4790K is faster than the Ryzen 5 3400G. It wouldn't make any sense to upgrade to it, even if it was to have a platform for a future CPU upgrade. You would need at least a Ryzen 5 3600 to have a decent upgrade over the 4790K. The Ryzen 5 3400G is also based on the Zen+ cores of the slower Ryzen 2000 series. Edit - Bascially I'm saying, don't upgrade until you can get a CPU that is an actual upgrade, because otherwise it's a waste of money having to buy the upgrade CPU in the future.