Question System Buying Advice

[tonymnace]

My old system has pretty much run its course. It's served me well over the years, but with the lack of hard drive space and the end of Windows 10 support, it's time to buy a new system. I've seen plenty of deals for systems with 13th or 14th generation Intel CPUs, but with the problems they've had, I wanted to avoid those and wait until the new Arrow Lake processors were available, which they are now. The system I'm considering has a Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU. What have the reviews been on their new CPUs? I'm also looking at one with a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU. Which one would be better?

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Unsure about that particular ultra 7, but some videos I’ve seen about the ultra 5 CPUs said that folks should get the 14th gen parts instead.

On the AMD side still learning on am5 but my 7600x3d runs pretty well. I think it’s been said these CPUs can run warm so make sure you’ve got good cooling. Might look at the new 9000 series CPUs. If you are in the USA and near a Microcenter, they’ve got this bundle with the 7950x right now as well.

https://www.microcenter.com/product...ies-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

 

[Lafong]

My old system has pretty much run its course. It's served me well over the years, but with the lack of hard drive space and the end of Windows 10 support, it's time to buy a new system. I've seen plenty of deals for systems with 13th or 14th generation Intel CPUs, but with the problems they've had, I wanted to avoid those and wait until the new Arrow Lake processors were available, which they are now. The system I'm considering has a Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU. What have the reviews been on their new CPUs? I'm also looking at one with a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU. Which one would be better?

New PC for what purposes? Gaming only? Gaming not at all?

Budget?

The more you lean toward gaming, the more you'd probably lean to AMD...assuming that would be within your budget.

Sounds like you want to buy a fully assembled system rather than build it yourself.

There's a lot of hyperbole surrounding the AMD/Intel debate. It's on you to evaluate that and separate the chaff from the wheat....subject to your own preconceived notions.

The performance difference between a 265K and a 14700K is a few percent. I think the 265K will run a little cooler. Maybe you don't care about any of that.

 

[tonymnace]

New PC for what purposes? Gaming only? Gaming not at all?

Budget?

The more you lean toward gaming, the more you'd probably lean to AMD...assuming that would be within your budget.

Sounds like you want to buy a fully assembled system rather than build it yourself.

There's a lot of hyperbole surrounding the AMD/Intel debate. It's on you to evaluate that and separate the chaff from the wheat....subject to your own preconceived notions.

The performance difference between a 265K and a 14700K is a few percent. I think the 265K will run a little cooler. Maybe you don't care about any of that.

I like to buy ahead of the curve, as I believe I get more useful life out of a computer, as it doesn't get outdated as fast. I might do some gaming and video stuff on it, and whatever comes along, so I want something that will be capable now and into the future. My budget isn't a big concern. As far as cooling, the new Intel chips are supposed to use less power, plus the systems I've looked at have liquid cooling as well, so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

The thing I would say for amd, socket am5 is supposed to be supported through 2027. So the good news is at that point you could likely do a bios update and swap to the latest cpu on the platform and be set a few more years before needing to update again.