Good afternoon,
I came to this website about six years ago for help building a gaming PC and got phenomenal advice. The PC was great and I still use it regularly however I'm looking to make a serious upgrade and build a brand new PC.
The main games that I play are strategy games, Crusader Kings 2 being my main game (especially with the AGoT Mod). The game stutters unbearably in the mod unless I play with the Westeros only submod.
I'm looking to build a new pc to play these kinds of games but also FPS and RPG games and Elite Dangerous with my friends.
If I understand correctly, older games likes Crusader Kings 2 use only one core so single core power is important but (and I know this term is frowned upon) some futureproofing is important to me. I'd like to buy a good MOBO that will allow for some upgrading down the road. Is AMD's Ryzen Zen 2 the way to go for a better upgrading future or are Intels just as good or better for that?
I'd only be gaming on the pc, perhaps doing school work too. Price isn't a huge issue so I'm willing to spend a decent amount (maybe 2000-3000k CAD).
I'm torn between the Ryzen 3700x which seems to be fantastic both performance wise and value wise, and the I7 8700k or (possibly) the i9 9900k, but when I was building my current PC 6 years ago, Intel was often considered to be noticeably better for gaming. Is that still true? Does Intel hold the unequivocal edge still?
For a gaming pc with some degree of future proofing that will be used to play older games that may only use one core and new games that may use multicores, are the intels better or are the AMDs fine or even better?
Thank you for your time.
I came to this website about six years ago for help building a gaming PC and got phenomenal advice. The PC was great and I still use it regularly however I'm looking to make a serious upgrade and build a brand new PC.
The main games that I play are strategy games, Crusader Kings 2 being my main game (especially with the AGoT Mod). The game stutters unbearably in the mod unless I play with the Westeros only submod.
I'm looking to build a new pc to play these kinds of games but also FPS and RPG games and Elite Dangerous with my friends.
If I understand correctly, older games likes Crusader Kings 2 use only one core so single core power is important but (and I know this term is frowned upon) some futureproofing is important to me. I'd like to buy a good MOBO that will allow for some upgrading down the road. Is AMD's Ryzen Zen 2 the way to go for a better upgrading future or are Intels just as good or better for that?
I'd only be gaming on the pc, perhaps doing school work too. Price isn't a huge issue so I'm willing to spend a decent amount (maybe 2000-3000k CAD).
I'm torn between the Ryzen 3700x which seems to be fantastic both performance wise and value wise, and the I7 8700k or (possibly) the i9 9900k, but when I was building my current PC 6 years ago, Intel was often considered to be noticeably better for gaming. Is that still true? Does Intel hold the unequivocal edge still?
For a gaming pc with some degree of future proofing that will be used to play older games that may only use one core and new games that may use multicores, are the intels better or are the AMDs fine or even better?
Thank you for your time.