Gigabyte Z490i Aorus Ultra Motherboard $329 + delivery or free pick-up.
I believe it's the cheapest its ever been and even better being local stock.
I know the AMD 5600x comments are going to come in thick and fast but I still believe best bang for buck purely for gaming you can't beat 10600k OC to 5ghz.
People will make 5600x comments because the 5600x is the better overall CPU. Gaming performance is the same, workstation performance is better, power consumption is better and total system features are better e.g. PCIe 4.0.
When you factor in that AMD has cheaper motherboards with overclocking capabilities the total system cost is basically the same. Especially if you factor in a CPU cooler (although granted most people replace the stock AMD cooler).
It's hard to recommned buying into the Intel platform at the moment.
Agreed. When it comes to SFF though, B550 boards are $310+ and $469 for the 5600x - total $779. Z series MB $329 and $359 for 10600kf - total $688. Non SFF setups work out to be same price.
All round CPU, AMD definitely has the win. In my situation it's strictly gaming and and basically internet browsing. 10600kf OC to 5ghz is basically 10900k gaming performance.
Side note - COD warzone is having framerate and stutter issues with the ryzen 5. Intel/nvidia platform seem to always work.
Intel and Nvidia nearly always have launch issues. Just refer to the massive amounts of coverage of RTX 3000 crash to desktop reports. We then all decided to become electrical engineers and tried to determine the difference between SP-CAPs and MLCC's. Usually it's a simple software update and the issue goes away.
AMD has rapidly increased their desktop marketshare over the last 4 years and we've not seen any widespread issues with Ryzen CPUs. One game having stuttering on launch day just means that there's a patch needed which will probably happen in a few days time.
Still doesn't change the fact best bang for buck in SFF gaming is currently OC 10600k.
Have you considered the costs involved in CPU replacements ( more recently 3700x & the endless Code 90 CPU Cooking), the abysmally horrific drivers that have plagued so many CPU's, especially GPU versions throughout AMD's history, while seeming to never get completely addressed or rectified (Unless using non-WHQL crimson beta drivers)
As someone who repairs Both AMD & Intel for a living, the odds over the last 15-20 years of failure rates (both CPU & GPU) in camp AMD, that at any price, would never be on my shopping list mostly due to notorious unreliability. I've seen SO SO MANY black screens once hitting the driver that it would take a total cleanout of all the software engineers to even register any interest in AMD again outside of fixing them for a living. Cheap usually & often comes with a price down the road, sadly with AMD, you tend to get what you pay for far more often than I am comfortable with.
Each to their own & sincerely best of luck with yours if you pull the trigger.
I have no brand affiliation but i bought a 5600x for the same reasons Osprey mentioned. This will be my first foray into amd territory.
Still upvoted cos of price & ozbargain spirit! Lol
More Intel security issues latest 10th Gen:
Zombie Load - https://hothardware.com/news/zombieload-2-tsx-security-threa…
Doesn't seem to affect AMD CPUs.
Would you rather a patch on o/s to fix CPU security flaw or a CPU that's secure by design in the first place. (given you don't know what else is out there in ALL CPU platforms)
Guess you missed the Spectre
Intel has the iGPU that is supposed to be better for transcoding or something over AMD?
Quick Sync. It's a good technology which definitely has niche use cases. I think it's pretty heavily used in Plex servers.
But assuming that you have a discrete GPU (most people) you can also just use your GPU for encoding. Nvidia's Nvenc is good and AMD's VCE is only ok. I'm assuming that RTX 3000 and RDNA2 both will improve Nvidia's and AMD's solutions but I haven't researched it enough. From watching Epos Vox and other videos I think most people are now just using Nvenc or their CPU cores.
basically your cpu usage is like 20% when encoding hevc with intel gpu vs 100% usage without.
it's quite impressive how it does that
Also the normal 10400 -10900 non F have integrated GPU so if you building a little server this will work out cheaper for more cores
It makes me remember why I left the pc master race. I paid 450 on it with plenty of discounts on top. In couple months it is only 330. I am glad I sold my PC. Tired to waste money. Great price.
6 months and its outdated
I can't support this kind of business. Intel and NVIDIA destroyed it. I am glad Intel are having both at dinner from now. They deserve it.
good luck with your awesome console graphics :)
Thank you
i picked up the same board from skycomp last weekend for this special price for my I7-10700F just for higher ram speed.
As I am putting the system into a mini ITX case NZXT H1, I will not overclock it.
But for $100 dollars more, I still picked this Z490i over B450i for future prove.
Very happy with the shipping speed from Skycomp, received the board on Tuesday and well packed.
Thank you for the post, if only this deal comes out a month earlier… still thinking if I should ditch my Asus z490i for this, Gigabyte got better VRM, OC on CPU and RAM..shitty BIOS tho
Seems like an expensive board to pair with the 10600k