Hi OzB Community,
Recently reached out to an Australian PC builder and they have come to me with two different builds.
I was wondering, to the PC experts here, what would you value these two builds at, which is better?
INTEL PLATFORM
CPU = i7-14700KF
MOTHERBOARD = Asus ROG STRIX Z790-F Gaming WIFI II LGA1700 DDR5 ATX Motherboard
GPU = ASUS TUF GAMING GEFORCE RTX 4070 TI SUPER
RAM = Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 RGB 32GB(2x16GB) 6000MHz
CPU COOLER = 360 Aftershock Glacier
STORAGE = Lexar 1TB
POWERSUPPLY = MSI 850 WATT GOLD
FANS = Aftershock Black
CASE = Fractal Design North XL Mid-Tower Case - Charcoal Black TG Dark
AMD PLATFORM
CPU = AMD 7800X3D
MOTHERBOARD = Asus ROG Strix X670E-F Gaming WiFi AM5 ATX Desktop Motherboard
GPU = ASUS TUF GAMING GEFORCE RTX 4070 TI SUPER
RAM = G.SKill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32GB(2x16GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 Desktop RAM - Black
CPU COOLER = 360 Aftershock Glacier
STORAGE = Lexar 1TB
POWERSUPPLY = MSI 850 WATT GOLD
FANS = Aftershock Black
CASE = Fractal Design North XL Mid-Tower Case - Charcoal Black TG Dark
The Intel is faster mostly because it has more cores. The performance difference is not as noticeable in gaming however.
The RAM in the AMD is lower latency which translates to higher framerates.
For prices, enter the configurations into https://au.pcpartpicker.com
If the system will be mostly used for gaming, I'd go for the cheaper build. If that ends up being AMD, then I'd also consider replacing the X670E with a B650 variant as the X670E is overkill for gaming.