It’s been nearly 8 years since I’ve built up a new machine. Before prices sky rocket more I’m considering upgrading. Just curious what the current 7 series intel equivalent is ? I see core series now ?

  • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    4 days ago

    We’ll you have “Core” and “Core Ultra”. Core 3, 5, 7 are your more efficient CPUs, even if it ends in H which was previously “high” performance. But Core Ultra is 5, 7, and 9 which is what you’d want to aim for obviously. Personally, I don’t know that a 9 gives you all that much more on real world gaming performance.

    Idk though, because, while the Ultra series has a higher boost clock, good for “AI”, and has improved single core benchmarks, the 13th and 14th gen (14700K for example) are still damn impressive, support DDR5, PCIe 5.0, etc. You even get the same approximate multi core performance and the core count is higher (vs Ultra 7 265K)

    https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_ultra_7_265k-vs-intel_core_i7_14700k

    Is it worth it to you to spend the extra dough? Some 13/14 gen support Ddr4 too if you wanna save, OR recycle your ddr4 from your current rig if you’ve got enough.

    Edit, ohhh yeah back to original ask. A Core i3-13100 or 14100 is 4c/8t and holds its own to a 7700K. Quite impressive.

    • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Mate this wonderful!

      This is what I needed. I was wondering my current rig has 32 gb of ddr4 (two sticks of 16) higher speed.

      Was wondering maybe it’s worth it to salvage that and try to save some costs as well.

      Just wondering with the price I’m paying to upgrade is it worth whatever bottleneck that presents ?

      I was looking at 13 - 14 gen but I remember the issues when they first launched. I wasn’t sure they were resolved.

      • mister_newbie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        If you currently have 32GB of ddr4, ain’t nothing wrong with going to AliEx for a 5500X3D (should be about $210, and yes, it’s fine to shop on AliEx) and Bezosland (or one of hardwareswap subs for a used one) for a B550 board.

        Toss in a decent GPU and you’re golden.

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        4 days ago

        I was looking at 13 - 14 gen but I remember the issues when they first launched. I wasn’t sure they were resolved.

        I looked recently and ended up recommending 12th because near as I could tell the answer was maybe, especially if not in aircon.

      • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        4 days ago

        I’ve got a 13700K currently at work with no issues for almost 3 years, and our sales manager at work, I got him a 14900HX for his laptop last year and no issues. I’m the IT guy and I don’t want bogged down machines, so I’m choosy with who gets what.

        We’re not gaming per se, but I’ve got 4 screens, he’s got 3, neither have had driver issues or crashes. Both get plenty of airflow and in a cool building, like the other commenter mentioned. Hope that helps.