Ok, so this article says the AMD Zen CPU line will be just as powerful as the current generation of Intel processors. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3109327/hardware/let-the-cpu-wars-begin-amd-shows-its-zen-cpu-can-compete-with-intels-best.html

I am a bit of an AMD fanboy, but there's a pretty great black friday deal from microcenter on an i7 6800K for $329.99.

Too bad Zen is coming out in Q1 2017. I thought it'd be out this November.

Intel is also releasing a new line of CPUs supposedly sometime in Q1 2017.

Anyway, the price point on the Zen CPU probably will be lower, but do you think it can beat $329.99?

This post was edited by dankmemes1337 on Nov 15 2016 10:06pm

Do you actually need the core cores? I'd say wait and just go with the "gaming" centered CPUS 6700k etc.

I need them because they will be useful when I stream on twitch and render video

But what do you mean wait? The 6700K is on sale right now too

edit: might go with the 6700K since the motherboards for lga 1151 socket are cheaper.

This post was edited by dankmemes1337 on Nov 15 2016 10:29pm

How ofter do you "render". A 6700k can stream fine.

Jan-Feb will be new cpus. But it's up to you

About twice a week.

Yea.. I'll do some more research. May go with 6700k cuz of the better motherboard selection

This post was edited by dankmemes1337 on Nov 15 2016 10:31pm

Check out the difference in render times between them. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

thanks mate

wait for it to launch
stuff goes for sale/cheap near the new year as well

This post was edited by t_y_k_o on Nov 16 2016 05:35am

It's just more AMD bullpuckey....





I'm an AMD CPU fan boy. But when you lower the Intel CPU to AMD's clock speed, you prove nothing. A fair comparison would be the Zen running at it's native clock speed, versus the AMD running at it's native clock speed.
After all, BOTH can be overclocked.

Also, as someone mentioned above... big deal a render. What does it do in gaming or raw number crunching.



/e All this test proves is that if both CPU's are clocked the same... they will blend at the same speed. I also noticed, that they still haven't shown actual benchmarks, either.

This post was edited by Ghot on Nov 16 2016 06:58am

I will believe it when I see a benchmark.