Intel new 8th-generation & AMD Threadripper CPU's !
Intel Core i3,i5 & i7 8th generation specs AMD CPU specs vs current Intel CPUs The AMD is lower priced than Intel like in the past. AMD Ryzen 5 1500X benchmark vs Intel
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For "Joe Average" (i.e not doing computional fluid dynamics calculation or trying to run some game at super high frame rate on a super high resolution screen), more than 4 cores is probably a waste of money !
What AMD is very good at is low cost and embedded graphics (the current generation of Ryzgen chips do NOT have embedded graphics). You will "feel" good graphics more than more cores on common tasks like web surfing or watching videos or even office automation tasks. Of course, all the new boards will use DDR4.
The other "cool" thing is NVM Express (NVMe). It is a SSD on a card that plugs into a PCIe slot on your motherboard. The driver makes it look like a SATA disk. Even a 1 lane PCIe NVMe is much faster than SATA 3.1. Rotational storage is pretty much just for backup and "bulk" storage.
What AMD is very good at is low cost and embedded graphics (the current generation of Ryzgen chips do NOT have embedded graphics). You will "feel" good graphics more than more cores on common tasks like web surfing or watching videos or even office automation tasks. Of course, all the new boards will use DDR4.
The other "cool" thing is NVM Express (NVMe). It is a SSD on a card that plugs into a PCIe slot on your motherboard. The driver makes it look like a SATA disk. Even a 1 lane PCIe NVMe is much faster than SATA 3.1. Rotational storage is pretty much just for backup and "bulk" storage.
