After the announcements in January, AMD enjoys the positive response from the public and critics compared to the series CPU Ryzen 3000, now complete. In February the debut of the Threadripper 3990X marked a new record for the Sunnyvale house: the HEDT CPU, which we remember to be equipped with 64 cores and 128 threads, has in fact recorded impressive results in terms of performance, surpassing the EPYC counterpart and relegating to the role of second l Intel Core i9-10980X, its direct competitor. Literally the dream chip, provided you have a limitless budget.
On the GPU front, the market is still waiting: the announcement of the fateful "Big Navi"It could be imminent and in the meantime some recently emerged leaks make fans dream with dizzying technical characteristics and an overall computing power that, at least on paper, could oscillate between 18 and 20 teraflops. The recent reveal of the Xbox Series X features has the architecture clears customs RDNA 2.0 making the wait even more charged with enthusiasm.
On the other side of the fence, Intel is preparing to respond by unleashing the power of the 14-nanometer production node, with the next generation of processors Comet Lake-S that promise dizzying frequencies on the single core: according to what has emerged so far, theIntel Core i9-10900K (flagship chip among consumer products) will be equipped with 10 cores and 20 threads with boost frequencies that will reach 5.3 GHz.
The new processors will be accompanied by the unprecedented LGA 1200 socket with the Z490 (high-end), B460 (mid-range), W480 (workstation) and H410 (entry-level) chipsets. The colossus of Santa Clara then prepares to enter the graphics card market with the intention of upsetting it. The new Intel Xe GPU (find our special here) they will arrive with three distinct microarchitectures and variable performance: the first leaks on the discrete GPU benchmarks bode well, especially in perspective, waiting to know something more about the products reserved for the most demanding segment of the market.
Finally NVIDIA that, aware of the domination from the technological point of view, remains waiting, ready to pull its ace out of the sleeve. The new Ampere GPUs, presumably from the series RTX 3000, promise a real generational leap from the design point of view, also thanks to the transition to 7 nanometers, with a performance leap that could reach up to 50% compared to what was seen with the Turing generation.
In short, a period in which you can draw fully from what is proposed by the market in this winter season, with an eye to the next announcements, some of which may be imminent.
Low Budget configuration (628 Euro)
As usual, the Budget range is aimed at players who want to enter the PC world without necessarily spending a fortune and with the opportunity to enjoy most of the gaming offer at 1080p, without forgetting the possibility of updating in the future. The hottest processor of the moment for this category is theIntel Core i3-9100F, a ninth generation quad-core sold at an extremely affordable price. Accompanied by a Z390 chipset and with a good RAM, this system guarantees a smooth game without any particular compromises on the downside and still offers a wide possibility of upgrades. The basic setup allows you to point to a graphics card RX 570 with 8GB of dedicated memory, capable of pushing a good number of polygons.
CPU: Intel Core i3-9100F – 81.50 Euros
MB: ASRock Z390 Pro4 – 118.50 Euros
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 570 8GB – 153 Euros
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 3000 16GB – 85.90 Euros
HD: Kingston SSD A400 – 62 Euros
HOMES: Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L – 56.90 Euros
POWER SUPPLY: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550W – 72 Euros
Gaming configuration (1259 Euro)
The Gaming range is dedicated to players who want to enjoy a powerful machine, able to run even the most recent games without thinking too much about the parameter setting, with the possibility of reaching up to 2K and in any case with a wide range of products. to draw on in case of upgrade.
In this case we move to the AMD house to choose the processor, where the Ryzen 5 3600 offers a truly remarkable quality / price ratio. A motherboard equipped with X570 chipset allows you to take full advantage of all the features put in place by the colossus of Sunnyvale, while offering the possibility to switch to the most popular processors with a few hundred euros.
A RAM with higher frequencies, starting from 3200 MHz, can give several satisfactions while on the front of the video card you can choose between the quality of the NVIDIA Ray Tracing or the cheap price of AMD with the new Radeon RX 5600 XT in the OC version produced by Asus.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 – 180 Euros
MB: Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite – 210 Euros
GPU: Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super Windforce OC 8GB – 452 Euros
RAM: G.Skill TridentZ (AMD) 3200 Mhz 16GB – 118 Euros
HD: Samsung EVO Plus 500 GB – 118 Euros
HOMES: Corsair Carbide 275R – 89 Euros
POWER SUPPLY: Corsair TX650M – 92 Euros
High End Configuration (3128 Euro)
This range is reserved for the strongest and most daring portfolios, there are no compromises and the aim is to obtain maximum performance, also taking away some satisfaction from the aesthetic point of view. With this machine you can easily play in 2K with all the ultra details, arriving in many cases at 4K, without neglecting the possibility of performing multitasking operations such as streaming.
To go that far we have chosen theAMD Ryzen 9 3950X, top product of the Californian house, equipped with 16 cores and 32 threads, combined with a motherboard Asus Crosshair VIII Hero able to release its power and characteristics. Also in this case a RAM at high frequencies is mandatory, not less than 3200 MHz. Pending to discover the next moves of AMD and NVIDIA, the choice of the GPU falls on the GeForce RTX 2080 Super (excluding the Ti version, given the transition period). The new NZXT liquid cooler with an LCD panel installed above the pump is interesting.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X – 849 Euro + NZXT Kraken Z73 265 Euro
MB: Asus Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi) – 412 Euros
GPU: Asus Rog Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Super OC – 939 Euros
RAM: G.Skill TridentZ (AMD) 3600 MHz – 120 Euro
HD: Samsung EVO Plus 1 TB – 222 Euros
HOMES: NZXT H710i – 179 Euros
POWER SUPPLY: NZXT C750 – 152 Euros
