Budget €1,500 - €2000 Work / Gaming Pc Help?

[errant niche]

bill090651 has been warned

Reason: Posted a link

Thanks for creating a spec thread!

Please be sure to include answers to the following questions so people can assist you quicker.

• What is the purpose of your PC/laptop? (e.g. gaming, general work, 3D rendering)
• What monitor resolution will you be using? (e.g. 1080p, 1440p, 4k)
• What is your budget including currency symbol? (e.g. £2,000, 1000€)
• Which country are you purchasing from? (Note that we only operate in the UK and Europe)
• Any brand preferences?

[shadow kindle]

These were the links that Bill was trying to post btw ( @static galleon you cant post links til you've levelled slightly I'm afraid - anti-spam measure)
https://www.pcspecialist.ie/computers-for-next-day-delivery/1652/ and https://www.pcspecialist.ie/computers-for-next-day-delivery/1653/

[rocky plume]

a custom build might be a better option for you, what kind of work and games are you looking at?

[static galleon]

for work, would be CAD drawings for construction projects (autoCAD & Revit). Gaming would be mid to high range FPS games.

[rocky plume]

as much as I want to recommend AMD, CAD programs can be monstrous CPU hogs, what kind of split are we looking at? 50/50 work-gaming or more 10/90 work-gaming?

[static galleon]

50/50 work-gaming

[rocky plume]

in that case intel is likely better for you, even if the current intel CPUs are an upgrade dead end

the 14th gen is the last on the current socket, so short of basically a new PC, CPU upgrades are limited

[static galleon]

okay, thanks for your messages.

[rocky plume]

though between the 2 next day PCs, the AMD option is better I think, because all the cores are equally fast, the intel one only has 44 P cores, and 6 e-cores that are noticaably slower

the AMD PC also sports faster RAM, which is good for work too

[static galleon]

I'll go for the AMD build then so. Thanks for the clarification.