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There isn't a particular reason why I didn't go for Ryzen, I haven't been following them other than the odd video from Blunty while I've been following Intel quite closely as friends have also upgraded their systems. I didn't even research Ryzen, I don't know where I would start in finding an equivalent CPU. I see models at the same price but I don't know if that means equivalent performance.
Fair enough.
Ryzen is split in such a way that you can easily correlate them with rival intel processors (Ryzen 3,5, and 7 with Core i3, i5, and i7 respectively). Higher model number equals better. A lot of Ryzen's hype is that, for the first time in half a decade or so, AMD has a legitimate competitor to Intel's offerings. Though they lag behind in clock speed, they generally have higher core/thread counts than their intel equivalents at similar price points, which helps if you do work that scales well across multiple threads (which gaming isn't). If you're using it for gaming, you're better off with intel, but if you're using it for productivity you may get a small advantage with Ryzen.
The option will always be there I suppose to delid and upgrade the thermal compound at the same time.
Yeah, you don't *have* to delid it when it arrives.
Congrats on the new build. Do remember that K-series processors have higher TDP's and do not come with an included cooler so budget accordingly.
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