Author: Xaltar
Subject: Z97M Anniversity OC limit?
Posted: 10 Jan 2017 at 3:30am
Both have merits IMO, AMD just flogged a dead horse way too long with AM3/+. AMD has always appealed to the budget user and being able to keep basically the same system and upgrade just the CPU and GPU from time to time was a great thing at the start. Unfortunately they just couldn't bring worth while upgrades to market after a point.
Subject: Z97M Anniversity OC limit?
Posted: 10 Jan 2017 at 3:30am
Both have merits IMO, AMD just flogged a dead horse way too long with AM3/+. AMD has always appealed to the budget user and being able to keep basically the same system and upgrade just the CPU and GPU from time to time was a great thing at the start. Unfortunately they just couldn't bring worth while upgrades to market after a point.
Intel does some great things with their chipsets and socket iterations but they are not budget friendly and certainly could stand to maybe switch to 3 generations per socket. Given they have given up on the tick/tock mythos it would make sense to introduce one more generation per socket. At least that is my opinion.
I have always gone for one of the 2 basic formulas
1. Bang for buck
2. Longevity
If I had the cash for a more powerful setup I would typically go with intel, much as sockets change more often I would have still been more or less set today even with an i7 2600k. If budget was limited however then AMD offered more for less, at least till intel eclipsed them completely.