Ryzen 3 1300X or i3-8100

[Akamai]

Hi, posting for a friend. My friend can't decide which one to choose since they're almost close to each other. The i3 costs more than R3 here in our country. Youtube videos shows that the i3 is much more recommended though I just want to know your opinions here. He's going to pair it with 16GB RAM and a GTX 1050Ti. Main purpose is for gaming only (PUBG and DoTA 2). Also please tell which is the best budget-performance motherboard chipset for the R3 and i3. Thanks!

[The King]

R3 if you want to overclock but the i3 will give better out of the box gaming performance, I would personally go with the i3.

[Cathulhu]

Don't get a RyZEN 1, when RyZEN 2 costs almost the same and delivers a lot more performance.

[The King]

Just thought about this, overclocking probably would be a good choice here if your willing to overclock, I don't think you'll hit high fps on PUBG with this system.

But the specs will be fine for Dota 2

[Sapph]

Ryzen 3 2300X should be coming soon, you might want to wait for it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por Sapph:

Ryzen 3 2300X should be coming soon, you might want to wait for it.

Just get a 2200G or 2400G
2x8GB GSkill Trident-Z 2666
MSI B450M PRO-VDH -or- Gigabyte B450M DS3H

[Sapph]

Publicado originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Publicado originalmente por Sapph:

Ryzen 3 2300X should be coming soon, you might want to wait for it.

Just get a 2200G or 2400G
2x8GB GSkill Trident-Z 2666
MSI B450M PRO-VDH -or- Gigabyte B450M DS3H

Those 2 are still based on just the Zen1. The same as 1200 and 1400.
Waiting a bit for the Zen2 based 2300X or 2500X would be better.

[Moniboi]

Do not listen to i3 fanboys. the i3 is absolutely crap at gaming and you definitely want the Ryzen over that. An i5 will be great but the i3 isn't, so if ur budget is low go for Ryzen, but if it's higher, go for an i5.

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por -DI- Monika:

Do not listen to i3 fanboys. the i3 is absolutely crap at gaming and you definitely want the Ryzen over that. An i5 will be great but the i3 isn't, so if ur budget is low go for Ryzen, but if it's higher, go for an i5.

Omg. This message makes no sense at all. Most probably its author just doesn't knowm that i3-8100 is quadcore CPU and allows to get more FPS than Ryzen 1300x in all games which I know. Dependless on overclocking.

[upcoast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngp-BwuoCwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuVBk_8T8LI

Grab a 2200g and replace as necessary up to 2020 on the same am4 mobo. Ryzen has two more 7nm iterations scheduled for the am4 mobos 2019 and 2020.

[Moniboi]

Publicado originalmente por vadim:

Publicado originalmente por -DI- Monika:

Do not listen to i3 fanboys. the i3 is absolutely crap at gaming and you definitely want the Ryzen over that. An i5 will be great but the i3 isn't, so if ur budget is low go for Ryzen, but if it's higher, go for an i5.

Omg. This message makes no sense at all. Most probably its author just doesn't knowm that i3-8100 is quadcore CPU and allows to get more FPS than Ryzen 1300x in all games which I know. Dependless on overclocking.

Oh right. 3% increase in gaming performance. So much better yes. Definitely worth the unability to overclock. And the Ryzen 3 definitely can't gaint hose 3% with overclocking.

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por -DI- Monika:

Oh right. 3% increase in gaming performance. So much better yes. Definitely worth the unability to overclock. And the Ryzen 3 definitely can't gaint hose 3% with overclocking.

First, according to reputable sites difference is much more: https://www.techspot.com/review/1463-ryzen-3-gaming/page2.html
Second, even if i3 would only slightly better than Ryzen 3, it would be hard to call it "absolutely crap at gaming" and suggest worse CPU instead.

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por vadim:

Publicado originalmente por -DI- Monika:

Oh right. 3% increase in gaming performance. So much better yes. Definitely worth the unability to overclock. And the Ryzen 3 definitely can't gaint hose 3% with overclocking.

First, according to reputable sites difference is much more: https://www.techspot.com/review/1463-ryzen-3-gaming/page2.html
Second, even if i3 would only slightly better than Ryzen 3, it would be hard to call it "absolutely crap at gaming" and suggest worse CPU instead.

In context OPs friend will be using a GTX1050ti and in all fairness your article shows minimal to pointless difference with a GTX1060.


Ryzen overclocks but i3 8100 doesn't, ryzen will have numerous future options to upgrade to where coffee lake will have limited options.

TBH, the arguement is silly with the GTX1050ti being the focus GPU.

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por upcoast:

Ryzen overclocks but i3 8100 doesn't, ryzen will have numerous future options to upgrade to where coffee lake will have limited options.

Overclocked Ryzen still slower than i3-8100. Upgrade path ATM looks better for Coffee Lake.
OP can upgrade i3-8100 to i7-8700k today and to i9 in nearest future.

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por vadim:

Publicado originalmente por upcoast:

Ryzen overclocks but i3 8100 doesn't, ryzen will have numerous future options to upgrade to where coffee lake will have limited options.

Overclocked Ryzen still slower than i3-8100. Upgrade path ATM looks better for Coffee Lake.
OP can upgrade i3-8100 to i7-8700k today and to i9 in nearest future.

You really are blue fixated.

i7 8700k + GTX1050ti LOL.


I'll leave you to your usual rhetoric.

Ps for the OP, Ryzen 1600 at $150 and 2600 at $165 really aren't much more of a stretch than the i3 8100 $118 and the 2200g $99, i3 8100 to 1600 is only $32 diff.

Good luck

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

i3-8100 has better performance then all Ryzen 3 CPUs, even when you overclock Ryzens.
Only thing that are better then i3-8100 are Ryzen 6-cores and 8-cores.