What CPU to Buy - Late 2018

It’s that time of year again – You know the one. The one you celebrate. With tech. So now that 2018’s nearly over, which CPU should you buy?

Buy a Ryzen 3 2200G (Budget Gaming Recommendation):

Buy a Core i3 8100 (Budget Gaming Recommendation):

Buy a Ryzen 5 2600 (Budget All-Rounder + Budget Gaming + Budget Workstation Recommendation):

Buy a Ryzen 7 2700X (Midrange All-Rounder + Midrange Workstation Recommendation):

Buy a Core i5 8500 (Midrange Gaming Recommendation):

Buy a Core i5 8600K (High-end Gaming Recommendation):

Buy a Core i7 8700K (Midrange All-Rounder + High-end Gaming Recommendation):

Buy a Core i7 9700K (Would be a recommendation in multiple categories if you could find one…):

Buy a Threadripper 1920X (High-end Workstation Honorable mention):

Buy a Threadripper 2920X (High-end Workstation Recommendation):

Buy a Threadripper 2950X (Best-Value High-end Workstation CPU):

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[arsipantsu]

Would really like a similar video for gpu's

[OfficialReyX]

Which one would you go for? Intel or Ryzen

[MustangFord]

2600 Is truly a workhorse. Well done AMD.

[danielnijenhuis]

Me be like "how to download CPU for free"

[kiar]

I absolutely love it when YouTube's don't waste your time and are honest i.e. "you can just get the product list in the description but we would love for you to keep watching and see how we made our choices"
Thanks Linus.❤
For that i give a 👍 and will watch the whole vid.

[MSPaintDaily]

My Pentium 4 can run MS Paint just fine

[arsenii_yavorskyi]

upd: for those who asked, my country is Ukraine. you'd think that computer parts would be cheaper here (because everything else is), but it's not the case.

in my country, Intel's processors cost about 80% to 90% more than AMD's, while offering 10% to 20% better performance. I wouldn't even call that competition.

[-kof]

0:54 World of Warships is a-
*Skips 20 seconds ahead*

[taffox]

I must say the ryzen stock coolers look WAY better than intel stock coolers.

[HEXZR-]

in my country i7 8700k cost 500 euro and ryzen 7 2700x is just 340 euro.. if u call that competition :D

[sonothehedgehog]

good thing the ryzen 5 2600 is 160 right now, great buy

[zachicusmaximus]

Threadripper 1950x is on sale for $450 on newegg atm.

[Exosfear]

i7 6850k = $700
ryzen 5 2600x = $ 220


same performance...

[ashrude]

wtf is up with intel? it seems like they just gave up

[amanyg]

Let me correct your title




Which Cpu to Download - Late 2018

200 likes! today is my lucky day

[CuteLittleMiku]

1950x is $450 and 1700x is 150 right now....for workstation these will take the best for $500 and $1000 price range

[TogarJonjong]

I've given up on Intel and Nvidia combo. Was always been with them since my 1st PC. My Intel+Nvidia gaming PC is 3 years old now and not gonna upgrade them anymore. Their prices keep getting unreasonable.
Currently building an AMD (R7 2700X + Vega 64) rig now. Just waiting for my Kraken to arrive to complete the assembly (out of stock in Indonesia since last October :D ) . But already tested it and it runs great. Far Cry 5 (Ultra setting) gets 97-108 FPS on my ultrawide 1440p monitor. Fantastic!
Bye-bye Intel and Nvidia! It's been a great journey. Too bad you guys become too greedy along the way.

[evancrazyerror]

says “prices might fluctuate”

Black Friday is in a few days, but who cares?

[WarriorsPhoto]

Linus and team, good video. Thankfully, it isn't all team Blue. But, it's exciting to see how the market has shifted due to the competitive nature of corporations in this market. Hopefully, team REd can find some newer better GPUs to offer us looking for one.

[PKTEK]

My current build from 6 years ago is Intel/Nvidia.

When Zen 2 and the next gen of AMDs GPUs are live, I'll be team red all the way.

Edit: I should specify, Im building a workstation more so than a gaming rig :-)