I'm looking for a one stop all for a lot of questions here for picking parts.

Posted by PassageAfraid@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 8 comments

What is a reliable site for seeing part comparison and stats? UserBenchmarks says the RTX 5080 is 43% (avg) better than the rx 9070-XT but TOM'S HARDWARE only lists it as roughly 15% better (through the percentile thing?) TOM & USERBENCH. Are either of these sites reliable? Why do they have such different results?
I'm looking for what is the best CPU and GPU for 1440p gaming for both ABSOLUTE BEST and MOST COST EFFICIENT BEST. And like there's other info I'm sure thats out there like the idea to avoid the intel CPUs since they're the last in the generation? like stuff like that that there's no way I would've known without knowing ya know.
I'm thinking of buying from a prebuilding website like iBUYPOWER because I know they do deals, but will that be cheaper?
Is there anything else I should know?
Is there no point in getting a RTX 5080 if that's vastly better than a 9800X3D cpu? (i assume that's overkill for it, again idk where I would go to find that information of that)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

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Stars_Storm@reddit

Don't use user benchmark. Everything is a fabrication of their anti-AMD propaganda.

If you want the absolute best CPU/GPU then a 9950x3d2 and 5090 will kick everything's ass.

If you want the more cost effective options then all you need for a great experience is a 9800x3d CPU and a 5080>5070ti>9070XT(from most expensive to least expensive.) are all great buys.

PassageAfraid@reddit (OP)

Is gpu not bottlenecked by the 9800x3d tho? Thanks either way. Also is there anything you link me to further help me understand the userbenchmarks drama? ALSO is LTT a reliable guy?

in higher resolutions like 1440p and 4k, the GPU is generally hit harder and thus the CPU is less likely to be a bottleneck. on top of that, while the 9800x3d is not the absolute best CPU on the market, its very much up there. 9850x3d, 9900x3d, and 9950x3d may be technically better in some ways, but not by a huge amount.

THANK YOU!

External_Safe_7787@reddit

techpowerup

Mean_Welcome_1481@reddit

The most important question you can ask yourself before committing to a computer build is

"what do I want to use it for when it's done?"

Presuming the answering 'gaming' then the next question is

"Which games" and "What are their reccomended settings?"

PC building is an area where it is easy to get caught up in the hype and over-spend on capabilities you will never need

So the third question is:

"What is my budget?" Decide how much you want to spend and stick to it

Then Intel or AMD? if AMD then AM4 or AM5?

fwiw I have an AMD AM4 system with a MSI B550 Carbon MB, R7 5800XD CPU and RTX4070 Super which runs all the AA games I play on 1440p at Ultrahigh settings with Ray tracing at 60fps. Turn of ray tracing and fps jumps to about 150 or more. I built it 3 years ago with a recent CPU & GPU upgrade and the cost to build then was around AUD2500

Hope that helps

Yeah this helps man thanks.

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