I've been using Intel CPUs for almost seven years. I started with the Core i7-8700K, but I moved on to the Core i9-10900K, Core i9-12900K, and most recently, the Core i9-13900K, all of which could have been among the best processors at different points in time. But after so much time with Team Blue, I'm switching back to AMD.
It comes at an interesting time for Intel and the PC hardware community as a whole, which is currently abuzz about a particular article claiming that Intel is objectively “better” for PC gamers. That’s not what this article is. Instead, I want to walk you through why I chose to use AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D in my gaming PC, and how I came to the decision.
STABILITY STRUGGLES
I’ll never fault AMD or Intel for temporary stability issues. They happen all the time, especially around new hardware launches. AMD struggled with faster memory around the launch of its Ryzen 7000 CPUs, and we constantly see new bugs pop up, with a fix usually following shortly after. That’s not exactly what’s been going on with Intel CPUs as of late.
Last year, there was a plague of “unsupported processor” Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) alerts that made the rounds with Intel’s 13th-gen CPUs and MSI’s supported motherboards. Originally, the blame went to Microsoft, which released a Windows update that initially trigge