OcelotRex
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The simple question is how many people use workloads where the slower IPC is outweighed by their threaded workloads? That answer today is a slim minoritySo I guess would you buy the 1600x or the i5 7600K if you were building a PC today as they are basically the same money, the i5 has slightly higher IPC but only 4 core vs the 6 of the 1600X? The i5 has no hyper threading and the Ryzen has 12 threads...
Each persons opinion is there own but no way I could recommend an i5 CPU.
I do see your point with the integrated graphics of the Intel chips and have been a little sheltered as I don't see many used outside of the USFF desktops. Majority of fleet is dual and tri screen (work) which are dedicated cards. Actually that is handy for troubleshooting as well,.
The other question is how many people buy dedicated GPUs not for gaming? Again the answer is a slim minority.
So unless you fall into the category of someone with a highly threaded workload who doesn't play games but likes wasting money and dealing with finicky immature hardware then you're still considering the i5. I'm not saying there will not be improvements for Ryzen down the road but it's too early for the recommendation (hence why other outlets recommend both depending on workload).