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CORE i9-9900K VS. RYZEN 9 3900X WHICH SHOULD YOU BUY?

To outsiders, AMD’s triumphant launch of Ryzen 3000 looks like total victory with the only thing left to do is schedule the ticker-tape parade down Broadway.

Intel, meanwhile, has to look for an impoverished nation to dump a truckload of 2019 CPU Champions shirts onto.

Fortunately, the truth is a lot more nuanced. And while we’d also name AMD’s Ryzen 3000 the overall champs, reality requires a lot more context on the CPU that’s right for you.

So to keep you from having to sift through dozens of reviews and hundreds of forum posts, we’ll sum up the strengths and weaknesses of these two power house CPUs and when they’re right for you.

IF YOU DO MULTI-THREADED WORK, BUY… RYZEN

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