[Inori]

Been thinking about upgrading some parts of my PC, since it's been six years already...

So as things stand, should you watch out for AMD processors rather than Intel ones (from a normal person's point of view)? Or does this mostly apply to big companies, who are using big servers and data centers.

Still it's a little bit surprising, since I usually hear "good" things from Intel, but maybe it's just me, who isn't really up to date.

For heavy gaming and most enthusiast workloads (which doesn't sound applicable given the 6 year old system), Intel's last flagship (Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K) is probably a better choice, but for workstations, servers, and multi-core or multi-threaded workloads (or if you like much less risky overclocking), AMD's flagship (Ryzen 7 1800X) blows everything out of the water. It can easily compete with the $1500 Intel i7-6900K for under half the price.