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Boomstick777 · 14 Dec 2016 at 13:32

I fancy an all in one mini PC. If the APU's that come later can match say an RX460 in GPU performance an an i5 6500 level CPU I would be really happy with that. Low power decent PC. Might even eventually replace my high end PC. I do very little actual gaming these days. Although a few new decent games could change that lol.

Boomstick777 · 16 Dec 2016 at 13:39

I wish they would release this already so people would stop spouting so much waffle xD

Boomstick777 · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:33

Pricing on 7700K looks like £350+ in the UK. Intel have officially gone insane. £350 for an overclocked renamed 6700K..

Plz shake up the CPU market AMD xD

I am bowing out for a couple years and sticking with my current CPU / Mobo / Ram. Will jump back in when pricing either settles or can I get a worthy upgrade for that kinda money. Maybe by 2020

Leaves me some more money for those extortionate GPU prices over next couple of years ...

Boomstick777 · 24 Dec 2016 at 10:57

8 Pack said:
Who even cares about stock. So many on about turbo. Come on it depends on average cpu top clock. Then compare performance using these frequencys.

Yeah man I wanna see Intel and AMD's best running at max clocks and compare those. Need to wait for something official.

Boomstick777 · 9 Jan 2017 at 11:20

Zen going to drop in February 'according to rumor'.

Am def going Zen after seeing the 7700K xD

Boomstick777 · 9 Jan 2017 at 12:03

xs2man said:
I wouldn't commit quite yet. We don't really have any independent reviews / benches yet. Nor do we have pricing.

What we do have is wild speculation that the 8 core 16 thread CPU will cost the same as Freddo bar, and will almost match a $1000 intel CPU (well, the last one might not be so wild, but I would await independent testing first).

Yeah will be review / price dependent, but as long as one of the Zen chips can match my old 6700K in gaming and beat it in workstation type stuff, movie encoding etc I will pick one up. I doubt I will get the very highest end chip. Prob a couple down from top.

Boomstick777 · 10 Jan 2017 at 15:03

Boomstick777 · 13 Jan 2017 at 08:24

FoxEye said:
If we exclude gaming, then I'd confidently say the vast majority of people won't even stress a dual core CPU. Indeed most laptops are dual core at this point (HT, yes).

People who do video transcoding, compiling, etc, are not the norm, by far.

Agreed.

Boomstick777 · 2 Feb 2017 at 22:37

queamin said:
I always thought Zen apu's were meant to be out around sept 2017

I read Oct/Nov for the APU. They are a long ways off anyway..

Boomstick777 · 25 Feb 2017 at 11:39

Still in shock, AMD beating Intel in Performance, Power Consumption (TDP) and Price !!! Who would have thought?? The IPC is is really strong, yeah absolute shocker this is xD

Still undecided between R7 1700 or 1800X.. Hmm gonna wait for reviews though, just to get some extra info.

Boomstick777 · 25 Feb 2017 at 11:42

labbby said:
I went a bit crazy and went for the 1800x I just had my EK Am4 socket kit come through this morning.... sooooo excited haha

I am going MATX and there isn't any ETA for the decent MATX boards, so def gonna hold fire until reviews. Although I think I may just go bit crazy like yourself and get the 1800X when it's all available xD

Boomstick777 · 25 Feb 2017 at 11:42

double post sorry

Boomstick777 · 26 Feb 2017 at 16:38

What will be Intel's next move after price slash...?

Boomstick777 · 26 Feb 2017 at 16:39

labbby said:
hmm i ordered the asus crosshair... I think i want the MSI one with the gaming boost knob, just so i can say "i have a gaming boost knob".

Wait there is a 'gaming boost knob'? Ok, I need this also xD

Any MATX with this on it ? Haha. I actually wanna get this if true

Boomstick777 · 27 Feb 2017 at 12:40

opethdisciple said:
One thing I am liking about AMD is they are genuinely bringing value to the consumer. They could easily have released these chips at Intel prices considering the performance is there.

Instead they are bringing us top end Intel performance at half the price!

Hopefully they can do the same with Vega!

^^

Really impressed with the performance and price. Still sort of in shock of how good these are xD

Incoming AMD build, just waiting for an ETA on the gaming MATX boards.

Boomstick777 · 2 Mar 2017 at 13:23

Still waiting on the decent MATX mobo's.

Then going all out with, 1800X, 32GB DDR4, MATX High end AM4, GTX 1080 Ti (Or VEGA GPU)

Dis gonna be good xD

Boomstick777 · 2 Mar 2017 at 15:21

Looks amazing to me, I am baffled by anyone saying this is disappointing. AMD exceeded my expectations by a long way.

Spanks Intel's overpriced 6 core+ line up. Competitive in gaming especially with SMT off, so future BIOS could make this better.

Went for R7 1700 and ASUS MATX.

Boomstick777 · 2 Mar 2017 at 15:27

^^

Nice that's the chip I went for, looking forward to testing this CPU myself xD

Boomstick777 · 4 Mar 2017 at 16:11

All arrived, and building atm. Even came with RGB cooler xD. Very pretty boxes too lol

Boomstick777 · 4 Mar 2017 at 16:33

Booted to Windows, there she is, 8 cores / 16 thread hotness xD

All fine so far, very nippy around desktop, just ran virus test. Blazed through it so fast. Would I miss those 10 extra FPS VS a 7700K? Na of course not, over %100 faster in other apps though, that is a good trade off imho

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