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1800X or 7700K ?

You can buy 6700ks for less than 280. A fair bit less TBH, but I'd still go with a Ryzen 1700. If the 6700/7700K come down to £200 and decent Z270 boards for around £100 then it's worth considering dropping the 4 cores and 8 threads on offer with the 1700.

Though going with Soc 1151 over AM4 would probably still be a mistake when Ryzen+ ships.
 
They are avaliable for not much more than the most overpriced 7600K's but that's still way to close to the 300 of a Ryzen.
 
I wouldn't buy an 1800X, I went for a 1700 Ryzen. For me 16 threads is what I wanted. I'm gambling on the fact that Vulkan and DX12 moving forward will be able to leverage the performance. Should mean it will go further than the 7700k will over the next 2-4 years.

Plus.... the AM4 platform will support the next 3 generations of Ryzen so you've got an upgrade path. Where a with Intel, you buy the 7700k you don't have much to upgrade too from there without a full on board and ram replacement.
 
Well I went with the 1800X, Thought I'd support team red for a change :)

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Welcome Dice, how are you finding it?

Shout if you need any help getting the most from your new chip.
 
AMDMatt said:
Welcome Dice, how are you finding it?

Shout if you need any help getting the most from your new chip.
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Brilliant, It may just be a placebo but I swear some games "feel" smoother compared to the 5930K.

I overclocked it to 4Ghz using only 1.35v, Game and bench stable so far and using the new HWINFO which takes the 20'c offset into account the temps are amazing under a Corsair H110i GT.

Only problem is my 3000MHz Corsair LPX will not run at anything higher than 2133 even when setting timings and volts manually.
 
FredFlint said:
Yes, running a 480 till Vega in my AMD box and I use 60Hz with V-Sync so as long as min fps are not too low its not a problem. I game mostly on my Intel box as it has a FuryX, when Vega drops I will use the AMD box for games though.
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In that case I wouldn't say it makes much difference for gaming (maybe 1600 has a slight edge). But as you do graphics work then I would absolutely say the 1600. Everybody's suggestions to just overclock a 1700 are good too though, unless you price difference doesn't matter to you.
 
Dicehunter said:
Brilliant, It may just be a placebo but I swear some games "feel" smoother compared to the 5930K.

I overclocked it to 4Ghz using only 1.35v, Game and bench stable so far and using the new HWINFO which takes the 20'c offset into account the temps are amazing under a Corsair H110i GT.

Only problem is my 3000MHz Corsair LPX will not run at anything higher than 2133 even when setting timings and volts manually.
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Keep updating that bios.

In the meantime you can try increasing CPUSOC voltage to 1.15v or lower to try and gain stability. Ideally you want Samsung B Die dimms for easy plug and play at 3200 CL14.
 
Dicehunter said:
Brilliant, It may just be a placebo but I swear some games "feel" smoother compared to the 5930K.

I overclocked it to 4Ghz using only 1.35v, Game and bench stable so far and using the new HWINFO which takes the 20'c offset into account the temps are amazing under a Corsair H110i GT.

Only problem is my 3000MHz Corsair LPX will not run at anything higher than 2133 even when setting timings and volts manually.
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I still use my 5930K as my main PC for work and its started feeling a bit sluggish, it’s not overclocked though but neither is the 1800X.
 
Dicehunter said:
Brilliant, It may just be a placebo but I swear some games "feel" smoother compared to the 5930K.

I overclocked it to 4Ghz using only 1.35v, Game and bench stable so far and using the new HWINFO which takes the 20'c offset into account the temps are amazing under a Corsair H110i GT.

Only problem is my 3000MHz Corsair LPX will not run at anything higher than 2133 even when setting timings and volts manually.
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Yeah, I noticed the same, it's definitely not placebo. Everything feels smoother for me. It's kind of hard to describe. It's like I went from using my mouse on the desk to using it on a high quality cloth mouse mat! It runs everything as if nothing else is open, no hitches or slowdowns. Alt tabbing between games and apps is quick as a flash.

I have the same motherboard and the Corsair LPX ram, but only 16GB. I haven't tried to push the system yet, waiting for the May update before I do. But, I can run my memory at 2933 Mhz without changing anything else just leaving the rest on Auto.
 
opethdisciple said:
I wouldn't buy an 1800X, I went for a 1700 Ryzen. For me 16 threads is what I wanted. I'm gambling on the fact that Vulkan and DX12 moving forward will be able to leverage the performance. Should mean it will go further than the 7700k will over the next 2-4 years.

Plus.... the AM4 platform will support the next 3 generations of Ryzen so you've got an upgrade path. Where a with Intel, you buy the 7700k you don't have much to upgrade too from there without a full on board and ram replacement.
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Why would you need a new RAM replacement?....DDR4 will be around for ages used in multiple chipsets going forward. Plus Gen8 might actually be the LGA1151 socket....
 
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