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New US$85 - Ryzen 5 1600 AF - 6-core 12-thread CPU
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The place I got mine from has the old box number (YD1600BBAEBOX) but if you hover over it you get an alternative part number (YD1600BBAFBOX) and is currently priced at £89.97. I can't give anymore clues than that without breaking the rules and pointing to a competitor.
Soldato
the 2600 is not much more, bit pointless really..
The 2700 is not much more than 2600, then the 3600 is not much more than 2700, then the 3700 is not much more than 3600, frickin' PCs, got to draw the line somewhere 
This is a good entry into 6 core and can stick the £15 or whatever into a GPU, though would be better at US prices. $ = £ 
This is a good entry into 6 core and can stick the £15 or whatever into a GPU, though would be better at US prices. $ = £ 
could only find from America and once you factor in import tax not worth it
on a budget that is how I think
yes a 2600 is about £104 now and a 2700 £135 ish but could really use that £30 extra for something right now
found them now its tempting on a tight budget at the minute so the 1600 af could well be top of my list and then wack in a 3700 at a later date
The 2700 is not much more than 2600, then the 3600 is not much more than 2700, then the 3700 is not much more than 3600, frickin' PCs, got to draw the line somewhere
on a budget that is how I think
yes a 2600 is about £104 now and a 2700 £135 ish but could really use that £30 extra for something right now
found them now its tempting on a tight budget at the minute so the 1600 af could well be top of my list and then wack in a 3700 at a later date
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the thing is the 2700 is as low as £120 sometimes with borderlands 3. so sell borderlands you get a 2700 for 100.same with the 2600.is it worth it ?
Lets just stop for a second and look back 2 years and take a look at what you could get for 85 pounds or around the 800DKK (i'm a dane) that this cost. Certainly not an 6 core/12 thread chip like this. You would be in the cheapo pentium section with what dual cores? or perhaps the long out of breath FX8000 series on sale?
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...entium-processor-g4500-3m-cache-3-50-ghz.html <--- jeezus, remember these being called the budget gamer's best friend?
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...entium-processor-g4500-3m-cache-3-50-ghz.html <--- jeezus, remember these being called the budget gamer's best friend?
Lets just stop for a second and look back 2 years and take a look at what you could get for 85 pounds or around the 800DKK (i'm a dane) that this cost. Certainly not an 6 core/12 thread chip like this. You would be in the cheapo pentium section with what dual cores? or perhaps the long out of breath FX8000 series on sale?
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...entium-processor-g4500-3m-cache-3-50-ghz.html <--- jeezus, remember these being called the budget gamer's best friend?
You could get about 48% of a dual core i3 locked at base frequency with 3mb of cache.
Sad times.
Indeed, glad it's over. Even if AMD down the line becomes the new Intel due to corporate greed I will still thank them for ending the sad era of dual cores..
I don’t think AMD will ever become marketing driven.
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Seems these are still hen's teeth in the UK. Shame as one would be perfect for my lad's birthday PC upgrade in a month or so.
Anyone heard anything that indicates any prospect of more places over here getting some? OcUK ideally?
I've had a search for news of this but come up blank.
Anyone heard anything that indicates any prospect of more places over here getting some? OcUK ideally?
I've had a search for news of this but come up blank.
Soldato
Just buy it from who ever has it, if OCUK don't have it then maybe they should try harder.
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Well, I've done a fair bit of searching and brought up the e-stores of the retailers I know sell who CPUs based in the UK. I've found two places that look like they have it, but they list both box codes for the AF and standard 1600 on their product pages so it doesn't look like there's a guarantee of which you'll get. One place has a few questions raised about ensuring they get the AF model, but with no responses.
I presume there's a reason OcUK aren't going for any stock of it, but it is a shame as it's a phenomenal value chip.
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You can just pick up the phone and ask. If I'll tell you first hand the ones I've had since the end of December have all been AF. Can't tell you more for obvious reasons.
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You can just pick up the phone and ask. If I'll tell you first hand the ones I've had since the end of December have all been AF. Can't tell you more for obvious reasons.
Yeah, that's just down to a lack of trust of most retailers on my part, tbh.
(I've dealt in the past with one of the places I've seen it listed at, and had the situation where what I was told on the phone did not match the reality of their stock. It took them plenty of time sitting on my money to process a refund too...)
Interesting to know that you've been getting AF models for a while now, though.
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look on HDUK there seem to be some going on there for just shy of 80 quid
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Nice. Thanks!