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Martini1991 said:
Would like to see that quad core on the other side of 150, that said before June last year it would have been.
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Sadly, £160-165 is spot on compared to US pricing once VAT is added. Still half the price of the i7-7700K and wallops it in terms of performance per dollar and performance per watt.
 
welshboy said:
Which cpu for non-gamers? but want fast performance.

top end R5 or R7 ?
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if your not playing games what 'top performance' are you looking for?

Most productivity software loves cores/ threads (to a limit). Most regular software can run very quickly of rather low spec hardware these days assuming you have an SSD running the software as a mechanical hard drive will definitely slow things down

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welshboy said:
VM testing, video editing/streaming
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Ryzen 1700 probably a good shout
 
welshboy said:
VM testing, video editing/streaming
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1700 would be the best choice for running multiple VMs just because of the extra cores you have to allocate

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However if you did want to save the money the 1600 / 1600x wouldn't be a bad choice with its 6 cores / 12 threads, would be better than a 7700K for multiple VM workloads at least ;)
 
Been sitting on a set of FlareX 3200s for a while, already got adapter for my Noctua NH-D14, and some new MX-2 heatstink
Took Gibbos advice and went for the 1600, plus Gigabyte K7.
Upgrading from x5650 @ 3.95Ghz. Though lately just been playing Elite Dangerous which only uses ~30% CPU load.
'Saving' justification will help with 1070 to 1080Ti upgrade
 
Intel could do themselves a favour and release mainstream 4 and 6 core CPU's without an integrated GPU which would also allow better pricing - currently you have to go x99 for that (6 core anyway). It's a shame gamers have had to buy the quad core chips with onboard GPU - bit of a waste as we never use it.
Only had a quick read but some of these look pretty good and well priced.
 
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chroniclard said:
So what exactly it the point/benefit of the X chips?
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Chips like the 1600X, 1700X etc have XFR which is extended range frequency. It means that with adequate cooling the chip will automatically overclock itself.

Bare in mind that this usually only gives a 100-200MHz increase. If you are after a serious overclock it doesn't really need to be an X chip. It's more of a bonus feature really.
 
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