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*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***

pBay said:
To be honest, I play WoW predominantly, but noticed some cpu bottlenecking in BF1 with 2500K OC. I was set for Ryzen, but because I don't currently do a lot of other stuff I'm sure the I7 can cope with that.

The thing that concerns me is that even threaded games aren't really seeing much advantage being on Ryzen over the 7700K, maybe that is just because it's new, but maybe not.

Either way I'm sure I will be ok on the I7 for the next 2 or 3 years when I can re-evaluate.
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Nothing wrong with an i7's gaming performance. The problem is the same now as it was 3 years ago. It's £150 overpriced and no matter when you buy Intel are always offing a dead end chipset.

The situation is you have Intel offering a 4 core chip and EOL board, and AMD offing an 8 core chip and motherboard with upgrades for the foreseeable future. AMD are offering a better system for less money.
 
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Glanza said:
Has anyone gone from a 4770k over to Ryzen, if so how are you finding it?
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moved from 4790k, but can't share an opinion on usage as have spent over a week just getting to the bottom of some stability issues.

I may just run stock for a while, and start actually using it from today... Maybe.
 
jigger said:
Nothing wrong with an i7's gaming performance. The problem is the same now as it was 3 years ago. It's £150 overpriced and no matter when you buy Intel are always offing a dead end chipset.

The situation is you have Intel offering a 4 core chip and EOL board, and AMD offing an 8 core chip and motherboard with upgrades for the foreseeable future. AMD are offering a better system for less money.
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Yes, I think what I've taken away from the last couple of weeks, is that now is not at all the right time to make any kind of CPU purchase :D

Order cancelled, for the 3rd time :P
 
pBay said:
Yes, I think what I've taken away from the last couple of weeks, is that now is not at all the right time to make any kind of CPU purchase :D

Order cancelled, for the 3rd time :p
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It's a great time to be buying a PC. You can get £1500 worth of performance from £310 CPU today. We've never had it so good.
 
jigger said:
Nothing wrong with an i7's gaming performance. The problem is the same now as it was 3 years ago. It's £150 overpriced and no matter when you buy Intel are always offing a dead end chipset.

The situation is you have Intel offering a 4 core chip and EOL board, and AMD offing an 8 core chip and motherboard with upgrades for the foreseeable future. AMD are offering a better system for less money.
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Only caveat is the Intel solution is faster as a gaming system.
 
jigger said:
It's a great time to be buying a PC. You can get £1500 worth of performance from £310 CPU today. We've never had it so good.
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Whilst that is great and I would like to go AMD, there are a number of unanswered questions, motherboard bios/stock issues and imminent lower core releases in the next month or 2. You'd have to think hanging on would be prudent until we are clearer on where the dust will settle.

As much as I want something new, think i'd rather have something that worked straight off!
 
opethdisciple said:
Only caveat is the Intel solution is faster as a gaming system.
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In some games. But that caveat also has one caveat. For how long? Chances are in 12 months a Ryzen 8 core is faster in every possible desktop situation and miles faster in most.

Plus the performance is so close it makes no difference. Situation A 110FPS situation B 125FPS. 4K 60FPS for both.
 
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pBay said:
Whilst that is great and I would like to go AMD, there are a number of unanswered questions, motherboard bios/stock issues and imminent lower core releases in the next month or 2. You'd have to think hanging on would be prudent until we are clearer on where the dust will settle.

As much as I want something new, think i'd rather have something that worked straight off!
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Ryzen will work fine. Just do a little research into the board and memory.
 
OMG OMG! my order has been shipped Asus Crosshair VI Hero is on the way to me! Cant wait to get it up and running! I have the 1700 non x already :)

Thanks OCUK :D
 
jigger said:
Nothing wrong with an i7's gaming performance. The problem is the same now as it was 3 years ago. It's £150 overpriced and no matter when you buy Intel are always offing a dead end chipset.

The situation is you have Intel offering a 4 core chip and EOL board, and AMD offing an 8 core chip and motherboard with upgrades for the foreseeable future. AMD are offering a better system for less money.
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You're right, except spending money on a new system or part new system and people also look ahead. With skylake x 6-8 months away, a lot of people will hold onto their cash for now. They want to know which platform to pick for now and the future which will be heavily influenced by current offerings and price. If those 6 core skylake chips clock to around 4.5 and these AMD optimisation's come into play fully by then, it should make for an interesting choice given Intel will be more costly.
 
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