• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

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

Just a heads up for anyone interested in buying a Ryzen who doesn't own one, and maybe looking. The prices on the whole R7 range are dropping this week/next week, 1700 £240, 1700X £255-260, 1800X £330-345.

Some EU retailers already jumped the gun at the new prices, I am sure you'll find some UK places reducing them also. :)

Oh, the 1600X has dropped also, but I've not got a price on that, but is seems to be £185-190, so bonus.
 
Journey said:
Just a heads up for anyone interested in buying a Ryzen who doesn't own one, and maybe looking. The prices on the whole R7 range are dropping this week/next week, 1700 £240, 1700X £255-260, 1800X £330-345.

Some EU retailers already jumped the gun at the new prices, I am sure you'll find some UK places reducing them also. :)

Oh, the 1600X has dropped also, but I've not got a price on that, but is seems to be £185-190, so bonus.
Click to expand...

Blimey that is a big drop!
 
Excellent news. Picked up a 1700 and 1600 and bits to upgrade my work and home computers respectively. Not fussed at the price drop, work paid for it all :)

If the yields are as good as leaked, it allows AMD to drop clock bumped/shrunk products into the old pricing slots.

Now, hopefully we'll see some OEM business PCs from Dell, HP et al with the likes of the 1600 soon
 
gavinh87 said:
Blimey that is a big drop!
Click to expand...

Yeah, but not totally unexpected, now they've been out 6+ months, and Intel are due to respond (kind of). I think the 1800X price may end up closer to £350, but I just converted the foreign currency figures I had from today. I wouldn't be surprised if they go rid of one of the SKU's, probably the 1700X, or reduce the 1700 even further down to £230.
 
Martini1991 said:
AMD's stuff as good as it is obvious has flaws or they wouldn't drop the price as low as they have.
Click to expand...

It's clever marketing, when trying to gain market share. They have a very low cost to build, and having the edge on TCO when people are buying can swing the decision easily, and value for money is a huge factor for the majority of decisions being made.
 
I wonder how much the Ryzen 5 1600 will drop to??

I assume the Ryzen 5 1600X is being positioned against the Core i5 8400.

If it ends up being closer to £150 that is really decent for the money!
 
Journey said:
Just a heads up for anyone interested in buying a Ryzen who doesn't own one, and maybe looking. The prices on the whole R7 range are dropping this week/next week, 1700 £240, 1700X £255-260, 1800X £330-345.

Some EU retailers already jumped the gun at the new prices, I am sure you'll find some UK places reducing them also. :)

Oh, the 1600X has dropped also, but I've not got a price on that, but is seems to be £185-190, so bonus.
Click to expand...
R7 1700 is already £250-260 but every little helps. R5 1600 and R5 1600X are already £185.
 
opethdisciple said:
Noticed some new chipset drivers have been posted today. But they have the same version as the ones I am already running 17.30.
Click to expand...

Might have something to do with the Theadripper NVMe RAID thing? AMD doesn't provide a changelog for whatever reason so we're stuck with guessing...
 
They could have simply been mislabelled, with the wrong IHS put on, and the boxed wrong due to this. QA issues happen, would be way worse if you were buying a 1600X and getting a 1500X.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom