Ryzen - Hold off or pull trigger

[bobbarley]

I'm planning to put together a Ryzen system, however noticed that Intel should be announcing the 9 series CPU any week now.

Do you think Ryzen prices will be affected by the new Intel launch? I'm not sure whether to just build a Ryzen system now, or wait a month or two.

 

[bobbarley]

It's not a deal breaker, but I'm down to just a budget Lenovo laptop at the moment. With a Switch and Xbox One S for gaming.

 

[bobbarley]

I probably wouldn't hold off for Zen 2, but am unsure if Intel will have an impact on Ryzen pricing. And if it does, if it'll even be by much,

 

[bobbarley]

My logic here was.

Intel release premium 9 series CPU's. They then lower the price of 8th gen CPU's. AMD lower theirs to be competitive.

 

[bobbarley]

I went and picked up a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm going to overclock it, should be a good little runner for a while. As said, can throw a better cpu in any time until 2020!

 

[bobbarley]

You can overclock the 2600

I have a 240mm AIO that in pairing with it. If I'm lucky she might hit 4.2GHz on all cores.