Ryzen R5 CPU's, anyone considering one?

[Scougar]

So I was looking at the upcoming R5's, and the 1600 (6 core, 12 thread) looks pretty interesting if you are prepared to overclock.

I don't think I'm prepared to drop to a 4 core chips (2+2 config), but the 6 core seems a reasonable price/performance balance. Obviously I'd love an 8 core lol, but money any growing on trees as buying a house at the moment.

Silly to consider a six core? Is anyone able to disable 1 core on each side and do testing?

 

[iBSOD]

Do we know if the 4 and 6 cores are going to clock much higher than the R7s?

 

[ljt]

So I was looking at the upcoming R5's, and the 1600 (6 core, 12 thread) looks pretty interesting if you are prepared to overclock.

I don't think I'm prepared to drop to a 4 core chips (2+2 config), but the 6 core seems a reasonable price/performance balance. Obviously I'd love an 8 core lol, but money any growing on trees as buying a house at the moment.

Silly to consider a six core? Is anyone able to disable 1 core on each side and do testing?

The 6 core R5's are on my radar as an upgrade from my 3570k. Will wait for reviews first though as I will never pre-order. I would never buy another 4 core though now, as it wouldn't feel like an upgrade, especially on intels pricing.

Do we know if the 4 and 6 cores are going to clock much higher than the R7s?

Depends on how you quantify "much higher". You may get an extra 100-200Mhz max. It seems to be the architecture that hits its limit rather than due to temperatures/voltages (on air and water anyway)

 

[djbully]

Not after I just bought a 7 no!

 

[Sayso]

Waiting for the dust to settle on the platform before i buy. But will be going AMD next time round.

 

[Dervious]

Yes, but as the previous poster said, I'll wait for the dust to settle first. i5-2500K is still doing a decent job.

 

[original.wood]

if the 1600X is able to turbo up to 4.0Ghz, then I don't see, with a bit of luck that the 1600 couldn't be overclocked the same. Just like the 1700 and 1800X can.

I would love it, if you could get higher overclocks like the i5 7600K can, then it would stop the whole Ryzen is rubbish for gaming arguments.

according to the AMD press release leaks, the 1600X is over 40% faster in cinebench than the i5 7600K, but only due to core count.

 

[Relentless81]

Yes I'll be getting a 1600X - I'll preorder if there is an option to do so.

 

[Doogles]

Nah I'll get a 1700 if I upgrade but want to see the RAM speeds be fine at 3200mhz first.

 

[Doobedoo]

Yes but I'm in no rush. I like value for money so if it turns out to be the most sensible option whilst giving me real benefits then why not, otherwise I'll just wait for the next generation.

 

[Scougar]

The only thing putting me off really are the ram issues (limited overclocking of memory without clock gens)

 

[ben90]

Looking at a 1600 myself.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Won't be building until after my exams in May, so I'll make a decision then. But the 1600 is definitely on the watch list.

 

[neviditelny]

Is there any updates on when they willl be coming? I'm looking to get a cheap backup computer at my parents and the AMD seems like they could be quite price worthy for that. I'll be using as a storage computer and mostly surfing and small gaming when I'm at home.

 

[stephenb]

11th April worldwide release.

 

[old gamer]

Already bought a 1700 but the 1600 does look intresting

 

[NegatronBear]

I'm very, very tempted just to see what they can do in terms of performance and maybe throw one into a wc build I'm designing. Most likely I'll just sit on my hands and stop my wallet screaming with all the tech that's coming out and live vicariously through the enthusiast overclockers on here

 

[Jumper118]

I am definitely considering one.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Do we know if the 4 and 6 cores are going to clock much higher than the R7s?

They don't. The 1600x has the same clocks as the 1800x.

 

[HangTime]

As mentioned in one of the "are you getting R7?" threads, this is more interesting to me because R7 is priced so much higher than something like a 7600K yet doesn't offer much extra for gaming. If the 1600 overclocks well then it could be a contender but even then I would be relying on a drop in DDR4 prices and a decent cheap mobo being available.

Unfortunately the way the market is at the moment there isn't really a good value proposition in the mid-range, it used to be a case of say £150 on a cpu, £80 on a mobo, may or may not need new RAM. A good clocking hex core with cheap mobo and 16GB DDR4 back under £80 might be an option but really struggling to find any kind of justifiable upgrade route from 3570K at the moment.