Ryzen worth it?

philuk20

philuk20

philuk20

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Hi all,

I've been posting a few threads lately and after much debate purchased my new system with the following specs (please note this was done on a modest budget of £840 inc build and delivery):

AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4
2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black
Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
Graphics Card
Coolermaster AM4 brackets
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4)

It's due to be dispatched on Monday or tuesday and after browsing various forums and threads even on here it seems that there is many many issues with ryzen.
Ram speeds, slow boot times even with an ssd, black screens and so on.
I'm not a pc expert but this has me worried, I went for the ryzen as it's about 60£ cheaper than the i5 7600k and has the extra cores for similar performance.
But is ryzen worth the hassle? I feel worried I'm gonna get the sysyem and run into issues i just don't have the expertise or time to fix.

Any thoughts should have i went Intel? Apologies in advance for being a headache!
 
Thanks guys, maybe just over worrying.

In terms of the RAM, would going for the 3000mhz ram be better? I know there is some issues supporting this however which made me opt for the standard 2400mhz.
 
The overclockers team have recommended I stay with the 2400mhz ram due to the above mentioned issues. I said I will let them know as the 3000mhz Vulcan is only 10£ more.
Also do you guys think the psu will be good enough for this build? 550w is that quite low?
 
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