Poll: SO RYZEN: WHICH ONE DID YOU BUY OR ARE GONNA BUY?

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Well we've now already sold 500+ Ryzen processors, so I am curious to know which processor OcUK customers went for or are planning to buy and why?

Also let us know what mainboard and memory you went with as well.

 

[Gibbo]

still not sure yet, tbh its the price of ddr4 ram putting me off at the mo i was hoping for a bundle with ram

Memory is on the up, has being for sometime and will continue to do so for sometimes, likewise for SSD.

 

[Gibbo]

• 1700
• Asus X370 Prime
• Already have 16GB of 3000 & 16GB of 3200 memory to choose from.

I would have bought the 1700X if it came with the fabled "Wraith Max" stock cooler.

Yes 1700 is only one which comes with a cooler.

AMD have MPK 1700X and 1800X with the top cooler, but they are SI only product and not for re-sale, but I shall try and convince them otherwise over coming weeks/months.

 

[Gibbo]

I want to buy, seems a bit crazy (without more data) choosing between the offerings. DDR4 seems really pricey atm (SSD is covered) so my hand may well be forced downwards on the CPU to a 1700, especially as cooling is included. Without more detail of what the 1700X and 1800X brings to the party "real world" I'll probably sit out the first wave.

It might be a smart play to get the DDR4 earlier? Advice on best value ryzen friendly/tested ram would be great. I had my heart set on 2x16gb as a minimum, £300 seems so high though...

TeamGroup Night Hawk 3000MHz 32GB Kits are really nice and £210

 

[Gibbo]

Indeed! https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...ual-channel-kit-red-light-thrd-my-08a-tg.html

Thats the one, great stuff, we do white and blue ones too. Also 16GB kits too!
3000MHz is the sweet spot for sure!

 

[Gibbo]

Why is memory tech on the up?

Prices are going up have being for sometime.

 

[Gibbo]

can someone please advise which Ryzen is best for gaming? I like to game at 4k resolutions with my gsync monitor and will be getting a 1080ti later this year.

All three chips are same, only difference is clock speeds and they all feature XFR technology.
So a lot of people will buy 1700 and just overclock it too 1800X levels.

 

[Gibbo]

thanks mate. About a month ago I nearly purchased an OC 4.8ghz i7 7700k Kaby Lake cpu. Is the Ryzen cpu more superior than the i7 7700k for gaming?

I will not get into an AMD vs Intel debate, both are great processors, wait for reviews and then make your decision.

 

[Gibbo]

MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard @ £169.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/MSI-...ocket-AM4-DDR4-ATX-Motherboard-MB-321-MS.html



Socket AM4, Ryzen 7 "Zen" Support, 4x DDR4 DIMM, 3x PCIE x16, 2x PCIE x1, 6x SATA 6Gb/s, 2x M.2 PCIE, 8x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.1 TypeA, 1x USB 3.1 Type-C, 3-Way Crossfire, 2-Way SLI



Only £169.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Gibbo]

that's the baby ive been looking for

Get ya wallet out then.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo, when is Ryzen going to be added to the PC Systems?

Also, can we get some more options to the Workstation builds. I'd like to add a decent motherboard and graphics card, and it's not easy to explain to my accountant, why my new business Workstation PC invoice has "Ulitmate Gaming, Extreme Overclocked, Uber PC" on it

Haha, we already have PC's for Ryzen and I shall show your comment to my system guy about system naming.

 

[Gibbo]

what is msi rma like?

OcUK deals with all RMA's, so they are all fantastic.

 

[Gibbo]

interesting, is that for the full 3 years?

Yup