TwsT's 1700 vs 1800x comparison (warning large screenshots)

[TwsT]

Right so spent the morning and most of the afternoon as promised trying to get a rounded feel of both CPU's with the objective of proving that at matched settings the 1700 and 1800x are practically the same.

So first up the parts I used

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The settings for both and the pit...



Voltages are a bit over recommended because I couldn't get the 1800x to do what it is told

but they are achieved by putting 1.5 in the bios and then load line calibration at max
1.45 is just a no go for 4.0 @ 3000 on the 1800x it's early days any number of factors could be causing the issues.



The raw screen shots are in the imgur link at the bottom these are edited together to show the bench marks should have used 1080p with hindsight.

1700


1800x



As you can see the difference seems to favour the 1700 but only marginally it would appear that the 1800x is a great chip if you just want to set the memory clock and let XFR do it's thing, but you can if you want to save some money on a cpu and spend some time get similar performance from a 1700 maybe in a few days when people have had a chance to play with their parts we will have a bigger picture.


other things worth mentioning are the super flower 550w i was using had no problem with the system averaging 200w power draw upto 300w in gaming W

Link to full album is here
http://imgur.com/a/Cz2Di

 

[TwsT]

well you would need a more expensive board to milk the 1700 so it's a trade off, stock 1800x on a cheap board with w/e memory the board can do and you have 0 fuss.

but the lower tdp on the 1700 is certainly inviting imo

 

[TwsT]

Image size is irrelevant on the new form, images too big to fit on the viewers display are shrunk to size

downside of having a massive screen i suppose.

good to know, didn't want to get moaned at for using someones bandwidth

 

[TwsT]

If you wanna see it in action, shrink the browser window, the forum will dynamically resize itself and shrink images as needed. It's a really cool feature, was impressed with it

colour me impressed it's legible too unlike imgurs l h options

 

[TwsT]

Hi Twst can you download the latest Aida64 and give it a whirl? https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5xb8yn/aida64_extreme_beta_5804084_with_amd_ryzen_support/

I'll give it a shot on monday i'm not in work now sorry

 

[TwsT]

Yes I agree here. It's amazing that a store will test like this and give the best option saving on cost. I would guess there would be higher profit increases for the company (if only slight) on some of the higher end CPUs so great job here!

It serves us to help you all make informed decisions, sure we might lose a little bit on you buying a cheaper CPU but hopefully you'll buy better memory or a better motherboard to squeeze that extra out of the chip.

 

[TwsT]

@TwsT Do some testing amigo on the Asus Prime X370 and a 1700 please?

@easyrider very memory specific board spent all morning it will not work with this team xtreem memory but at least now i have it in windows i can do some testing, honestly it's been a total nightmare even on the latest bios


EDIt

got into windows and all teh way to heavy multitasking in realbench at 4.0 / 2400Mhz DDR4 @ 1.4V no loadline using micron memory, can't test it much more than that as i am awaiting AM4 mounting brackets

 

[TwsT]

lol

I can't contrary to popular believe i'm not a fan of broken hardware point is seems like an alright board on the latest bios, and IF I had better cooling i'd give it a whirl.