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mrspliff

mrspliff

mrspliff

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Hi guys. I'm currently on a 980ti and a 2500k. I'm considering a modern cpu/mobo/ram combo, but i'm out of the loop. I was looking at the octa core Ryzen, and they look nice, but also see bits on Ryzen 2. Is it worth waiting for said processor instead, as i generally like my computer to last a good few years.

If i may go off the topic of the forum a little, If you suggest Ryzen, what motherboard and ram would you suggest i go for? I'm more mid-range focused and want the best price/performance/quality ratio.
 
I would wait for the next generation of Ryzen which is out soon and then compare it to intels offerings at the time.

My Ryzen 1700 works fine with no problems. The reason I bought the more expensive ch6 motherboard was to reduce the risk of being an early adopter. Also make sure to get Bdie based ram like the 8 pack 3200 if you chose Ryzen as it works better with Ryzen.
 
There are some good deals on Intel retail 8700K, £300 ish. Just picked up a sweet one. MHz is king for most people.

Had all the Intel CPU’s and the law of diminishing returns is getting worse. With 6700K onwards, your not going to see a massive difference on the desktop / gaming. It’s only multithreaded heavy applications that you will see a difference and benchmarks.

With any of the recent chips you will see I nice improvement in speed over your 25K
 
The early benchmarks for the R5 2600 (basically the R5 1600's replacement) look decent. Trucks of salt required but 200mhz improvement on clocks should give at least similar headroom at the top end.
AMD and Intel are actually about even on IPC if you compare the 2 on platforms with all the lessons learned. 15% geekbench improvement points at a minor IPC lead... put that with the clock speed bump and a good bit of Intels lead is covered.
I'm sat on a 2600K + 980ti. Almost certainly going Ryzen 2.
 
There is still some leg room on a 2600k/2700k if your not going for a gpu upgrade as well considering ram prices at the moment.

Also consider the Ryzen 1600/1600x as well which is an excellent cpu for a great price.
 
Thanks for the input. Was going to buy a ryzen cpu mobo and the 8pack ram tonight, but after reading the replies and the forums a bit, i decided to wait for the refresh next month. Had no idea it was on the horizon.
2600k would be worth considering, but i'd have to grab a decent mobo too, as the old one died and the replacement doesn't have much overclocking support, so i can't even reach 4ghz, so makes more sense just to upgrade to another platform
 
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