All aboard the Ryzen upgrade hype train!

[hydrolyser]

Who here is switching to AMD this year once Ryzen is released?

 

I have to be honest, I haven't even thought about going back to AMD for some time now (FX-8350 left me feeling lied to and cheated). The crazy part is I'm an AMD shareholder and didn't want to use their products. Lately I've made a lot of money in AMD stock so I feel I owe it to AMD to support them this year and with all of the benchmarks released so far I can say you don't even have to twist my arm.

 

For the average to more serious gamer, what upgrade makes sense? (New MOBO and Ram will obviously need to be upgraded)

 

This is my current setup:

CPU: I3-4160 (A joke, I know)

GPU: EVGA GTX 1060

 

What upgrade makes sense? 

Wccftech	Cores/Threads	L3	TDP	Base	Turbo	XFR	Overclocking Unlocked	Price
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X	8/16	16MB	95W	3.6GHz	4.0GHz	4.0GHz+	Yes	$489
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X	8/16	16MB	95W	3.4GHz	3.8GHz	3.8GHz+	Yes	$389
AMD Ryzen 7 1700	8/16	16MB	65W	3.0GHz	3.7GHz	N/A	Yes	$319
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X	6/12	16MB	95W	3.3GHz	3.7GHz	3.7GHz+	Yes	$259
AMD Ryzen 5 1500	6/12	16MB	65W	3.2GHz	3.5GHz	N/A	Yes	$229
AMD Ryzen 5 1400X	4/8	8MB	65W	3.5GHz	3.9GHz	3.9GHz+	Yes	$199
AMD Ryzen 5 1300	4/8	8MB	65W	3.2GHz	3.5GHz	N/A	Yes	$175
AMD Ryzen 3 1200X	4/4	8MB	65W	3.4GHz	3.8GHz	3.8GHz+	Yes	$149
AMD Ryzen 3 1100	4/4	8MB	65W	3.2GHz	3.5GHz	N/A	Yes	$129

 

This is going to be the year of AMD. The year we have all needed for a long time.

[Syntaxvgm]

RGB STOCK COOLERS! RGB FOR EVERONE!

 

But yea my workstation is on a 3770k, I'm waiting for more details like virtualization and more benchmarks and whatnot, but it's likely getting an upgrade. 

My gaming desktop is on a 5820k at 4.5GHz at 1.25v so it's likely staying, I'm happy with that. 

[Morgan MLGman]

I'm still considering waiting for benchmarks and ditching my 3 months old 6700K that's @4,7GHz for an R7 1700/X

[hydrolyser]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I'm still considering waiting for benchmarks and ditching my 3 months old 6700K that's @4,7GHz for an R7 1700/X

It looks like the 1700X is the best option right now. But time and more benchmarks will tell.

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, hydrolyser said:

It looks like the 1700X is the best option right now. But time and more benchmarks will tell.

Not really, 329$ vs 399$ for higher clock speeds? I'd overclock anyway.

[SeanAngelo]

I, myself will be jumping on the Ryzen hype. I'll probably end up getting the 1600X or 1700X  Now, time to wait for the benchmarks!

[Tauwer]

still blown away by the rgb stock cooler

[Dingus]

7 minutes ago, Tauwer said:

still blown away by the rgb stock cooler

Really? Blown away by a fan and heatsink?

[Tauwer]

1 minute ago, Dingus said:

Really? Blown away by a fan and heatsink?

ofc blown away by a fan 

 

[manikyath]

23 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

RGB STOCK COOLERS! RGB FOR EVERONE!

may sound a bit old man, but that news essentially made me decide: i'm NOT buying zen if they only have options that come with RGB stock coolers.

 

also, needs more hypetrain:

Spoiler

 

[Tauwer]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

may sound a bit old man, but that news essentially made me decide: i'm NOT buying zen if they only have options that come with RGB stock coolers.

 

also, needs more hypetrain:

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if u buy a cpu u can just get an aftermarket cpu cooler

[Therim]

Where did you get the information for the Ryzen 5's and 3's?

[hydrolyser]

11 minutes ago, deniz.erim said:

Where did you get the information for the Ryzen 5's and 3's?

This wccftech article: http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-am4-x370-motherboards-ces/ 

 

They don't really talk about them though.