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Should YOU Upgrade to Ryzen?

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The Ryzen family is all here, and AMD thinks they've finally got CPUs for everyone. But should YOU upgrade to Ryzen?

 

 

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"Better"
http://geni.us/C9p1gd - Ryzen 5 1600
http://geni.us/8cy4 - Noctua NH-U12S
http://geni.us/csu59U - ASUS PRIME B350M-A/CSM
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http://geni.us/urAQ - Fractal Design Focus Mini
http://geni.us/EQxcbd - Corsair TX750M 80PLUS Gold PSU


"Best":
http://geni.us/SpuQ - Ryzen 7 1700
http://geni.us/fAFvwIn - Corsair H100i v2
http://geni.us/SEbrB - ASUS Prime X370-Pro
http://geni.us/lqJm - 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Black)
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http://geni.us/Lpwp - WD Black 2TB 7200RPM HDD
http://geni.us/0lcXA - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING
http://geni.us/J4It9X - Fractal Define R5
http://geni.us/rTRwWV - Corsair HX850 80PLUS Platinum PSU

 

Buy parts on Newegg:
 
"Best":
http://geni.us/BBtb3Fy - Ryzen 7 1700
http://geni.us/i3Qz4 - Corsair H100i v2
http://geni.us/dUAT - ASUS Prime X370-Pro
http://geni.us/KAzbk - 32GB (4x8GB) G.SKILL Flare X DDR4-3200 (Black)
http://geni.us/T8Mm - Samsung 960 EVO 500GB NVMe SSD
http://geni.us/ecpEWtg - WD Black 2TB 7200RPM HDD
http://geni.us/UVeM61r - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition GAMING
http://geni.us/shYy - Fractal Design Define R5
http://geni.us/dfHQ24 - Corsair HX850 80PLUS Platinum PSU
 
"Better":
http://geni.us/au2dyHy - Ryzen 5 1600
http://geni.us/E0mB - Noctua NH-U12S
http://geni.us/9jtpjZl - ASUS Prime B350M-A/CSM
http://geni.us/Jb44kmb - 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Black)
http://geni.us/1PvN2 - Samsung 960 EVO 250GB NVMe SSD
http://geni.us/BuCIr8Y - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD
http://geni.us/JN9EPi - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo OC
http://geni.us/4kLxKPp - Fractal Design Define Mini C Black
http://geni.us/qNLYD - SeaSonic FOCUS Plus SSR750X 80PLUS Gold PSU
 
"Good":
http://geni.us/dN1EIVX - Ryzen 3 1300X
http://geni.us/dXS8d - MSI B350M Gaming PRO
http://geni.us/78oUqc - 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Red)
http://geni.us/j3XW2PO - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD
http://geni.us/aVvQJk - MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X
http://geni.us/UWUeO - Fractal Design Core 1100 Black
http://geni.us/R13qfR - Corsair CS550M 80PLUS Gold PSU

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If it for my socket 1151 then I Would, but since it doesn't I guess I won't. :P

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Ryzen YES.

 

I am quite happy with my R7 1700 :D 

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9 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Ryzen YES.

 

I am quite happy with my R7 1700 :D 

You can't upgrade to Ryzen when you already have a Ryzen 

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

You can't upgrade to Ryzen when you already have a Ryzen 

You can't tell me what to do! 

 

Okay to clarify myself:

Upgrading from Athlon X2 to Ryzen 7: YES.

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

You can't upgrade to Ryzen when you already have a Ryzen 

Yes you can. You just upgrade to a better ryzen cpu 

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I think it would have been interesting to add a small section about how it compares with laptops too. It may sound silly but as most people are still using laptops, it could give them a better idea of what they would be getting in terms of performance if they decided to build a desktop pc vs a laptop.

Maybe for another video ^_^

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1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

Yes you can. You just upgrade to a better ryzen cpu 

upgrades to a R7 1700X...

lol

 

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Just now, Dyst0pi4 said:

I think it would have been interesting to add a small section about how it compares with laptops too. It may sound silly but as most people are still using laptops, it could give them a better idea of what they would be getting in terms of performance if they decided to build a desktop pc vs a laptop.

Maybe for another video ^_^

uhm i don't recall any 8 cores cpu in a laptop

and it's a boring comparison 

ryzen will win 99% of the time

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4 minutes ago, Minibois said:

You can't tell me what to do! 

 

Okay to clarify myself:

Upgrading from Athlon X2 to Ryzen 7: YES.

What about a FX 6300 would it be better?

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

uhm i don't recall any 8 cores cpu in a laptop

and it's a boring comparison 

ryzen will win 99% of the time

I guess you have a point. Don't get me wrong, I KNOW ryzen will win almost every single time. But is it going to win by a margin significant enough that people who do not already own a desktop pc would sacrifice the portability of their laptops, to build a pc. That's what I'm trying to aim at.

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Considering I'm already invested in DDR3 and the Haswell gen (which is still quite good today), there is little point in upgrading to Ryzen.

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3 minutes ago, Dyst0pi4 said:

I guess you have a point. Don't get me wrong, I KNOW ryzen will win almost every single time. But is it going to win by a margin significant enough that people who do not already own a desktop pc would sacrifice the portability of their laptops, to build a pc. That's what I'm trying to aim at.

Of course it will

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Just now, JDE said:

Of course it will

I wouldn't necessarily say so. Portability is kind of a big deal for most people. I've had arguments with friends (pc gamers) who wouldn't bother building a pc because their laptops "do the job"

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I don't know, I'm just throwing an idea out there. But I think it wouldn't be that much work to include some laptop benchmarks and it would help some people cross the gap between paying for expensive laptops to build their own PC. For ryzen it may be a little silly because there are no 8 core laptops on the market rn, but for intel CPUs or even some Nvidia GPUs it could be useful to some. Just saying ^_^

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19 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

What about a FX 6300 would it be better?

According to cpu z it will be about 4 times better.

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Just now, Damascus said:

According to cpu z it will be about 4 times better.

Wow thats good and Im currently making a post what I should get/upgrade

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Christmas can't come soon enough. So hyped for upgrade from Athlon X4 860K to Ryzen 5 1600!!! Was pretty sure Ryzen was a good buy but glad LTT agrees.

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1300x and a 1070 has to be a bottleneck. It would be better to get a 1060 6 GB and an SSD with the money saved.

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Definitly. And I did so. My current system has an Ryzen 7 1800X with 32GB Ram at 3200MHz and a GTX 1070 Strix. U gessed it, its a productivity setup and Ryzen was the perfect chance to upgrade from my older i7 4790K. And of course its RGB!

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What about higher resolution gaming? Will you see more of an advantage for the Ryzen CPU's? Or will the difference just be smaller since more of the workforce is being moved to the GPU?

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And still no Windows 7 support on Ryzen. That means no Ryzen drivers for Windows 7. Thanks, Micro$oft.

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