AMD Ryzen

[Sampath]

Are Ryzen CPU costs gonna be low.What CPU is gonna is equivalent to a 6th gen i3 and what would it cost me? Is it expected to be better than Intel CPU's

[ma77yman]

they are going to be cheap compared to intel chips of similar performance

[Hunter06]

no one really knows..there are some speculations that cost wiill be low..just wait about 15 more days, reviews should be out

[Morgan MLGman]

The cheapest Ryzen CPU that'll launch this March according to various leaks & rumours will be a 4core / 4 thread CPU costing 129$.

 

[Sampath]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

The cheapest Ryzen CPU that'll launch this March according to various leaks & rumours will be a 4core / 4 thread CPU costing 129$.

 

 Ohk that was informative. So, What current CPU matches the $129 AMD CPU?

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Sampath said:

 Ohk that was informative. So, What current CPU matches the $129 AMD CPU?

We don't know. We know as much as anybody.

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, Sampath said:

 Ohk that was informative. So, What current CPU matches the $129 AMD CPU?

Judging by the specs solely, the Ryzen 3 1100 should be the equivalent to the i5-7400. But that's if the specs are correct.

[Sampath]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Judging by the specs solely, the Ryzen 3 1100 should be the equivalent to the i5-7400. But that's if the specs are correct.

Woo.. AMD has got some balls here. That's pretty interesting. By the way should I consider waiting for it or go with intel build? If at all I wanna choose AMD, Can a GTX 1060 be a good match with it?

[AresKrieger]

8 minutes ago, ma77yman said:

they are going to be cheap compared to intel chips of similar performance

You do not know this, you are merely guessing like every tech site on the internet

 

Just wait for the launch op then descide how good it is

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, Sampath said:

Woo.. AMD has got some balls here. That's pretty interesting. By the way should I consider waiting for it or go with intel build? If at all I wanna choose AMD, Can a GTX 1060 be a good match with it?

It's supposedly launching in two weeks so I guess it's really worth to wait... If it disappoints then you just go Intel

 

As for the 1060, yeah, it'd be a good match but I suggest you take a look at the RX 480, it's a better buy overall compared to the 1060 atm.

[Sampath]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

It's supposedly launching in two weeks so I guess it's really worth to wait... If it disappoints then you just go Intel

 

As for the 1060, yeah, it'd be a good match but I suggest you take a look at the RX 480, it's a better buy overall compared to the 1060 atm.

That makes me turn into an Intel Nvidia Guy to an AMD guy. That's impressive from AMD. I heard AMD CPU's dissipate more Heat than Intel. Is that true? 

[Guest]

IPC leaks have been disappointing and the pricing is foretelling that it is also mediocre, IMO. 

 

I will be VERY surprised if it is even near Haswell levels. 

[EPPHO]

22 minutes ago, Sampath said:

Are Ryzen CPU costs gonna be low.What CPU is gonna is equivalent to a 6th gen i3 and what would it cost me? Is it expected to be better than Intel CPU's

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[Morgan MLGman]

11 minutes ago, Sampath said:

That makes me turn into an Intel Nvidia Guy to an AMD guy. That's impressive from AMD. I heard AMD CPU's dissipate more Heat than Intel. Is that true? 

Their older Bulldozer architecture from 2011 did. Their newer Zen architecture looks like more efficient actually, at least from the leaks, rumours from various sites looking at the specs.

 

The Ryzen CPU die will be smaller than Kaby Lake's by 10%, it'll have more cache and a better, more advanced "Turbo Boost" mode (On some models). And looking how an 8 core 16 threaded Zen CPU has an alleged TDP of 65W at 3.0GHz base and 3,7GHz Turbo mode, and an Intel i7-6900K has a TDP of 140W at 3,2GHz Base and 3,7GHz Boost also with 8 cores and 16 threads seems VERY promising.

 

Though remember, I'm adding "allegedly", "supposedly" everywhere etc, cause all of those are just rumours and can be confirmed only after Ryzen launches. Which again, "supposedly" might be in around 2 weeks. Take it all with a grain of salt.

[Sampath]

Thanks Brothers for that awesome info. I'm gonna stick to waiting.

[menyus420]

2 hours ago, Sampath said:

Woo.. AMD has got some balls here. That's pretty interesting. By the way should I consider waiting for it or go with intel build? If at all I wanna choose AMD, Can a GTX 1060 be a good match with it?

As for CPU-s, i would wait. Ryzen will put pressure to intel. So even if you dont want to go AMD, the intel prices should go down, to stay comepitivel. I would wait for 3rd party non "review sample" (means bought from store, not handpicked) benchmarks.
For the 1060-480, my experience was that in dx11 games, the 1060 is stronger most of the times. The 480 is stronger in most dx12 and vulkan supported games. But there is always the price factor. If you go with the 480, check some reviews, because the thermals very a lot between aftermarket cards (the XFX is a good one).

 

Spoiler

i have a gigabyte 1060 6GB and an i5 6600 locked at 3.6 GHz, and at most AAA titles the i5 does not bottlenech the 1060, or goes low as 90% on GPU usage.