Jumping ship for Ryzen?

[Thelillypad123]

With all that Ryzen looks like it is turning out to be, do you think myself and other 6700k/7700k owners should jump ship before it's too late? Realistically, I think when NDA gets lifted on the 2nd I'd be lucky to get $300 for a 6700k and my Asus z170 pro gaming board. What do you guys think?

[RadiatingLight]

You really don't need it unless you video edit, or stream.

 

You'd be lucky to get $300 for your CPU+Board even now.

[themctipers]

6700k/7700k owners should stay and wait for whatever competition is stirring up soon

skylake IPC is near ryzen's IPC..

even at that, good luck selling your cpu/motherboard..

 

[GDRRiley]

i5 maybe but i7 no. 

[Guest]

I think we should wait for benchmarks 

[BluJay614]

I've got a build planned out for Ryzen. While, yes, I am buying parts already, Im not buying either of the two components that would absolutely FORCE me to go either way(motherboard and cpu). Not until benchmarks are released.

[maz]

I'm selling my 4790K rig today for $1700 and building an ITX Xeon 16 or 18 core for about the same price.

[DarkBlade2117]

46 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

You really don't need it unless you video edit, or stream.

 

You'd be lucky to get $300 for your CPU+Board even now.

I'd beg to differ, I'd lose $20 selling my CPU and Mobo because of sexy Micro Center prices.

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, DarkBlade2117 said:

I'd beg to differ, I'd lose $20 selling my CPU and Mobo because of sexy Micro Center prices.

What do you mean?

IIRC Micro center had a 6700K for somewhere around $260. that plus a Z170 motherboard would equal about 340 new.

that includes a new product, and a warranty.

 

Used, it could probably go for about $280 right now. maybe $300 if you're lucky. which is exactly what I said.

[DarkBlade2117]

48 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

What do you mean?

IIRC Micro center had a 6700K for somewhere around $260. that plus a Z170 motherboard would equal about 340 new.

that includes a new product, and a warranty.

 

Used, it could probably go for about $280 right now. maybe $300 if you're lucky. which is exactly what I said.

Forgetting the motherboard :3

I could sell 6700k for $260 easily, I'd probably do $270 and I paid $90 for my motherboard.. which could sell for $120 easily. $390.

[That Norwegian Guy]

There is a lot of awareness for Ryzen even amongst the most casual of PC Gamers and enthusiasts/ prosumers, and even touching into the mainstream PC awareness.

 

Hence why Komplett (biggest etailer in Scandinavia) just had a panic Intel sale and failed to shift barely anything at all. Everyone knows about and waits for Ryzen to show up before making any decisions.

 

So you won't get what you expect/ want for those parts, the second hand market is saturated with people trying to sell and getting ignored. I've even seen 5820Ks rot at half price.

[Nick V]

I will be going for a Ryzen 100% BUT. Some initial benchmarks show about double the delay on the read, write and copy of the RAM and cpu cache. So if you are using RAM intensive workloads (After Effects maybe?) I would wait for benchmarks in your place.

[ThunderDave]

I was literally just about to buy an i7 7700k and a Z270 board. Do you think I should wait? I don't do any video editing/streaming just use it for gaming. My current rig is on the fritz so I don't really want to wait too long! 

[Princess Luna]

@ThunderDave Yes you should wait:

 

 

[Nick V]

15 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

@ThunderDave Yes you should wait:

 

 

I really doubt the validity of the video. the CPU bottle-necking a 1060 6GB? Unless he is streaming at the same time or he is heavy multitasking in some other way.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Nick V said:

I really doubt the validity of the video. the CPU bottle-necking a 1060 6GB? Unless he is streaming at the same time or he is heavy multitasking in some other way.

I know, all more reason we need to wait and see the data for real, the Ryzen is really promising but it still is in the promises field.