Ryzen confusion

[iggybo]

Hi guys,

 

So I´m a bit confused...

I have already bought a Asus Prime Pro AM4 Mobo, and some sweet Vengeance LPX Mem.

 

But as for which of the trio infernale from AMD I will ultimately go for, I have absolutely no idea. 

 

1700 for cheapest price?

1700X for best value?

1800X for POWERRRRR?

 

But then again many forum threads say these chips are the same and you can OC a 1700 to be basically a 1800X for less bucks. 

Some say thats not true...some others offer screenshots of benchmarks which appear to put them at the same level when OCed.

 

I don´t know guys, I can't sleep properly, I don't eat anything and I dream about Ryzen CPUs constantly. Its bothering be so much, I don't even game anymore. I only read articles about benchmarks.

 

Joking aside

Does anybody know for sure which one I should go for?

 

Thanks a lot

 

 

[79wjd]

1700, it overclocks basically just as far as a 1700x/1800x while costing significantly less. 

[samcool55]

Well there is a thing called the silicon lottery.

Every cpu is unique, some of them overclock good, some of them don't.

 

BUT in most cases a 1700 can be overclocked to almost the same speed as the 1800x if you are prepared to get at least a decent-ish cooler and some time to spend on it.

There are examples where the 1700 overclocked can beat the 1800x stock, but you can also be unlucky and have an example that barely overclocks at all.

[Damascus]

12 minutes ago, iggybo said:

1700 for cheapest price? best value?

1700X for best value?

 

[iggybo]

@Damascus

Yea, I agree

But nevertheless, as stock CPU without OCing, 1700X could be described as best Value.

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, iggybo said:

@Damascus

Yea, I agree

But nevertheless, as stock CPU without OCing, 1700X could be described as best Value.

Plus they go really cheap because no one buys them  (because the 1700 exists)