Should I Have Gone for Ryzen?

[KSP]

Hello guys,

 

So basically, last week I was at Tampa for a wedding, and on the way back I decided to make a small detour to go to Micro Center in Duluth, Georgia (I live in Tennessee, y'all!) to get some pc parts for my new build. At Micro Center I got a pretty sweet deal on a 7700K for $299.99 USD, and also purchased my motherboard, monitors, and internal storage devices. I didn't bother to look at what prices they had for Ryzen 7 1700Xs (The X version because X's make me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside) because I had never considered them as a CPU that I would get. I mean I new some basics about Ryzen, but never really looked into it. But anyways, everything was good at Microcenter and I was on my merry way back to Tennessee. When I reached my home, I was pleased, but for some reason I just started looking more into Ryzen 7. I started with reviews and worked my way onto the forums, and a pretty good amount of people recommended the R7 1700(X) over an i7 7700K (tho there might have been some bias lol). Now, I don't do any real heavy multi tasking, so to say, mostly my new rig will be used for 1440p gaming (along with my 1080Ti). But I had really hoped to use this pc for 3-4 years before needing to upgrade. So, should I have gone for Ryzen? I was reading somewhere that newer games may start using more cores, where Ryzen would be helpful in the future. It would be tough but I might be able to go back to Micro Center to return my 7700K and get a 1700X, but would it really be worth it? Thanks all.

[Matt_98]

Just now, KSP said:

Hello guys,

 

So basically, last week I was at Tampa for a wedding, and on the way back I decided to make a small detour to go to Micro Center in Duluth, Georgia (I live in Tennessee, y'all!) to get some pc parts for my new build. At Micro Center I got a pretty sweet deal on a 7700K for $299.99 USD, and also purchased my motherboard, monitors, and internal storage devices. I didn't bother to look at what prices they had for Ryzen 7 1700Xs (The X version because X's make me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside) because I had never considered them as a CPU that I would get. I mean I new some basics about Ryzen, but never really looked into it. But anyways, everything was good at Microcenter and I was on my merry way back to Tennessee. When I reached my home, I was pleased, but for some reason I just started looking more into Ryzen 7. I started with reviews and worked my way onto the forums, and a pretty good amount of people recommended the R7 1700(X) over an i7 7700K (tho there might have been some bias lol). Now, I don't do any real heavy multi tasking, so to say, mostly my new rig will be used for 1440p gaming (along with my 1080Ti). But I had really hoped to use this pc for 3-4 years before needing to upgrade. So, should I have gone for Ryzen? I was reading somewhere that newer games may start using more cores, where Ryzen would be helpful in the future. It would be tough but I might be able to go back to Micro Center to return my 7700K and get a 1700X, but would it really be worth it? Thanks all.

youll be fine the 7700K is still the best cpu for just gaming

[TheNeonWhiteOne]

You're fine, it will last for a few years. Since you don't do multitasking much 7700k was a better choice. And you could still do some multitasking with it but not multiple intensive stuff. And hi from 20 minutes outside of Tampa.

[Wonders3004]

yep i was in the same boat bought my 7700k a week before ryzen came out and felt bad for not waiting but im ok with it. atm i have no uses for 16 threads and the overclock i got on the 7700k is nice. right now im happy with the i7 i couldnt justify trying to do a new build for a cpu that i wouldnt take full advantage of 

[Salacious B Crum]

Well speaking from someone who did wait for Ryzen I can tell you that price for performance is what sold me and since its a new platform I'm comfortable with the bugs that had to be worked out, Intel is still king for single core performance but for my use I'll trade off a few FPS for the ability to future proof my 1800x rig for several years and if AMD is right the AM4 platform will continue grow

[DocSwag]

Since you're just gaming, the 7700k is the CPU you should've chosen. So no worries at all, you made the right choice for you.

[DarkSmith2]

the so called "future proofing" stuff is in reality just "guessing, what will or wont happen within the next years". 

People are yelling "moar cores is the future" since core 2 quad (2006/2007).

 

Until then nothing major in gaming development has changed and everyone is waiting for better "real" Multithread support in games. We thought with DX12 its gonna start to get real, but yeah... still hasnt worked out so well..

 

You just cant buy anything in this hardwaremasterrace-business for the "future". Buy what you need now is the only choice you have. If you dont use anything multithreaded workload dependend there is no reason to a buy a 8C/16T CPU at all.

[Evolution90]

7700k is a better gaming CPU.. no issues.

[Jito463]

So long as you're happy with it, that's all that matters.

[KSP]

Thank you all. As tempting as Ryzen is, I think I'll try out the 7700K first (it's still in the box lol). If I'm not pleased with the 7700K's performance, I'll probably give Ryzen 7 a shot. But thank you all for the replies!

[rockon5622]

Future proofing is not a thing. Don't feel bad because new things come out. I bought a 1080 a month before 1080ti, and 680 1 or 2 months before 780. I initially regretted the 680 purchase but i was happy with it performed so I stopped regretting purchase

[freewulf]

7 hours ago, Evolution90 said:

7700k is a better gaming CPU.. no issues.

Time to Switch --- 

[freewulf]

9 hours ago, KSP said:

Hello guys,

 

So basically, last week I was at Tampa for a wedding, and on the way back I decided to make a small detour to go to Micro Center in Duluth, Georgia (I live in Tennessee, y'all!) to get some pc parts for my new build. At Micro Center I got a pretty sweet deal on a 7700K for $299.99 USD, and also purchased my motherboard, monitors, and internal storage devices. I didn't bother to look at what prices they had for Ryzen 7 1700Xs (The X version because X's make me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside) because I had never considered them as a CPU that I would get. I mean I new some basics about Ryzen, but never really looked into it. But anyways, everything was good at Microcenter and I was on my merry way back to Tennessee. When I reached my home, I was pleased, but for some reason I just started looking more into Ryzen 7. I started with reviews and worked my way onto the forums, and a pretty good amount of people recommended the R7 1700(X) over an i7 7700K (tho there might have been some bias lol). Now, I don't do any real heavy multi tasking, so to say, mostly my new rig will be used for 1440p gaming (along with my 1080Ti). But I had really hoped to use this pc for 3-4 years before needing to upgrade. So, should I have gone for Ryzen? I was reading somewhere that newer games may start using more cores, where Ryzen would be helpful in the future. It would be tough but I might be able to go back to Micro Center to return my 7700K and get a 1700X, but would it really be worth it? Thanks all.

Dude, you have the CPU Ryzen 7 was trying to be.

Intel Core series have stronger single core performance and it only pars with R7 Multi-core performance (Which single-core performance is not so impressive, just like earlier AMD CPUs).

Your on good ground already.

 

[Not_Sean]

As much as I love the Ryzen 1600.. you're fine. If I'm still gaming on a i7-3770 and i5-4690K after all these years the 7700K will last even longer. Just make sure you get some really good cooling and give it a nice overclock, that'll make it even more worth it. 

[KSP]

3 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

As much as I love the Ryzen 1600.. you're fine. If I'm still gaming on a i7-3770 and i5-4690K after all these years the 7700K will last even longer. Just make sure you get some really good cooling and give it a nice overclock, that'll make it even more worth it. 

Cool! Yeah, I purchased a NZXT Kraken X52 (because you can never have too much RGB amirite or amirite?), and I'm going to try to overclock to 4.8GHz on the 7700K, as soon as I have the system built!

Edited July 30, 2017 by KSP
I can't grammar lol

[Not_Sean]

Just now, KSP said:

Cool! Yeah, I also purchased a NZXT Kraken X52 (because you can never have too much RGB amirite or amirite?), and I'm going to try to overclock to 4.8GHz on the 7700K, as soon as I have the system built!

yeah man, those krakens are beautiful ! ! If I was staying in a case I'd sell my 400c and go S340 Elite+Kraken in a heartbeat, but got a new scratch build on the cards. 

 

Also don't worry about it man, its just some buyers remorse you got. I get exactly the same after some big purchases. You didn't buy a i3K so you didn't done goof. 

 

Enjoy