Facing a Dilemma

[Emberstone]

So one of my friends, through an employee discount from his job, could get me an R7-1700 for $86. Don't ask me what black magic he performed to achieve that much of a discount, all I know is he can get it.

 

I've already got a 1600X running at 4.0 GHz and my machine is mostly used for gaming with a little streaming/rendering on the side. Considering that, would any of you guys take that deal? I'm pretty torn; two more nummy cores, or just saving the $86 for Ryzen 2.0 if it's any good.

 

The biggest reason why I haven't just done it is the pretty decent chance I won't hit 4.0 GHz on it. I'm leaning more toward just keeping my 1600.

[Gumi Rokkaku]

Buy it, sell it on craigslist for more.
Sit on the money until you can decide.

[Emberstone]

2 minutes ago, Gumi Rokkaku said:

Buy it, sell it on craigslist for more.
Sit on the money until you can decide.

He only gets so many discounts every so often, so I'm not going to take it just to profit from it.

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Emberstone said:

He only gets so many discounts every so often, so I'm not going to take it just to profit from it.

Build a system for him, or use the 1700, and build a 1600X system for him.

[Emberstone]

9 minutes ago, JDE said:

Build a system for him, or use the 1700, and build a 1600X system for him.

I've already offered and his is a bit better anyway (he used his other discount on a 7900X); more or less it just comes down to me grabbing a 1700 for myself or him using it on whatever it is he buys.

 

Like I said, biggest reason I haven't taken the plunge is possibly losing single-thread performance.

[Brooksie359]

That is such a good deal I would be almost tempted to buy it and sit on it just in case I found a use for it lol.

[Brooksie359]

Just now, Emberstone said:

I've already offered and his is much better anyway (he used his other discount on a 7900X); more or less it just comes down to me grabbing a 1700 for myself or him using it on whatever it is he buys.

 

Like I said, biggest reason I haven't taken the plunge is possibly losing single-thread performance.

Well 4.0 isn't guaranteed so your right it is possible that you lose single core performance. Honestly if he can use the discount on something else I would because the upgrade is not very big tbh. 

[LienusLateTips]

4 minutes ago, Emberstone said:

I've already offered and his is a bit better anyway (he used his other discount on a 7900X); more or less it just comes down to me grabbing a 1700 for myself or him using it on whatever it is he buys.

 

Like I said, biggest reason I haven't taken the plunge is possibly losing single-thread performance.

Can you use the deal on something like a 1080 Ti?

[Imbellis]

18 minutes ago, Emberstone said:

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Regarding it for personal use - It wouldn't work as well as a 1600x @ 4.0 for gaming.  So unless you're really into rendering/workstation stuff - I'd say stick with your CPU.

 

Overall, this seems a bit similar to Intel's Retail Edge Program.

[Emberstone]

4 minutes ago, JDE said:

Can you use the deal on something like a 1080 Ti?

Nope.

 

3 minutes ago, Imbellis said:

Regarding it for personal use - It wouldn't work as well as a 1600x @ 4.0 for gaming.  So unless you're really into rendering/workstation stuff - I'd say stick with your CPU.

 

Overall, this seems a bit similar to Intel's Retail Edge Program.

Yeah that's why I said I was leaning toward just keeping my current CPU. Even when streaming I don't drop any frames or suffer FPS problems, it's just a matter of whether or not those 16 delicious threads would be useful someday since I can get them so cheaply right now. Davinci Resolve would certainly love me, but I don't spend near as much time in there as I do gaming.

 

But yeah, I've got a pretty golden overclock with my 1600X and it plays everything I throw at it quite nicely. I'll just save the money and see if I can get my friend to hold onto a discount for Zen 2.0.

[just_dave]

3 hours ago, Emberstone said:

So one of my friends, through an employee discount from his job, could get me an R7-1700 for $86. Don't ask me what black magic he performed to achieve that much of a discount, all I know is he can get it.

 

I've already got a 1600X running at 4.0 GHz and my machine is mostly used for gaming with a little streaming/rendering on the side. Considering that, would any of you guys take that deal? I'm pretty torn; two more nummy cores, or just saving the $86 for Ryzen 2.0 if it's any good.

 

The biggest reason why I haven't just done it is the pretty decent chance I won't hit 4.0 GHz on it. I'm leaning more toward just keeping my 1600.

Keep 1600 because your mobo's VRMs won't be able to OC R7.

The Deal is nice