Which Ryzen should I buy?

[Aidanlockett1]

Should i go for 1600? or wait a little for a 1700?

[DocSwag]

What will you do with your pc?

[WereCat]

For games 1600 or 1700 makes no difference unless you are also streaming at the same time.

 

For productivity it depends on what you do.

[AlTech]

8 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

Should i go for 1600? or wait a little for a 1700?

Depends on what you plan to use your PC for.

 

If you're going to do gaming + video editing or something like that then the 1600 is absolutely fine. The 1700 is mostly aimed at people who can take advantage of that many cores. Which generally means Streamers, Content Creators, Developers (only if tools  use loads of cores) and stuff like that.

[TahoeDust]

nevermind.

 

GL OP

 

[handymanshandle]

1 minute ago, TahoeDust said:

*cough*8700k*cough*

 

no

[Aidanlockett1]

10 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

What will you do with your pc?

streaming a little I want to get into video editing to and a lot of gaming

[Aidanlockett1]

4 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Depends on what you plan to use your PC for.

 

If you're going to do gaming + video editing or something like that then the 1600 is absolutely fine. The 1700 is mostly aimed at people who can take advantage of that many cores. Which generally means Streamers, Content Creators, Developers (only if tools  use loads of cores) and stuff like that.

Would it be better to go 1600 and get a liquid cooler or something to value clocks over cores but have a good balance between

[TahoeDust]

1 minute ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

streaming a little I want to get into video editing to and a lot of gaming

8700k/8600k.  I edited my first post because I was not sure how you planned on using your machine.  This use case is no longer Ryzen's domain.

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, TahoeDust said:

8700k.

Will it work on z270/z170

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Aidanlockett1 said:

Would it be better to go 1600 and get a liquid cooler or something to value clocks over cores but have a good balance between

doesnt quite work that way, you can disable cores all you want, you wont get higher than 4 ghz for the most part

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

Will it work on z270/z170

no it won't

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

doesnt quite work that way, you can disable cores all you want, you wont get higher than 4 ghz for the most part

what do you mean? i meant that in a r5 1600 i can overclock high and it would be better than a lower clocked 1700

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

Will it work on z270/z170

No. It requires Z370.

 

Also, If streaming then i'd recommend Ryzen 7 1700

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

no it won't

so 359 base and then a new mobo I dont want to pay that much for it though

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Aidanlockett1 said:

what do you mean? i meant that in a r5 1600 i can overclock high and it would be better than a lower clocked 1700

an 1800x will overclock to 4 ghz max

a 4 core 4 thread ryzen 3 1200 will overclock to 4 ghz max 

a 1600 will clock the same as a 1700, if youre serious about streaming and other editing related things, the 1700 is your best bet, if youre just looking at getting into it, get the 1600 and then when zen 2 comes out you can upgrade to whatever 8 core model is on there as it will work with the mobo you buy for the 1600

tl;dr

all ryzen chips overclock to 3.9-4

don't spend the extra on the 1700 if youre not really serious as that is better spent on a better graphics card

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

an 1800x will overclock to 4 ghz max

a 4 core 4 thread ryzen 3 1200 will overclock to 4 ghz max 

a 1600 will clock the same as a 1700, if youre serious about streaming and other editing related things, the 1700 is your best bet, if youre just looking at getting into it, get the 1600 and then when zen 2 comes out you can upgrade to whatever 8 core model is on there as it will work with the mobo you buy for the 1600

tl;dr

all ryzen chips overclock to 3.9-4

don't spend the extra on the 1700 if youre not really serious as that is better spent on a better graphics card

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2RP4cc

[ImNotThere]

3 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

so 359 base and then a new mobo I dont want to pay that much for it though

i wouldnt go coffee lake tbh, its just a cashgrab from intel again, especially when amd has a good 6 core part for so much less

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

i wouldnt go coffee lake tbh, its just a cashgrab from intel again, especially when amd has a good 6 core part for so much less

yep, If i want to i might as well go with a 6700k if i do that

[DocSwag]

8 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

streaming a little I want to get into video editing to and a lot of gaming

1600 should be enough.

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Aidanlockett1 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2RP4cc

whats your budget, and youll need a video card for that, ryzen has no igpu

[TahoeDust]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

i wouldnt go coffee lake tbh, its just a cashgrab from intel again, especially when amd has a good 6 core part for so much less

Not even close in performance.  6 coffeelake cores @ 5GHz vs 6 Ryzen cores @ 4GHz is not even in the same world.

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

whats your budget, and youll need a video card for that, ryzen has no igpu

My budget is around 450 i have a gpu psu and an ssd already

[ImNotThere]

Just now, TahoeDust said:

Not even close in performance.  6 coffeelake cores @ 5GHz vs 6 Ryzen cores @ 4GHz is not even in the same world.

idk but in my eyes its not worth spending around 100 dollars more when in productivity a 1700 will still do aswell as the 8700k but will be on a new platform rather than a rapidly dieing one

[Aidanlockett1]

1 minute ago, TahoeDust said:

Not even close in performance.  6 coffeelake cores @ 5GHz vs 6 Ryzen cores @ 4GHz is not even in the same world.

maybe a 6 core i5 if thats a thing?