Which Ryzen 7

[Cl1362]

$350 for the 1800x

$299 for the 1700x

$250 for the 1700

 

gaming some streaming

 

which would you recommend based on pricing and performance

 

i currently have the Asus crosshairs vi hero

 

 

thanks in advance 

[Clausewitz]

Out of curiosity, where do you see the 1800x for $350?

[Cl1362]

Just now, Clausewitz said:

Out of curiosity, where do you see the 1800x for $350?

Micro center 

 

 

http://www.microcenter.com/product/485483/Ryzen_7_1800X_36_GHz_8_Core_AM4_Boxed_Processor

 

[dragoon20005]

1700X is the sweet spot

 

 

[Eujinroshi]

I've done a lot of thinking for my own upcoming build, and I decided that the 1700x is a nice blend of performance and value. If you want more value get the 1700, or if you want more performance get the 1800x.

[gbergeron]

Just get a 1700 and hope you can OC to 4 GHZ
 

 

[rip]

All of three overclock to similar same point so just get the cheapest one

[Ryujin2003]

7 minutes ago, Cl1362 said:

$350 for the 1800x

$299 for the 1700x

$250 for the 1700

 

gaming some streaming

 

which would you recommend based on pricing and performance

 

i currently have the Asus crosshairs vi hero

 

 

thanks in advance 

 

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

1700X is the sweet spot

 

 

If go 1700x. I've got one, and it seems to OC better than the 1700. Lower voltage for same OC, or sometimes higher. Know a couple guys who can't get past 3.8 to well on 1700. But get a good motherboard. 370 chipset if you're gonna OC.

[gbergeron]

Just now, Ryujin2003 said:

 

If go 1700x. I've got one, and it seems to OC better than the 1700. Lower voltage for same OC, or sometimes higher. Know a couple guys who can't get past 3.8 to well on 1700. But get a good motherboard. 370 chipset if you're gonna OC.

thats called silicon lottery, maybe when you go for the x they kinda tested it before to garantee better oc ? or is there something i dont know ?  

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, Ryujin2003 said:

 

If go 1700x. I've got one, and it seems to OC better than the 1700. Lower voltage for same OC, or sometimes higher. Know a couple guys who can't get past 3.8 to well on 1700. But get a good motherboard. 370 chipset if you're gonna OC.

for mild OC the B350 will be enough

 

but for pushing high OCs you need to be using at least X370 and 280mm AIO coolers

 

1700X can also hit 4GHz

 

but it seems there are rare case of of the 1800Xs hitting 4.2GHz on liquid on the Asus Hero board

[Ryujin2003]

1 minute ago, gbergeron said:

thats called silicon lottery, maybe when you go for the x they kinda tested it before to garantee better oc ? or is there something i dont know ?  

I've heard they are binned better. Not positive, but sounds reasonable. They seem to have better odds at getting to 4. I got my 1700 there as well.

[Ryujin2003]

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

for mild OC the B350 will be enough

 

but for pushing high OCs you need to be using at least X370 and 280mm AIO coolers

 

1700X can also hit 4GHz

 

but it seems there are rare case of of the 1800Xs hitting 4.2GHz on liquid on the Asus Hero board

Water is definitely the way to go. B350 are good for mold OC on R7, and supposedly enough for R5?

I've got the H100i v2 AIO, and it handled my 1700x very well.

 

I'll have to see the 4.2. that's awesome.

[dragoon20005]

2 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Water is definitely the way to go. B350 are good for mold OC on R7, and supposedly enough for R5?

I've got the H100i v2 AIO, and it handled my 1700x very well.

 

I'll have to see the 4.2. that's awesome.

4.2GHz with the MSI board

 

but yes the 1800X can hit 4.2GHz with high volts but will run 4GHz everyday no issues

 

[Damascus]

16 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

for mild OC the B350 will be enough

Not at all, no b350 has good enough vrms for even a relatively mild r7 OC.

[dragoon20005]

9 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Not at all, no b350 has good enough vrms for even a relatively mild r7 OC.

prob the cheap B350 are not advised for R7 OC, they can run the 1700 no complains at stock speeds and normal boost clocks

 

the Asus B350 Prime and the MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK are still fairly decent boards

 

I seen 1700 running 3.9GHz on the MSI Tomahawk board

 

 

 

[Damascus]

3 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

prob the cheap B350 are not advised for R7 OC, they can run the 1700 no complains at stock speeds and normal boost clocks

 

the Asus B350 Prime and the MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK are still fairly decent boards

 

I seen 1700 running 3.9GHz on the MSI Tomahawk board

All.  B350. Mobos. Should. Not. Be. Used. For. High. OC. R7. 

 

That tomahawk may literally catch fire in the coming months, no b350 on the market is up to the task of powering anything over 3.7ghz stock voltage long term.

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

All.  B350. Mobos. Should. Not. Be. Used. For. High. OC. R7. 

 

That tomahawk may literally catch fire in the coming months, no b350 on the market is up to the task of powering anything over 3.7ghz stock voltage long term.

so those using B350s with R7 are having a risk of fire like the Note 7 you mean

[HKZeroFive]

The R7 1700 or the i7-8700K. Would actually prefer the latter for your use cases.

[Damascus]

Just now, dragoon20005 said:

so those using B350s with R7 are having a risk of fire like the Note 7 you mean

Oh yeah absolutely, I don't even oc to my chops max (4.1ghz) because my crappy x370 would commit sepuku