Having a hard time switching over to Ryzen CPU!

[4154aiden]

Convince me why I should switch. I’ve always been an intel guy!

[Droidbot]

Lots o cores

Decent IPC

Cheap OC (B350)

Cheap chips

 

[Gikero]

Just now, 4154aiden said:

Convince me why I should switch. I’ve always been an intel guy!

You want someone to justify what you already want to do, hence this post. Buy the part you'd be happy with.

 

[TheGlenlivet]

13 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Lots o cores

Decent IPC

Cheap OC (B350)

Cheap chips

 

Don't forget that AM4 will be used for a few more years where as z370 and x299.... who knows these days...

[Princess Luna]

To begin with, what do you have now? I have seen plenty of people "upgrade" from something like an i7 4770k to the Ryzen 7 1700 only to find out their gaming performance is the same if not worse so eh...

 

Telling us why you need an upgrade, what are the workloads you're after... all these basic information are valid for us to know what to do.

 

I won't tell you to go AMD if Intel is still the best solution for you.

[Damascus]

7 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

x370

*Ahem*

[Boo Berry]

Possible (likely?) immunity from the Intel hardware bug (and the performance drop fixing it will incur).

[TheGlenlivet]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

*Ahem*

WOOOPS.

I meant Z370.................. 

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

WOOOPS.

I meant Z370.................. 

To be fair, this is exactly the confusion AMD was going for... lol

[Nocte]

If you really want to be convinced rather than having a constructive reasoning whether Intel or AMD is better for you, then here we go:

- Better multicore performance

- Much better value for money

- AM4 supported until release of DDR5 (2020?)

- Cheap chipsets that support OC (B350)

 

And Intel's possible performance drop that may hit machines in a couple of weeks:

 

Still, I don't think this is how you should be choosing a CPU.

[Zeitec]

2 hours ago, 4154aiden said:

Convince me why I should switch. I’ve always been an intel guy!

The Ryzen 7 1700 with the included cooler and a mix range X370 board is an insane value for the money, and it gives you an upgrade path for the next 3 years. 

[johnukguy]

It's not up to anyone else to convince you and you do need to do your own research. Decide what is most valuable to you. See which CPU's tick most of those boxes and make your decision based on that. 

[xg32]

if u game, stick with intel, if u need the threads, wait for zen+ and see what it offers.

[michaelocarroll007]

3 hours ago, 4154aiden said:

Convince me why I should switch. I’ve always been an intel guy!

Switch if you would gain Improvements from whatever you have now. If not no point.

 

Theres no bland overall statement of Amd or Intel better then each other they both have there place currently. AMD is more towards decent IPC with lots of cores for cheap Intel is more towards Great IPC and fewer cores for a bit more $. Depending on needs wants budget ect who to go with. 

 

 

[just_dave]

You can buy something like R5 1600 or R7 1700 and good futureproof board like Prime X370 Pro and be good to go until 2020+

Also, i wouldn't buy Intel now because of the shitstorm coming on 10th

 

[Energycore]

11 hours ago, Legendarypoet said:

To be fair, this is exactly the confusion AMD was going for... lol

AMD did plan to be ahead at all times though, then Intel released Skylake Refresh Refresh to catch up

[Guest]

Just now, Energycore said:

AMD did plan to be ahead at all times though, then Intel released Skylake Refresh Refresh to catch up

The launch date meeting went something like this:

[DOSjockey]

Honestly, if it'll do what you want it to do, I think the best reason is to encourage competition in the industry.

 

That's just an opinion, but I feel it's reasonably valid.  If you lose nothing, it doesn't hurt to throw the cash at someone who is on their way back up.

 

Full disclosure:  I've always favored AMD (well, once Cyrix folded, anyway), even when they were behind the times.  I'm aware of my bias, however.