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You get better performance to price.  You get a better stock cooler.  And, they have more cores, which in the long-run, will be better for gaming.

You get better performance to price.  You get a better stock cooler.  And, they have more cores, which in the long-run, will be better for gaming.

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Ryzen has a lot of cores for not as much money, and does well in gaming. The stock cooler is very good compared to Intel's and the CPUs are super easy to cool. I managed to get up to a stable 3.8GHz at something like 1.3v with a 1st Gen Ryzen 5 1600 and the stock cooler, although it was kind of loud and approaching 80C.

 

What I like:

-Lots of cores means it's better for multithreaded workloads like video editing, rendering, compression, and transcoding

-Low prices make older Ryzen CPUs easy to buy

-Very good price to performance ratio

-Its low wattage means you don't have to go all out on a power supply

-The stock cooler isn't a piece of junk and you can do some nice overclocking

 

And what I don't like:

-Sometimes requires a BIOS update to fix memory incompatibility

-Doesn't overclock well past 4GHz

-Older AIO liquid coolers and some air coolers are confusing to mount (Corsair H100i)

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Daily Driver:

CPU: Ryzen 7 4800H | GPU: RTX 2060 | RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz C16 | OS: Debian 13

 

Gaming PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X | GPU: EVGA RTX 2080Ti | RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz C16 | OS: Windows 11

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I had issues with memory on first gen Ryzen, but from what I can tell they’ve more or less been resolved on Ryzen+. 3200 MHz should be easy to achieve, and the lower inter-CCX latency on Ryzen+ made games that particularly hated first-gen play much nicer.

 

For modern games, Ryzen delivers framerates perfectly suitable for high end, 60 Hz gaming, and gives you a high number of threads for a lower cost.

 

Intel chips might be better in games, but you pay a hefty premium to get that gaming performance and a similar number of threads to a Ryzen chip. Ryzen gives you a better jack-of-all-trades system for less money.

 

That’s the Ryzen appeal. The platform gives a well-rounded system with solid gaming performance and more threads than Intel will offer at the same price. They make for pretty good workhorses.

Current Build:

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D

GPU: RTX 3080 Ti FE

RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z CL16 3200 MHz

Mobo: Asus Tuf X570 Plus Wifi

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X53

PSU: EVGA G6 Supernova 850

Case: NZXT S340 Elite

 

Current Laptop:

Model: Asus ROG Zephyrus G14

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900HS

GPU: RTX 3060

RAM: 16GB @3200 MHz

 

Old PC:

CPU: Intel i7 8700K @4.9 GHz/1.315v

RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z CL16 3200 MHz

Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A

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