Since the other cheap deal from Amazon.co.uk expired, I hope this may help a few folks looking for the cheapest option presently for this CPU.
Purchased using one of the many fee free foreign currency cards, making sure you pay in € at the check out it is currently €234 + €5.82 shipping which works at at just under £204 at the time of writing.
It may be worth looking for a cheap Motherboard if you need one at the same time, if I find one I will add it here as an edit.
EDIT: I've put together a quick build for anyone interested in a complete system, this is by no means the best system, or the cheapest system but gives you a good idea what sort of price you can build a 6c/12t machine for now. I've tried to include sellers that have P&P free, or inclusive even if the parts cost slightly more.
I've chosen not to add a graphics card, since everyone will have a different requirement, but have specified a 550W PSU, so it should be suitable for anything up to a GTX 1080Ti, there is also a few alternates for the case for £5 more with extra fans etc.
If you look at the total cost for this build (excluding the graphics card of your choice) it comes in at £485-£490, which is superb value considering the cheapest Intel 6 core CPU is £400 on it's own.
EDIT: Memory changed as other price had expired, swapped to Corsair LPX 3000 which is 100% compatible with Ryzen, pushes example system price up to £515+
EDIT: Grab one of these now if your were intending to buy down to €209.99 works out at only £180.90!!!! Postage included.
EDIT: As of Evening 20th April back up to €230 inc P&P - so that is approximately £193.
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Uncommon.Sense to powerbrick
15 Apr 173#2
You don't get a cooler with the 1600X, unfortunately.
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powerbrick
15 Apr 17#1
may as well plump up the extra 17 quid and get the X with a better stock cooler, the 'max'.
Uncommon.Sense to powerbrick
15 Apr 173#2
You don't get a cooler with the 1600X, unfortunately.
tempt
15 Apr 17#3
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powerbrick
15 Apr 17#4
Sure that hippy off gamersnexus or was it ttl off oc3d said it came with the wraith Max.
Uncommon.Sense
15 Apr 172#5
Happy to be proven wrong, but every review I have seen, read, and the sites selling them advertise it without a cooler, and the shipping weight is about 150g for the 1600X maybe they have two SKU's available? :smiley:
slayermatt
15 Apr 171#6
Thats the thing that makes the X slightly less worthwhile. Most places seem to be getting a comfortable 3.8/3.9 ghz on the Spire with the standard 1600, while the X seems to cap out generally at 4-4.15ghz on water. The lack of included cooler is the reason most places don't recommend the 1600x because of the extra cost (mainly associated with the need to buy a cooler) for relatively minor gains (5% on average I think I saw floating around).
ShroomHeadToad
15 Apr 171#7
Should be able to get around 3.6-3.7GHz overclock on the R5 1600 even on cheap B350M boards, the more expensive X370 boards seem poor value paired with this considering all the Ryzen chips seem to hit a ceiling @4GHz.
Heat!
Uncommon.Sense to ShroomHeadToad
15 Apr 17#8
Indeed, had I not needed the extra features of the ASRock Taichi I bought to go with the R7 1700, I would have gone with a much cheaper B350 board. Might buy a 1600 to see how it does in comparison, and if it will OC any better, than the 3.9/4.0GHz I can get on the 1700.
revolver31
15 Apr 17#9
I think if you wanna overclock the ram you will need the overpriced x370 due to having the independent clock but not all have them, of course it's upto you to decide if it's worth it (Oc ddr) with the infinity fabric and all that it does make some strides in gaming, if we could see 4000/4200 it would be nice, reports of a 10% increase in SOME games with 3600 over 2400, also the quad chips don't seem to go past 2933 at the moment which is a little odd given they're all the same ccx's.
The straight up 1600 with cooler is the one for me if I was to buy but board prices are way to high for what they are, but the 1600 has the balance of threads core speed all the cache of the r7, the 65w tdp and the cooler it is the best package imho.
alanbeenthere
15 Apr 17#10
The SSD noted in the op is oem so no driver support and no rapid mode, if that matters to anyone.
Uncommon.Sense to alanbeenthere
15 Apr 17#12
Yes indeed, but I've not had any issues from builds I've done, the other option is the Intel 600p 128GB SSD however it is quite a bit slower. Or many, many other options if you want something bigger or faster. :smiley:
The_Hoff to alanbeenthere
15 Apr 172#13
SM961 is a 960 EVO and will take 960 EVO drivers and FW via Magician.
adderrson to alanbeenthere
16 Apr 17#18
Not true. Drivers for this SSD are available here. Have the 256gb version myself. Says Windows 7 drivers but they work perfectly well on Windows 10 :smiley:
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Purchased using one of the many fee free foreign currency cards, making sure you pay in € at the check out it is currently €234 + €5.82 shipping which works at at just under £204 at the time of writing.
It may be worth looking for a cheap Motherboard if you need one at the same time, if I find one I will add it here as an edit.
EDIT:
I've put together a quick build for anyone interested in a complete system, this is by no means the best system, or the cheapest system but gives you a good idea what sort of price you can build a 6c/12t machine for now. I've tried to include sellers that have P&P free, or inclusive even if the parts cost slightly more.
ASRock AB350M-HDV AMD Socket AM4 Motherboard - £66.02
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 2x8GB 3000MHz DDR4 C15 - £114.99
Samsung 128GB Polaris NVMe M.2 80mm SSD - £67.49
Fractal Design Core 1100 Series Micro ATX Case - £29.99
Corsair VS550 ATX/EPS Vs Series 80 Plus PSU - £38.02
I've chosen not to add a graphics card, since everyone will have a different requirement, but have specified a 550W PSU, so it should be suitable for anything up to a GTX 1080Ti, there is also a few alternates for the case for £5 more with extra fans etc.
If you look at the total cost for this build (excluding the graphics card of your choice) it comes in at £485-£490, which is superb value considering the cheapest Intel 6 core CPU is £400 on it's own.
EDIT: Memory changed as other price had expired, swapped to Corsair LPX 3000 which is 100% compatible with Ryzen, pushes example system price up to £515+
EDIT: Grab one of these now if your were intending to buy down to €209.99 works out at only £180.90!!!! Postage included.
EDIT: As of Evening 20th April back up to €230 inc P&P - so that is approximately £193.
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All comments (89)
Heat!
The straight up 1600 with cooler is the one for me if I was to buy but board prices are way to high for what they are, but the 1600 has the balance of threads core speed all the cache of the r7, the 65w tdp and the cooler it is the best package imho.