Arguably the pick of the Ryzen stack for those doing more than solely gaming this CPU is at the lowest ever price on Amazon.
OnlineSavings - £275.49 Amazon - £276.49
I have one of these myself, since launch (£319), and rate it highly. The CPU (AM4 socket - B350/X370 chipset, don't bother with A320) comes complete with a very good RGB heatsink fan. CPU is unlocked as per all Ryzen 5/7 and will typically OC from 3.8-4.0GHZ.
To be clear, this is aimed at those wanting to do gaming, productivity, creation, editing and general compute horsepower, particularly good for virtual machines and so on. If you're only gaming, consider getting a Ryzen 7 1600 and plow the saved money in to your GPU.
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yoyo59
14 Jul 177#15
Paid £32 for my G3900 so I'm good
mojo5110
14 Jul 173#20
If you want the best for gaming then go for the i7-7700k.
It's objectively the best cpu for high framerate gaming.
But like you said if you want to do other muticore application/virtualization then consider ryzen.
TheGreatest to Shifuho
14 Jul 173#10
This will be better for that use case.
pothead13
14 Jul 173#7
have some heat very happy with my ryzen 5 1600 i would have got this if was buying now. always used intel in the past nothing wrong with amd
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The_Hoff
14 Jul 17#1
Reserved.
malachi
14 Jul 17#2
Hot, paid about the same for mine a few weeks back. Great CPU compared to Intels alternative.
steve_bezerker
14 Jul 171#3
Or an intel where the price vs performance will be much higher for a gaming CPU... Heat for this price though. Great little CPU on a mid-tier budget.
powerbrick
14 Jul 17#4
thought Ryzen was dodgy with esxi, that fixed since you recommend for VMs?
The_Hoff to powerbrick
14 Jul 17#5
Do much virtualisation? Are you talking about issues from March/April RE SMT?
ESXi being one such solution for VM, amongst many.
powerbrick
14 Jul 17#6
I do, but on my old trusty R720 at work. The articles I read were probably from a couple of months back.
pothead13
14 Jul 173#7
have some heat very happy with my ryzen 5 1600 i would have got this if was buying now. always used intel in the past nothing wrong with amd
jlerner21
14 Jul 171#8
I ordered this yesterday. I do more than just gaming so it was the better choice even after toying with the 1600. But even for gaming it'll be a big step up from my 1055t.
Shifuho
14 Jul 17#9
Would this be ideal for 4K video editing? Or am I better off with the i7 7700k?
TheGreatest to Shifuho
14 Jul 173#10
This will be better for that use case.
The_Hoff to Shifuho
14 Jul 171#11
This, by a country mile. Especially paired with an Nvidia card if your app supports Cuda.
Not only for the encode times, but also because your system will still be responsive for additional functions whilst the encode is taking place.
I edit my Phantom footage on it, works a treat.
Nate1492 to Shifuho
15 Jul 17#32
It depends on the software you are using, but often times video *editing* depends on single core performance, so the i7 7700k would beat the 1700.
If you are doing a lot of *software* encoding, then the Ryzen 1700 pulls ahead.
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Opening post
OnlineSavings - £275.49
Amazon - £276.49
I have one of these myself, since launch (£319), and rate it highly. The CPU (AM4 socket - B350/X370 chipset, don't bother with A320) comes complete with a very good RGB heatsink fan. CPU is unlocked as per all Ryzen 5/7 and will typically OC from 3.8-4.0GHZ.
8/16 core
3.7 GHz
4 MB L2 Cache
16 MB L3 Cache
65 Watt
To be clear, this is aimed at those wanting to do gaming, productivity, creation, editing and general compute horsepower, particularly good for virtual machines and so on. If you're only gaming, consider getting a Ryzen 7 1600 and plow the saved money in to your GPU.
Top comments
It's objectively the best cpu for high framerate gaming.
But like you said if you want to do other muticore application/virtualization then consider ryzen.
All comments (52)
ESXi being one such solution for VM, amongst many.
Not only for the encode times, but also because your system will still be responsive for additional functions whilst the encode is taking place.
I edit my Phantom footage on it, works a treat.
If you are doing a lot of *software* encoding, then the Ryzen 1700 pulls ahead.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_7_1800X/7.html
Have a look at the 1800x review and see how it fairs against the 7700k, maybe your application is tested here.