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I got the following delivered here tomorrow:

Fractal Designs S
Seasonic 850W Platinum
Corsair H115i + (4) ML140 fans + (2) Phantek 4pin PWM Y-Splitter Cables

Only thing holding me up now is what CPU/motherboard/RAM to go with. :)

EDIT:
FYI. Corsair had this to say about H115i compatibility with AM4.:
"We have not confirmed compatibility, and there is no official word at this time. We will announce this information at a later date."
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So I may be stuck waiting for who knows how long if the H115i won't work with AM4. I knew that when I bought it though. Hoorah for patience!
 
thyfleshconsumed said:
Because what I have right now is good enough, I want to wait to be absolutely sure ECC ram works, I want to be more responsible with my money (ugh), and there might be a good deal around BF at one of those places. Basically being responsible sucks.
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If you have any DDR4 ECC and want to send a stick or two over, I'd be more than happy to see if it does and then send it back to you. I'd be rather surprised if it doesn't at least work in the system, but as for whether ECC is enabled is what will need determining.

Rysen said:
My plan is that hopefully the 8C/16T 65W will be under $450 but I am willing to spend a little more for the same chip (i want the 65w) if they offer a decent mini-itx motherboard for under $160.
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You talking about a $450 for just the chip and in USD? If all the leaks are true or even remotely close, then I think you'll be able to get the 65W variant for that and have enough left over to get at least a decent set of 2x4GB (around 3000MHz) or even a kinda slow kit of 2x8GB.
"Earlier this week, U.S. pricing leaked to the web with Ryzen 7 1700 priced at $319, the Ryzen 7 1700X priced at $389, and the Ryzen 7 1800X priced at $499. The Belgian retailer doesn't really deviate from those prices, save for the Ryzen 7 1800X, which carries a slight premium [at €319, €389, €519 respectively]."​
http://hothardware.com/news/amd-ryz...head-february-28th-launch#ZLbGmrADTV7wbIR9.99

ManofGod said:
Well, I just bought 16GB of GSkill DDR4 2800 ram so I will be ready. (2 x 8GB) I think I will just upgrade my home machine at first and wait on the work computer until later in the year. Cannot really afford to do both at the same time and if I just do the one, the 1700X or even 1800X will both be an option.
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@ $389, if true, I'll probably be landing on the 1700X and being more than content. As it sounds that was the one that they used at their event which was paired against the ~$1100 Intel chip.
How much was the RAM and what kit is it, the sinkless black PCB, Riptides or the Tridents?

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Also has anyone seen or heard of any US stores online that are doing Pre-Orders on motherboards yet at least? I know it's kinda hard with the Ryzen prices not being officially announced yet to have pre-orders up for those, so that much is understandable. With money already earmarked, this shit is burning a hole in my pocket! lmao
 
Formula.350 said:
If you have any DDR4 ECC and want to send a stick or two over, I'd be more than happy to see if it does and then send it back to you. I'd be rather surprised if it doesn't at least work in the system, but as for whether ECC is enabled is what will need determining.


You talking about a $450 for just the chip and in USD? If all the leaks are true or even remotely close, then I think you'll be able to get the 65W variant for that and have enough left over to get at least a decent set of 2x4GB (around 3000MHz) or even a kinda slow kit of 2x8GB.
"Earlier this week, U.S. pricing leaked to the web with Ryzen 7 1700 priced at $319, the Ryzen 7 1700X priced at $389, and the Ryzen 7 1800X priced at $499. The Belgian retailer doesn't really deviate from those prices, save for the Ryzen 7 1800X, which carries a slight premium [at €319, €389, €519 respectively]."​
http://hothardware.com/news/amd-ryz...head-february-28th-launch#ZLbGmrADTV7wbIR9.99


@ $389, if true, I'll probably be landing on the 1700X and being more than content. As it sounds that was the one that they used at their event which was paired against the ~$1100 Intel chip.
How much was the RAM and what kit is it, the sinkless black PCB, Riptides or the Tridents?

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Also has anyone seen or heard of any US stores online that are doing Pre-Orders on motherboards yet at least? I know it's kinda hard with the Ryzen prices not being officially announced yet to have pre-orders up for those, so that much is understandable. With money already earmarked, this shit is burning a hole in my pocket! lmao
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Ripjaws. Did not want to spend more for the higher end stuff but if I had, it would have been the Hyper X ram instead.
 
CPU, ram (because for once I don't have spare DDR4), a motherboard, thinking of a new case.

Oh maybe an awesome AOI cooler.
 
I'm very interested in the 1700x. I'll be water cooling so the increased stock turbo of 1800x is irrelevant to me. I'll get 16gb of the fastest ddr4 ram possible that the IMC will allow. 16gb is plenty as I mainly game.
 
Ooooooh yes it looks like the Asus Crosshair VI is in my future. Intel NIC instead of Killer and tons of USB ports. Love it.

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Nirad9er said:
I'm very interested in the 1700x. I'll be water cooling so the increased stock turbo of 1800x is irrelevant to me. I'll get 16gb of the fastest ddr4 ram possible that the IMC will allow. 16gb is plenty as I mainly game.
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Sounds good. It's between Crosshair VI Hero or ASrock Taichi x370?? I will buy whichever has the best power phase and best vrm.. Helps in overclocking.
 
ManofGod said:
Just when I get my mind off of it..... :D
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The thing is that we still want to know how well these boards perform with overclocking. It is nice it has an Intel NIC built in but that would have no use if there is no solid way of overclocking the cpu .
 
Pieter3dnow said:
The thing is that we still want to know how well these boards perform with overclocking. It is nice it has an Intel NIC built in but that would have no use if there is no solid way of overclocking the cpu .
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Eh, I am not concerned about that. These boards are usually the best all around overclocking boards anyways and besides, there is no guarantee of what overclock we will get anyways.
 
I doubt I'll get another ROG product, the price hike rarely warrants the extra benefits.
 
Guys which would you rather have in your build?

16GBx2 PC3000 $220
8GBx2 PC3200 $145

Trident Z CAS14
 
Riptide_NVN said:
Guys which would you rather have in your build?

16GBx2 PC3000 $220
8GBx2 PC3200 $145

Trident Z CAS14
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They'd both be pretty good, at that price I'd get the 3200 kit if it's CAS14 too, but I have no particular need for 32GB of RAM.
Edit: personally, looking at Corsair Vengeance LPX PC3000 CL15. 16GB (2x8) for $125 on Amazon. May get crucial CT16G4XFD824A RAM if ryzen supports ECC, though. Not as fast, but very short. And they all use Micron chips. ;)
 
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I don't have a need for 32GB either right now honestly. It is debatable. I might use that much eventually when I run hyper-v or vmware on the system. But that won't be used day to day and is not something I'm going to be doing in the next 12 months.
 
I normally try and get the best value processor. My current processor is an I7-2600K. I used to update every couple years so going with the value processors made sense but if I'm holding on to a processor for another 5-6 years because of such tiny incremental improvements in processor technology, I think it makes more sense now to just purchase the best technology available. The incremental cost difference between the 1100 and the 1800x is $370. That doesn't sound like such a big deal now when you look at the potential time period involved. Maybe it's just because I'm making more money than 6 yrs ago.

So, if an AMD Ryzer 7 1800x costs $499 with 8 cores @ 4.0Ghz.
Intel i7-7700K - $350 4.5Ghz, 4 cores @ 4.5Ghz.
Intel i7-6900K - $1030 8 cores @ 3.7Ghz.

The i7-6900K is crazy expensive for the extra 4 cores and comes with a clock penalty of .8Ghz.
The AMD 1800x is $150 more than the i7-7700K but has twice the cores at a clock penalty of .5Ghz and is half the price of the i7-6900K.
I'm thinking that the top of the line AMD Ryzen chip might be the new value chip for the desktop. There's still not enough difference in single thread performance to really justify even an I7-2600K upgrade but it's easier to swallow if I double the core count without losing anything in single threaded performance. I think the AMD Ryzen 7 1800K does this.

My build will need a new CPU/Cooler, new motherboard, and new RAM.

The CPU will be the 1800X. The motherboard will be probably be an ATX X370. Both the X370 and the B350 chipsets allow overclocking but it appears that the X370 hardware is more geared for it. The X370 also allows for 4 internal SATA ports while the B350 only allows for 2; both seem rather limited but do have 2 SATAe ports. The combination of better overclocking and more SATA ports probably pushes the choice to an X370 chipset. I'm leaning toward the MSI X370 Xpower Gaming Titanium motherboard but haven't committed to anything yet. I won't need the X370 for the PCI-E ports since I don't plan on using Crossfire or SLI.

I've never used water cooling so will probably stick with conventional air cooling. The Noctual NH-D15 SE-AM4 is the obvious choice in this category. My current case is a Coolermaster 690 (original). If I were to replace it, I'd probably get a Corsair Carbide Air 540.

The DDR4 RAM is the most confusing aspect to me. 1.2V or 1.35V? 2400,2666, 3400, or something else? I want 2x16GB. I'm leaning toward 1.2V 2666 CAS 15. Newegg has the G.skill Ripjaws V F4-2666C15D-32GVR at $224.99.

I keep my GTX 980 and 27" Asus Rog Swift 2560x1440 Gsync monitor until I figure out what Vega brings to the table. The Asus MG279Q is probably the freesync equivalent to my Swift but is a bitter pill to swallow at $550+. I could get a GTX 1080 for just the price of the monitor so Vega probably isn't happening.

I've got an interesting "problem" in that I have more equipment due to upgrades than I really need. I have an i5-2500K with the Asus Swift and an HP ZR24. My main rig is an i7-2600K with a Dell U3014 monitor and two HP ZR24's in portrait surrounding it. A 16:10 1920x1200 monitor like the ZR24's work surprisingly well in portrait mode for things like web browsing. I kind of gotten used to these in combination with a large 2560x1600 monitor. For gaming though, the Asus Swift 2560x1440 monitor is better. I'm thinking that it might be time to retire the 1920x1200 monitors and go back to a 2 monitor system - the 30" 2560x1600 and the 27" 2560x1440. Maybe relegate the i5-2500K as a backup system with all 3 HP ZR24's. I'm not sure how well a 30 inch and a 27 inch would work side by side though. My ideal setup would be 2 32 inch 2560x1440 G-sync/Freesync monitors with a 144Hz refresh but I don't think it exists. The 27 inch @ 2560x1440 is just a bit too small for text or I'd probably have 2 2560x1440 (1 freesync, 1 gsync).
 
Riptide_NVN said:
Guys which would you rather have in your build?

16GBx2 PC3000 $220
8GBx2 PC3200 $145

Trident Z CAS14
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32 next gen mainstream graphics cards are going to be 8 gb so if you go any higher on the graphics cards 16 gb is going to be stretching things.
 
Going 1700+ if it OCs well or 1800 or whatever the mac daddy is, board maybe that leaked ASUS today but will shop around more. All I care about is 6, preferably 8 cores and no less than 64gb of ram, maybe stretch to 128gb if the manufacturers have not done the typical 'AMD release new stuff lets gouge prices' bullshit and a same old class action in 3-4 years when everyone forgets. Why? Because ram drives are the best thing since... on board co processors. M2 is fine for most things but ram drive is just the next level in latency, video editing, gaming anything..

Been running 16gb for nearly 6 years now and while it's enough for average joe and daily use, ram disk usage it is not. Some games beginning ot push that as well especially if you're 4k. Anyone building a PC now for 4k I'd go 32gb minimum as recommended above. I used to always get less, faster ram for 'teh OCs'. More ram slower is ALWAYS faster in long term for me I find, especially when you factor ram disks in. I'd rather have more not as fast, than run out and be 100xs slower when that happens...

But going to wait for reviews and board bugs and see how it all fares across the board, maybe pull trigger week 2 or 3 when prices stabilise a little.


Then when Vega comes, boooyah 4k/HMD full AMD rig and i'll be a happy man and can troll profusely with a system that does the same for half the price and less ego wank.


P.s. I'm going to try get my Scythe Ninja Rev 1.0 (OG A64 era one with wider fin pitch for unrivaled noise and passive capabilities lol) on an AM4. I bet it'll work with my Noctua mounting kit which has AM3 or something already. 939 > AM4 Ryzen lmfao hows' that for a well built product? It's been on 5 different CPUs and 3 sockets lol.
 
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Nobu said:
Edit: personally, looking at Corsair Vengeance LPX PC3000 CL15. 16GB (2x8) for $125 on Amazon. May get crucial CT16G4XFD824A RAM if ryzen supports ECC, though. Not as fast, but very short. And they all use Micron chips. ;)
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I settled on the 8GBx2 PC3200 CL14 Trident Z. Only $20 more than the Corsair you were looking at.

I thought about getting 32GB but unless I wanted to go up to $270+ I wasn't going to be able to get the PC3200 CL14 stuff. The 16GBx2 PC3000 CL14 just happens to be on sale right now for $220. Pretty good deal but I wanted the PC3200 support even if it is an incremental step up vs. PC3000.
 
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Man, I really don't need another computer but I kind of want to get in on the action...
 
right now it would look like the R7-1800x or 1700x. The Asus ROG board is legit, so I'd probably go with that board. However some of the other motherboards caught my eye as well so it will be interesting reading the reviews of them.

Still gonna wait another month past release to see if there are any bugs, or motherboard issues, and overclocking results.

I might still go Intel 6900k, but hey I've waited this long might as well wait a little longer for benches.
 
ebduncan said:
right now it would look like the R7-1800x or 1700x. The Asus ROG board is legit, so I'd probably go with that board. However some of the other motherboards caught my eye as well so it will be interesting reading the reviews of them.

Still gonna wait another month past release to see if there are any bugs, or motherboard issues, and overclocking results.

I might still go Intel 6900k, but hey I've waited this long might as well wait a little longer for benches.
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Why go 6900k for double the price? Unless Intel drops their price it's NOT worth it. Quad channel memory, big deal. Plus x99 is a dead end socket until x299 later this year? I like to have at least a few CPU upgrades before a full system upgrade.
 
ebduncan said:
right now it would look like the R7-1800x or 1700x. The Asus ROG board is legit, so I'd probably go with that board. However some of the other motherboards caught my eye as well so it will be interesting reading the reviews of them.

Still gonna wait another month past release to see if there are any bugs, or motherboard issues, and overclocking results.

I might still go Intel 6900k, but hey I've waited this long might as well wait a little longer for benches.
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If your thinking about Intel for an 8 core setup, either they have to drop prices down to AMD levels or its not worth it, and Skylake E is close too.

AMD is a better buy though because of price and performance.

Edit, AMD's SMT has an advantage over Intel's HT too so that will become a factor later on.
 
well, my assumption leads me to believe the 6900k would drop in price. After Ryzen is out.

Yes I understand skylake-e is around the corner, but if its not released by late June 2017 then I am going to buy whatever is available.
 
well the only other reason for Intel is if you go for dual CPU.

Well Skylake E also has hexa channel memory I think, don't know when that will come to desktops though, but I can imagine it won't be cheap lol.

AMD's SMT I'm hearing has 12% performance advantage over Intel HT.
 
What does everything think will be the best memory to get for Ryzen? I'm looking at 16GB DDR4 kits as I don't think I'd take advantage of 32GB for mainly gaming and general use, however what speed?

  • Do you think the 8 core 1700x with dual channel would support 8GB x 2 DDR4 4000?
  • What if I went 8GB x 4 down the road, would the DDR4 4000 still work? I thought adding more sticks is more stress on the IMC so higher speeds is less likely?

Comparatively, I know Skylake / Kabylake like fast memory however for X99 quad channel I think you're looking more at DDR4 3200 max?
 
don't know yet, so far 3200mhz was the fastest I think we have seen motherboard manufactures are showing, but might be able to go faster.
 
Nirad9er said:
What does everything think will be the best memory to get for Ryzen? I'm looking at 16GB DDR4 kits as I don't think I'd take advantage of 32GB for mainly gaming and general use, however what speed?

  • Do you think the 8 core 1700x with dual channel would support 8GB x 2 DDR4 4000?
  • What if I went 8GB x 4 down the road, would the DDR4 4000 still work? I thought adding more sticks is more stress on the IMC so higher speeds is less likely?

Comparatively, I know Skylake / Kabylake like fast memory however for X99 quad channel I think you're looking more at DDR4 3200 max?
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You already have a pretty ass-kicking system there for gaming and general use. I doubt Ryzen will get you any significant gains unless the rumors about excellent OCing are true.
 
A RyZen system look more promising as time goes on, I will wait for reviews and then user feedback to figure out best motherboard, ram to use, any other issues etc. That Asus board looks amazing! 1st contender for me.
 
I like smaller builds, so I won't be going top of the line. I usually like to keep my CPU/mobo/RAM budget ~400. Most likely, I'll get:

- Ryzen 5 1300 4C/8T
- mATX mobo for ~$60
- 8GB (2x4) DDR4 2400mhz

That should keep the build ~300 while pairing well with my RX480. There's really no point on building a beast PC when my GPU is decidedly mainstream.
 
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Furious_Styles said:
You already have a pretty ass-kicking system there for gaming and general use. I doubt Ryzen will get you any significant gains unless the rumors about excellent OCing are true.
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I understand my current rig is still pretty viable however it's been about 2.5 going on 3 years on my current CPU/RAM/MOBO. I'd like to modernize my system to get the latest features and I'm really wanting an 8 core system. More and more games are taking advantage of the extra cores plus I'm kind of getting bored of my system and want something NEW with some fancy RGB lighting LOL. I just upgraded to some Corsair ML120 Red LED fans for my top quad radiator and back exhaust. I want to convert over to a red themed setup and getting a new MOBO/RAM/CPU combo with LEDs would really tickle my fancy! :woot:
 
Does anyone know if there are any manufacturer's releasing a dual GigE (Intel chipset) motherboards?
 
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