Sandy Bridge-E vs Ryzen

I currently own an E5 2670, locked at max boost speeds (3.3 GHz on all cores). I am very seriously thinking of upgrading to Ryzen, specifically a 1700 non-X. Are there any benches on how both go face to face?

Compare Haswell-E and Broadwell-E to SB-E, and you'll be in the ballpark.

IMO your most cost effective option for a faster CPU is to look for a used 4930k, 3930k, or 3960x on the FS/FT forum. Those run for about $200-300. Going to Ryzen is a full platform upgrade, which means CPU (>200 for 6-core), motherboard (>100), and DDR4 RAM (>80 for high performance). A minimum of $380 to upgrade vs a $200-300 to upgrade your CPU.

Thing is, i need the 8 core CPUs. I had a 3930k, and even with the higher clocks it couldn't beat my 2670 on some things. The only option i have to keep this platform is to get an E5-1680 v2, however the cheapest on eBay right now is $800. That is why i am considering Ryzen.

If you can wait, wait for next gen Zen, which is about a year to a year and a half out.

Maybe i will, let's see if any Ivy-E Xeons go down in price after Naples is out.

1700 goto around 3.9Ghz, and its very good for multi-thread/multi-core heavy apps. 1700 OC to 3.9Ghz is=6900k for cores/thread heavy apps

3.3 ghz to 3.9 ghz + ~5% IPC is too close in performance for me to consider a complete platform upgrade. Then again, x79 boards are currently selling at a huge premium (near or above brand new prices) so now may be a good time to sell used x79.

Simple solution for you...swap in a Xeon E5-1680 V2...8-cores of goodness...and they overclock VERY well (mine did [email protected]).

You can build a complete ryzen swap including ram for the thousand fucking dollars a 1680v2 goes for. 1700x, board, ram and even adding a big fat heatsink all cost less, I know because I picked them all up already 2 weeks ago

I love my sweet 8 core ivy and don't regret getting it for the 900 dollars net (sweet bucks day) back then, but it sure as fuck makes no sense on the value scale because it is only in minimal supply on fleabay.

Aluminum said:

You can build a complete ryzen swap including ram for the thousand fucking dollars a 1680v2 goes for. 1700x, board, ram and even adding a big fat heatsink all cost less, I know because I picked them all up already 2 weeks ago

I love my sweet 8 core ivy and don't regret getting it for the 900 dollars net (sweet bucks day) back then, but it sure as fuck makes no sense on the value scale because it is only in minimal supply on fleabay.

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Titans never made much sense from a value standpoint either. That did not stop people from buying them to get top of the line performance. As soon as you are aiming for top performance, any value argument goes out the window. There is a premium associated with having the best, and it is up to the individual to decide whether or not that premium is worth it.

Tsumi said:

Titans never made much sense from a value standpoint either. That did not stop people from buying them to get top of the line performance. As soon as you are aiming for top performance, any value argument goes out the window. There is a premium associated with having the best, and it is up to the individual to decide whether or not that premium is worth it.

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Thats nice, but the ryzen will beat the 1680v2 as it is only ivy bridge. Woops!
"Top performance price be damned" that wants more than 4 cores would go buy a whole new broadwell-E system anyways. The guy was asking about keeping his X79 rig going or not, definitely a value buyer. Finding a fleabay unlocked ivy xeon fails both value and top performance, the only thing left would be hobby nerds for the hell of it.

Similar for anyone buying a titan xp right now versus last august when I did, fine then, literally no sensible reason today. (price be damned: Quadro P6000, "value"-but-fast: 1080ti, idiots: titan xp)

You know, staying within the context of the original post and all that.