Archaea
[H]F Junkie
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So, all of us know we aren't really limited in gaming by our current CPU (Sandy Bridge and newer). Most of us here primarily game.
Shaving a few seconds off productivity apps isn't really that exciting to me -- not exiting enough to spend $500-$700 on a new system.
My nearly four year old I7-4770K at 4.5Ghz suites me just fine at this time. But apparently AMD Ryzen is actually making good on the hype and will steal the performance crown from Intel for a short while ---- that is until Intel just smashes it with tech they blow the dust off that's just been waiting on their shelf for the motivation to release.
Anyway --- I'm curious who is upgrading to AMD Ryzen? And why?
I'd recommend Ryzen for a new build in the next six months based on what I've seen, but I don't see much reason for the general enthusiast on these boards to upgrade. You?
Shaving a few seconds off productivity apps isn't really that exciting to me -- not exiting enough to spend $500-$700 on a new system.
My nearly four year old I7-4770K at 4.5Ghz suites me just fine at this time. But apparently AMD Ryzen is actually making good on the hype and will steal the performance crown from Intel for a short while ---- that is until Intel just smashes it with tech they blow the dust off that's just been waiting on their shelf for the motivation to release.
Anyway --- I'm curious who is upgrading to AMD Ryzen? And why?
I'd recommend Ryzen for a new build in the next six months based on what I've seen, but I don't see much reason for the general enthusiast on these boards to upgrade. You?