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Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by jdietrich »

nobleach wrote: post #4

As someone who purchased (early adopted) the Ryzen 5 2400g APU a couple of days after release, I regret every bit of it. We still don't have any motherboards that support it well. I've heard the ASUS boards do okay but they have to be flashed to a new BIOS version (with a different processor in the socket). I'm glad that folks like the hype, but the reality is just terrible.

The launch of Ryzen G was undoubtedly botched, but AMD did offer a CPU loan program for anyone who needed it:

https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-will-lend-you-an-older-processor...

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by marzipan »

Aardwolf wrote: post #18

> It also comes with a clear fan, for better RGB light illumination than its predecessor which only had an RGB ring. How did the RGB naming trend get started? Rgb leds and colorful illuminated gaming pc's both already existed for decades. But only recently I saw the name RGB pop up in motherboards, keyboards, etc... as if it's something new

It's become conventional to use it to refer to a light with customizable RGB parameters, versus a single color. For example both my desktop keyboard and mouse are "RGB" and they have various color modes and even animation settings.

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by flyinghamster »

Nice incremental update, but since I already have a Ryzen 7 1700 on an Asrock X370 Taichi and it's been wonderful, I'll take a pass. If I hadn't already upgraded from my FX-6100, though, it would be worth looking into this one. As it stands, already having the 1700, I'd move up to a Threadripper if I could afford to upgrade, since a new motherboard would be needed anyway.

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by dragontamer »

Carioca wrote: post #32
IronWolve wrote: post #19

Beating an 8700K and 7820x, not bad at all. Nice to see AMD giving Intel some competition again. Hopefully this leads intel to drop prices,

The 8700K's main draw over the Ryzens is single-core performance though.

True, but it looks like these 2700X will come out under the 8700K's price point.

So if a Ryzen7 2700X has better multithreaded (aka: compile times, blender rendering, etc. etc.) speeds than something spec'd ~$50 to ~$100 more than it, that's a winner by any stretch of the imagination.

Single-core performance is most important in Javascript and Video Games. But most production tasks these days are multithreaded.

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by dragontamer »

pcr0 wrote: post #7
mciancia wrote: post #2

Clickbait, overclocked Ryzen 7 2700X scores the same as i7 7820X. It's a bit different story

For about $100 cheaper.. The big news here is Intel not having a monopoly on desktop CPUs anymore. I personally remember Intel being the only serious CPU choice for building a desktop since at least 2015. Now a lot of low-medium high desktop builds are using Ryzen instead for the perf/$.

> For about $100 cheaper..

More than that. An AM4 motherboard is way cheaper than Intel Extreme FCLGA2066 systems.

By the end of the day, you're $200 cheaper once you account for a completed build (motherboard, RAM, CPU) compared to a FCLGA2066 + i7-7820X system.

Really, the i7-7820X competes against Threadripper 1900X. Quad-channel memory and all that good stuff. The REAL competitor to the Ryzen 2700X is the Intel i7-8700k, which has outstanding price/performance and relatively cheap motherboards too.

Hopefully we'll see more reviewers compare these two chips. Ryzen 2700X vs i7-8700k is the real battle.

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by RussianCow »

flyinghamster wrote: post #53

Nice incremental update, but since I already have a Ryzen 7 1700 on an Asrock X370 Taichi and it's been wonderful, I'll take a pass. If I hadn't already upgraded from my FX-6100, though, it would be worth looking into this one. As it stands, already having the 1700, I'd move up to a Threadripper if I could afford to upgrade, since a new motherboard would be needed anyway.

> since a new motherboard would be needed anyway.

Minor correction: The Ryzen 2000 series uses the same socket, so you can use the same motherboard, although AMD claims that the newer X470 chipset will give you better performance. Either way, I agree with your assessment: It doesn't seem worth it to upgrade if you already have a Ryzen 7.

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by sp332 »

monochromatic wrote: post #29
drakenot wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently built a new PC so I had to wade into this space again. The main difference I believe is that many components themselves now have their own LED lighting. Before, it was primarily LED fans or light strips. Now, motherboards have their own LED line traces. Ram has it's own LED lights. There is also support to control the colors of these components from software.

It’s also essentially impossible right now to buy a motherboard that isn’t tarted up with a bunch of stupid LED nonsense. (Unless you buy something low-end or server-grade.)

You know you can turn it off right?

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by IronBacon »

whalesalad wrote: post #36
invesari wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Updating BIOS is a common thing for newly released CPUs. Things like that are expected if you're building the PC yourself.

But needing a different chip in the socket? That’s definitely not common and for many not even possible.

AMD offered a kit to update the BIOS, basically they sent a previous generation CPU to flash the BIOS.

On the other hand, with new Intel CPUs you would need new mainboards... ^__^;

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by badlucklottery »

krylon wrote: post #42
drakenot wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently built a new PC so I had to wade into this space again. The main difference I believe is that many components themselves now have their own LED lighting. Before, it was primarily LED fans or light strips. Now, motherboards have their own LED line traces. Ram has it's own LED lights. There is also support to control the colors of these components from software.

I just wish the lighting told me something useful. If the CPU fan changed color to indicate temperature or CPU load, that would be really cool. Likewise, if RAM lighting indicated the rate of data transfer. That would be pretty awesome. But all this fluff just to make PC more pretty seems pointless to somehow. (Don't get me wrong, if you like that sort of thing, by all means, enjoy it. My sister's boyfriend has a gam…

>If the CPU fan changed color to indicate temperature or CPU load

With Asus's "Aura" application that comes with their new boards you can have the LEDs change color with CPU temp. The default was to set everything to green/yellow/red depending on range but it might be capable of something more complex. The lights are addressable so your CPU idea might be doable I haven't really played with it yet.

Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results

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Post by dogma1138 »

RussianCow wrote: post #56
flyinghamster wrote: post #53

Nice incremental update, but since I already have a Ryzen 7 1700 on an Asrock X370 Taichi and it's been wonderful, I'll take a pass. If I hadn't already upgraded from my FX-6100, though, it would be worth looking into this one. As it stands, already having the 1700, I'd move up to a Threadripper if I could afford to upgrade, since a new motherboard would be needed anyway.

> since a new motherboard would be needed anyway. Minor correction: The Ryzen 2000 series uses the same socket, so you can use the same motherboard, although AMD claims that the newer X470 chipset will give you better performance. Either way, I agree with your assessment: It doesn't seem worth it to upgrade if you already have a Ryzen 7.

The x470 and 370 chipsets are identical it’s a rebrand. They changed some of the power delivery requirements to match the higher TDP of some of CPUs and apparently not all previously made boards were upto snuff or at least that is the party line.
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