Looks good. I am going to wait to see Intel's response, but this may finally be worth upgrading from an overclocked 2600k mostly used for gaming.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
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Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#62As 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.
> I regret every bit of it. Why make a statement without even one item of support as to why you regret it? The ASUS board problem sounds inconvenient, to say the least, but the way your phrased it implies it doesn't effect you in particular. Comments on a popular online electronics retailer's website seem to be positive for this model.
I'm pretty sure he regretted it because "[w]e still don't have any motherboards that support it well."
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
That would be cool. I am a little OCD when it comes to monitoring. I can be perfectly patient with a slow computer as long as I know why that machine is slow. But if a computer goes slow on me and does not offer me any way to find out why it is so slow, that drives me mad.
So if the lighting in the PC reflected the components busy-ness, that would be really cool. "Why is my PC so slow today?" - "Aaah, the hard drive is shining white - I/O overload!"
Anyway, my PC has a window-less case, so all that beauty would be lost like tears in the rain...
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#64Earlier 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…
That would be really cool but the wiring might get a bit too complicated. Also the lighting is slapped on to readymade parts, so it's not like you can do alterations to the silicon that would be necessary for those features. With that said, since we're seeing programmatically controlled RGB lighting getting released, maybe someone could write a lightweight daemon to control it based on those parameters.
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#66As 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.
I bought a 2400G with a motherboard[0] a day after release. It surprised me that the board came with a compatible BIOS out of the box. (I was thinking that I might have to take my 1800X out of my main rig to flash it.) I built the machine for a friend, and he's been doing some light gaming on it (with a discrete GPU). I ask him every now and then how it's doing, and he says there are no problems.
[0]: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681315...
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#67Earlier 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.)
Not true. Asus and some other brands have Workstation class motherboards without the LEDs.
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#68Earlier 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.
I've built a lot of machines, and I've never had to update BIOS just to get a standard CPU working.
I clearly remember my i5 4690 wasn't supported by z87 motherboards unless you flashed with another CPU.
As I was building a new rig, I just ordered a z97 instead.
Also yeah, it was my fault for not properly checking before buying 4690+z87 combo, but not that weird...
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
On my board, I'd have to install some Windows application to do so. No thanks, I'll just close them up inside my windowless case.
Re: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks and Overclocking Results
#70Earlier 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…
> I just wish the lighting told me something useful.
There's a cross-platform, open source project that does this[1]. You can even script it and bind colors and effects not just to CPU load but to any variable (I don't know - maybe requests being served per second)
1. https://github.com/dcerisano/RGB-LED-Motherboard-Header-Driv...