Hardware AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Review

Sure. "Horses for courses" as they say.

If I used my PC predominantly for tasks which benefit from that many cores & threads then I'd be all over them.

I don't though, so buying one of the 8c/16t offerings would be a poor choice: higher cost and poorer performance (for what I do).

It'd be like buying a tractor for touring. Sure, the torque is impressive but, ya know...

 

Another car analogy - I'd love a fast 2 seater roadster, and I probably spend more time in the car by myself, but having 4 extra seats there for when I DO need them is handy, and they don't exactly slow me down drastically even when I don't

 

The tractor easily carries 4 people and you never know, I might want to pull a plough one day.

Edit: before the analogies get out of hand , I suppose what I'm saying in essence is: why sacrifice performance you will use today for extra capacity that sits idle until you may use it in the future, and pay more for the privellage?

 

I can see myself getting one of these, or the vanilla 1600, as a handbrake box that sits in the corner.

 

I've got a feeling that like the 1700 the 1600 is going to be the one to have.

 

aye it seems to be the part of choice - the non x (1700, 1600 and 1500)

 

£218 on OCUK. Please don't do this to me lol.

 

Spoil yourself, you've earned it, join the Ryzen club, spoil yourself, you've earned it, join the Ryzen club, spoil yourself, you've earned it, join the Ryzen club

 

True, dat. My wife's a photographer. I'm building her a new system. Would love to see Photoshop or (cheaper, also used widely by photographers for initial imports / edits) Lightroom.

Probably go Kaby 7600k for her, but considering she's coming off an old i3 2100, anything faster than a mouse on its exercise wheel will be faster.

-J

 

Since last fall I have been transcoding my optical library for Plex... A cheap work horse or tracker, if you prefer Yadda, is very tempting.