For me yes. I think you need to sign up for a forum account and link the account to the forum one. However you may need a certain amount of posts.. Either that or I would get on the blower to OCUK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Ryzen-...TF8&qid=1542916459&sr=8-1&keywords=ryzen+1700 IMO is a great deal. £20 more than the 2600 but should be a chunk faster? dunno, not seen a direct comparison.
Best and worst part about tomorrow is I have the day off. Some my time to find deals and buy (maybe).
A 2*** Ryzen will spank a Gen one especially in the single thread stakes - That's my 2600X vs a stock 1700 for comparison, as I've previously stated the 2*** series will also clock higher at lower voltages.
I wouldn't disregard old gen at all, threadripper is typically slower than Ryzen alternative due to its split die make up but at stock I am at 460 (TR1900X, basically an 1800x with all the IOs ) and with 4.15ghz I have 484 single thread, it is all about tuning that memory. Of course that is only as fast as my OC'd 3570k/3770k from yesteryear damn AMDs slow arse IPC Overclockers had an 1800x for £188 yesterday, bloody bargain, buy that pop it in new 4xx board and you have a nice system. A 2600 clocks and boost lower than a 2600X by a few hundred Mhz, so old gen might prove faster in this case unless you like OCing.
Whilst it is true, this system is such a beast compared to my old Intel setup that was heavily clocked with fast RAM, benchmarks just don't convey the silky smoothness of it all, its awesome, faster memory, faster disc, twice the cores etc. my 3770k just couldn't match it even with 4.7+Ghz (might have been 4.9, I forget now whether my i5 or i7 was the faster chip) My z77 was pretty loaded up though 3x GPU, 1NVMe, 4 disk Raid0 etc.
Ryzen 5 2600 for £139 on Prime too https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B41WS48 2400mhz DDR4 for 88.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UFBZOJQ/
Crap, didn't scroll down far enough on the mobile view. Still, that's a damned good price for DDR3000 16GB I think?
Oh yeah it is. Overclockers have team group vulcan 3000mhz for £99. Well, it's 99 if you have free delivery. Not sure how long stuff takes from newegg global?
Does Newegg take the VAT (and any applicable Import Tax) at the point of ordering, or just send it with a CN22? 'cos if it's the latter, don't forget Royal Mail's £8 handling charge on top...
It's always easier when the decision is made for you. I still haven't decided on a motherboard as I'm not sure whether to stick with mATX or go ITX.
