Build Advice Is the ryzen 1700 the 'go to' CPU these days?

So with my old X80 rig having issues I feel it's getting closer to the time when I buy a new rig. This will be to go with my GTX 1080Ti, 1440p & HTC Vive.

Tasks:
Gaming: 1440p & Vive
Development: Unity, Unreal, Visual Studio.

So multiple cores is a good thing for me, but I'm not rendering or transcoding 24/7 so i9/Threadripper type CPUs are definitely overkill.

So 1700 the sweet spot?

 

In short, yes. For mixed workloads it's the best bang-for-buck chip out there, especially if you're lucky and get one that can reach the magic 4Ghz!

 

From a bang per buck perspective, the Ryzen 5 1600 is the top pick. However the 1700 has higher performance per watt.

Neither chip is a bad choice.

What's an X80?

 

I would go 1700. It's a bit more forward thinking, IMO. Well, unless you fancy upgrading at a later date.

The best board for the money is the B350 Strix by a mile. Custom PC even said it was so good it made some of the 370 boards look poor. It has a top end sound chip, Nichicon caps on the sound card and two OPAMPs too. It's fantastic for the coin.

 

id say the 1600x my self if your looking for a new chip

 

I went for the 1700 as it was just the best bang for buck option. Plus, coming from a 5820K, it made little sense to go for another six core.

 

£191 vs £292 for 1600 vs. 1700 on Amazon. You're not getting a 50% upgrade, but that is the price penalty you'll pay for it. Doesn't seem sensible to me at the moment.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Ryzen-...TF8&qid=1499677575&sr=8-1&keywords=ryzen+1700

£282

 

There was talk of getting the 1600X in which case it is only a £60 premium to get the 1700. To me, that's worth it. The 1700 is only £282, which is still less than an i7 7700K.

 

Yup and will batter it. I fail to see value on any of the X CPUs. I would either go 1600 or 1700.

 

1600 or 1700, either is a great buy - forget the X series.

 

The point still stands!

 

Go big or go home.

 

With the new AGESA updates, doesn't the 1700 easily reach the magical 4GHz now? I've been reading around that the 1800X is now easily hitting 4.2GHz? Maybe a recap from bit-tech on the current performance of the Ryzen CPUs?

 

Surely the choice of software has a greater impact than a 5% clockspeed boost? Impossible to review everyone's use case!

 

Of course, but bit-tech would be doing the re-review of the hardware they done their initial tests on, I believe, unless it was a journalist sample (I honestly don't remember), together with testing the higher memory speeds as well.

 

The AGESA update does not allow your CPU to overclock further. I've tested it. It does however allow for faster RAM to be used with greater ease. For example, running 3200 C14 (stock for me) on the release BIOS was absolutely impossible. Update to 1.0.0.4 and we got there. It then updated to 1.0.0.6 and I am now running 3400+ without a problem.

 

Ahh alrighty then, so hitting that magical 4.0 is still just as difficult and those with 1800X at 4.2 were just very very lucky with their piece of hardware then?

 

IIRC 1700 should get 3.9, lucky if you got 4ghz. 1800x should get 4ghz, lucky if you got 4.1, very lucky if you got 4.2.

 

Mine cannot do 3.9 without 1.45v which is too high for me. 3.85 sits around 1.395v and 3.8 is comfortable at 1.36 or Thereabouts. 4 GHz is entirely out of the question for me.