I'm assuming most on here would agree the 1600 is worth the premium over the 1500x? This "cheaper" build of mine keeps adding up but I likely won't have the money to do it again for some time so I should probably make it count. I'm up to $750 for video card, motherboard, CPU and ram (can) which is stretching me out.
Yes, easily.
For users who have to strictly adhere to a lower budget, the current 4c/8t R5s effectively render all/most current similarly-priced locked Core i5s and locked/unlocked Core i3s questionable purchases.
In your case of 4c vs 6c, the current and long-term performance improvement you'll experience is worth it. The overall real world increase between the 4c/8t and 6c/12t is much larger than the jump from an R5 1600/1600x to an R7 8-core. That's ranging from gaming and general daily use, to productivity and heavy multi-tasking.
You'd be hard pressed to find another PC component that would give such a tangible increase for such a low price difference.
Hey guys, I'm planning on bulding my PC and had some concerns. Are the issues with the bios and compatiblity solved? Or will i have to update bios? Is there a mobo where i dont need to mess with the bios?
This is my current shopping list:
http://i.imgur.com/bvuKmJi.png
Thoughts, recommendations?
That RAM has been
recommended by AMD themselves, though that doesn't guarantee full speed on all boards.
With Ryzen (at least for now), it's generally a good idea to update to the latest stable UEFI/BIOS release from your motherboard manufacturer. It's not a complicated process, either:
https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/PRIME-X370-PRO/HelpDesk_Download/
Lawrence Timme [YouTube] How [To] Update Bios On Asus Prime X370 Pro AM4 motherboard + Ryzen Performance Increases
EZ Flash 3
Flash the latest BIOS via the internet from within the BIOS!
Be sure to update in the UEFI and not within Windows. Also, have a look at all the owner experiences here which span from early March until present:
Overclock.net My experience with the Asus PRIME X370-Pro
You'll find most AMD boards are more likely to run their RAM at full speed when setting the clocks manually, as opposed to using XMP or DOCP profiles (MSI's "A-XMP" option being the largest exception).
Ryzen mobile could be really exiting. If nothing else because Intel parts with turbo boost are really expensive.
I wonder if they are going to push the boundries and give us 4c8t 17w or 8c16t 45w parts.
With how efficient Zen is, I think a number of people would be interested in 6- and 8-core options for mobile workstations.
Top-end 45w 4c/8t with highest clocks for gaming and normal single-thread PC usage.
Top-end 45w 8c/16t iGPU-less part(s) for Clevo/Sager-type mobile desktop power user builds.
It's been a while since I last tried the game, but it does seem like it's doing a better job using all available cores/threads now.
The workload is generally very evenly distributed across all of them.
CPU usage has never been the main problem for me with Watch Dogs 2 though.
It's ironic, since it's the game that was bundled with my GTX 1070 purchase, but every time I try playing it I wish that I had a GPU which is 2-3x faster.
I think it's a pretty good looking game when things are nearly maxed out, but not once I turn everything right down to get it running acceptably at 3440x1440.
It's one of the titles which performed the worst on Ryzen during R7 launch, which was used by many detractors who didn't seem to ever question why the game behaved that way on Ryzen.
The title is definitely more CPU and GPU bound than the average open world game. Should be interesting to watch over time.
I think they said that the main change in 1201 is just compatibility with many peripheral devices; e.g. certain keyboards not working in the UEFI. So I was just going to wait for the next update with newer AGESA code.
I was not aware that they might skip 1.0.0.5. I am tempted to try pushing things and see if this RAM will run at a higher speed once the newer AGESA update is released, but I'm just happy to have four sticks running at 2666MT/s, as even that was in question back when the platform launched.
Yeah as mentioned I wanted to try it, despite already being on 1107, because reasons.
The skip to 1.0.0.6 may have been a mix up somewhere along the lines. From a few sources (such as the Gigabyte rep quotes I posted days ago), AMD opted to go with 1.0.0.5 for now, which I presume is the May update now with 1.0.0.6 coming later (June/July?).
If that's the case, I hope Asus rethink that and launch 1.0.0.5 soon.
My Gigabyte is on 1.0.0.5 and it runs a 2x16GB kit of G.Skill Trident Z at their rated 3200 speed. Prior to that, it would be 2666 or ~2933+ (~2933+ on my C6H using 2666 strap + BCLK).
I can't wait to see what these are.
Same.
waiting for a replacement from amazon now
