ryzen 1700

Is there potential for an "eco-friendly", near-stock-voltage overclock of a Ryzen 1700 that won't cause a loss of single-threaded performance? I'd like to maintain low idle power usage AND keep load power reasonable. What is "reasonable" to me? Generally no higher than the stock 1800X (about...

Dear all, I must upgrade my machine (FX6300) for Fortran based scientific computing, and for this purpose I am trying to compare Ryzen 1700 and i7-7700K. I found the CPU benchmarks on SiSoft website: Link: Ryzen 1700 Link: i7-7700K On these links (i.e. SiSoftware Official Ranker), the Double...

I'm considering an upgrade from my current i5-2500k to either an i7-7700 or a Ryzen 1700. My needs are purely gaming. I won't be streaming or recording gameplay, will just be playing single player campaign oriented titles. Going by the above which should I pick up between the two? I also won't...